Re: how do you draw figures

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 08:23 -0700, BB Cao wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm just curious of what you would use to draw figures. By draw
> figures, I mean that, suppose I have a data file, it goes like,
> x1     x2     x3 ...     xn      y
> 1.2    -3.4   0.1        7.8    3.2
> .. ...
> 
> what program do you use on FC to draw curves for (y vs x1) and/or(y vs
> x2)...(y vs xn) on a single figure?
> I usually reboot my machine to WinXP and use Excel to do that because
> the Open office spreadsheet is not friendly regarding this purpose.
> (Or I don't know how to use it wisely.) But the rebooting is very
> inconvenient sometime. A program on FC is highly desired.
> 
> Best,
>  Cao
> 
> 
gnuplot is certainly one possibility. It will produce output that can be
used in a LaTex document if that interests you.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>