mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) (06/29/91)
A little while ago, I asked about the availability of the PGPLOT
graphics library and associated manual. It has taken me a while to
summarize because, as it turns out, there are two distinct versions of
PGPLOT. The original was written in Fortran by Tim Pearson at Caltech
(tjp@deimos.caltech.edu). It is available by FTP from
Unix version:
itnsg1.cineca.it (130.186.1.194) /download/graphics/pgplot.tar.Z
tybalt.caltech.edu (131.215.139.100) /pub/graphics/pgplot49.3100.tar.Z
deimos.caltech.edu (131.215.139.14) pgplot/pgplot49.tarz
VMS version:
deimos.caltech.edu (131.215.139.14) pgplot/pgplot49.backup_cmp
and pgplot/lzdcm.exe
The original PGPLOT supports a huge number of output devices. (Someone
asked me in private email about PostScript output. I can now say that
yes, PGPLOT can produce PostScript.) It's well worth looking into.
There is also a C version of pgplot which provides much of the
functionality of the original and has certain advantages over the original.
(I can elaborate on these advantages in private email to whomever is
interested.) The C version (with Fortran interface routines) was written by
Dr. Charles Dyer of the University of Toronto (dyer@manitou.astro.utoronto.ca).
Unfortunately, this version was never meant for external use so it
doesn't have a proper electronically distributable manual. Unless you
have physical access to the University of Toronto (so you can photocopy
the stuff that passes for a manual), you won't be able to use this
version of pgplot. (It has a number of small differences from the
original.)
Anyhow, I hope that this belated summary is useful to someone.
Sincerely,
Marc R. Roussel
mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca