[geeks] Quick graphs

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Mon Jul 8 19:14:42 CDT 2002


On July 8, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> I need to put together a few graphs tonight.  These are just line
> graphs.  I have my data in the form of a text file with each line
> representing a point on the graph, and each line being a number, then
> a space, then a second number (representing x space y).  I just need
> something extremely simple that will spit out a .eps file suitable for
> import to Illustrator since I have to do a lot of formatting and
> markup stuff to it.
> 
> I was trying to make gnuplot work last night, but I couldn't get it to
> do what I want.  I plan to look at yacas tonight, but I don't have any
> idea if it can spit out .eps files.

  What wouldn't gnuplot do that you needed?  I've used gnuplot a
*lot*; perhaps I can help.

     -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire                  "Needing a calculator indicates that
St. Petersburg, FL              your .emacs file is incomplete." -Joshua Boyd



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