Ploticus data display engine software
ploticus data display engine. Software, documentation, and examples. Copyright 1998-2005 Stephen C. Grubb (scg@jax.org). Covered under GPL; see the file ./Copyright for details.
For overview & complete documentation: http://ploticus.sourceforge.net
To install pre-compiled binaries:
The pre-compiled executable is in ./bin ... move the executable to a bin in your command PATH. Then set environment variable PLOTICUS_PREFABS to the full path name of the directory (./prefabs) where prefab files reside.
To build from source code:
The Makefile is ready to go for Linux with PNG capability. For other
platforms and configurations, edit the Makefile and follow the simple
3 step process. Then type: make
Detailed build instructions can be seen at
http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/buildinfo.html
To demo:
Go to the ./pltestsuite directory. Unix users w/ X11 can type: pl stock2.htm and see the results interactively.. otherwise type: pl -gif stock2.htm to produce a GIF file.
You can also type: run_script_test ... to run thru about 25 plots.
You can also type: run_prefabs_test ... to run the prefab examples.
The "Troubleshooting & Support" manual page has some additional hints to get you started (http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/support.html)