Date:    Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:20:22 -0700
From:    Don McKenzie 
Subject:  graphs and charts

One option is "R", a free cousin of "S" (Splus) that employs GNUplot
for graphics.  It runs on Intel Linux boxes.  Check it out at:

http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/7-98-14.htm.k.htmlhtmlngbird_2375.asputomata.html

Be forewarned that command line is the rule here, so it takes some
adaptation to the language, but then if that were a big hangup, you
wouldn't be using Linux.  :-)


_______________________________________________________________________

                           DON MCKENZIE

                    Research Ecologist
              College of Forest Resources, Box 352100
                      University of Washington
                        Seattle, WA 98195

                            206.543.9138
                       dmck@u.washington.edu
     http://silvae.cfr.washington.edu/people/dmck/home.htmlgbird_2375.asputomata.html

_______________________________________________________________________
-

On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Matthew Norton wrote:

> Kate Wing wrote:
> >
> > Do folks have recommendations of a scientific graphing program
> > that produces publication quality graphics but allows you
> > to work with, and accurately depict, your data?  Ideally, something
> > you could use to generate a histogram, then edit the graph and
> > export it as an encapsulated postscript file.  I'm looking into
> > SigmaPlot, but I'd appreciate hearing from anyone else who has
> > found something that works for them.
> >
>
> Kate:
>
> I use SigmaPlot extensively, and it works very nicely.  In fact, with
> the options it provides you can produce just about any type of graphic
> and edit it to your heart's content.  I would recommend it highly.
>
> To the rest of the list, however, I have a related question.  While I do
> still work with SigmaPlot, I'm looking for a good graphing program which
> will run under Linux.  After many years of frustration with MS, I am now
> work in Linux almost exclusively, and SigmaPlot is just about the only
> thing I use under Win95.  Does anyone here have a suggestion for a good
> visualization/graphing program that will run under Linux or Unix?
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Matthew Norton                      |"If we're going to go down,
> Departement de Sciences Biologiques | we're going to go down fighting;
> Universite de Montreal              |fighting together, fighting each
> CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville     |other; fighting somebody."
> Monteal, PQ, H3C 3J7                |    Craig Hartsburg.
>

------------------------------