[PYTHONMAC-SIG] Basic plotting using Python on the Mac

[David Ascher]

On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Anthony M. Ingraldi wrote:

> If you don't mind using an external application to do the plotting via
> AppleEvents, you can use the Macintosh port of gnuplot.  I have used this
> approach and it is quite workable.  You can even use python to act as a
> console window for gnuplot and send it plot commands interactively as you
> would in the UNIX version.
> 
> I can send you the python modules that I put together to interact with
> gnuplot if you would like.  The application itself is available at
> 
> 	http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/schooley/gnuplot.html
> 
> Since gnuplot is available on multiple platforms, it would be possible to
> write a high-level interface for it that would hide the actual mechanism of
> interapplication communication.  I've not gone that far with my modules.

Konrad Hinsen has also written a Gnuplot module which I believe he'll
mention at SPAM-6, and I had a similar module (not worth sharing).  Good
topic for the PLOT-SIG...

--david



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