1Announcement for SciPlot Widget, version 1.3
2Robert W. McMullen <rwmcm@mail.ae.utexas.edu>
320 Feb 1996
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6An update for SciPlot, my scientific cartesian and polar plotting widget,
7is now available at ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/SciPlot-1.3.tar.gz
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9Improvements in this version include two new demo programs, including one
10that plots arbitrary x/y data from text file input.  Also new in this version
11are better realtime support, new convenience functions for adding data to
12existing lists, and available horizontal y axis numbers (to better
13conform to most scientific plot packages that I have seen).
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15Bug fixes include changes for several log(0) errors on degenerate lists,
16better min/max determination, and fixes in my postscript generation code.
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18For those who haven't seen the SciPlot widget before, check out my web site
19at http://www.ae.utexas.edu/~rwmcm/SciPlot.html
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21Here's an overview from the README:
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23The SciPlot Widget is a widget capable of plotting cartesian or polar graphs,
24including logarithmic axes in cartesian plots.  The widget is subclassed
25directly from the Core widget class, which means that it does not depend upon
26any other widget set.  It may be freely used with Athena, Motif, or the
27Open Look/Xview widget sets.  (There is optional Motif support that causes
28the widget to be subclassed from XmPrimitive.  See the man page.)
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30Features provided in the widget include automatic scaling, legend drawing,
31axis labeling, PostScript output, multiple plotted lines, color support, user
32font specification, dashed lines, symbols drawn at points, logarithmic scales
33on one or both axes in cartesian plots, and degrees or radians as angles in
34polar plots.
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