[comp.text.tex] Drawing figures: pictex?

song@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Carol Xiaohui Song) (04/05/91)

Would someone with experience comment on the following styles for 
drawing figures?

I was looking for a style to draw figures and came across several
that make it easier than tex/latex commands.
What I need is to draw multiple curves (with lists of pairs of x's and y's) 
on one figure.  Eepic (epic) is still not convenient when you have
different scales on x and y axes.  
Now, my question is:  is PicTex capable of doing this?
I've seen an example of PicTex drawing one curve in a figure, but I couldn't 
get it work with multiple curves without the manual.  Since I have to pay $15 
for PicTex manual, I'd like to make sure that it will do my job.

I'd appreciate comments from people who use PicTex.  Or if you
know other styles that can do this type of job, would you please post it
or send me email?  Thanks in advance.

-Carol Song
 Dept of Computer Science, University of Illinois
 song@cs.uiuc.edu