[comp.text] graphs with TeX

jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren) (06/11/88)

  Do any on you TeX/LaTeX users know of any good software for
creating graphs and figures? I'd like to be able to
represent "X-Y" plots  as .tex files that I can read into a TeX
document. I want the ability to label axes, insert titles, put in
tic-marks, overlay grids, etc. I'd like the software to be as device
independent as possible.

  For example, I'd like to be able to create
a plot by writing a simple program; its output would be
TeX commands.

  Any suggestions?

ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap) (06/11/88)

|  Do any on you TeX/LaTeX users know of any good software for
|creating graphs and figures? I'd like to be able to
|represent "X-Y" plots  as .tex files that I can read into a TeX
|document. I want the ability to label axes, insert titles, put in
|tic-marks, overlay grids, etc. I'd like the software to be as device
|independent as possible.
|
|  For example, I'd like to be able to create
|a plot by writing a simple program; its output would be
|TeX commands.
|
|  Any suggestions?

TeX is not terribly good at making pictures. There is PicTeX, a macro
package for doing some of this, but it easily eats up a lot of memory
even for small pictures.

I would suggest you do it with an another program (gnuplot, grap, plot,
whatever), generate PostScript or something like that and then include
it in your TeX file with a \special.

	Ken