Gnuplot Demo

I have prepared a simple demo showing how to shell out to GnuPlot from a
turnkeyed Swift Forth application as a menu item. This is useful if you
need to collect data and massage it from within a Swift Forth application
and then use GnuPlot to plot the results in a separate window. The demo
code shows how to return to the Swift Forth application after generating the
plot window. The plot window remains open and the user can rezize it, print
it, save to the clipboard, etc. from the plot window's menu. Nothing
earthshaking here, but there are a few tricks worth knowing.

If you want the demo, contact me via email at the address below. It will be
sent as a self-extracting ZIP file, GnuDemo.EXE, which includes a help file,
source code for a turnkeyed SF demo and some simple Gnuplot scripts. The
source also contains suggestions for more advanced usage. The demo has been
compiled with the latest SF version and has been tested on both NT and
Win98.

NOTE! The demo does not include the GnuPlot executable - you will have to
download that yourself from WWW.GNUPLOT.ORG <http://WWW.GNUPLOT.ORG> .(about
4 MB). If you don't know what GnuPlot is, check it out. It is free and
very full-featured. Lots of fun for a rainy day. It is also available for
Linux, DOS, Unix, and other platforms.
Robert Nash bnash_at_SMUD.org <mailto:bnash_at_SMUD.org> Tel: 916-732-5150 FAX:
916-732-6846
Received on Thu Oct 05 2000 - 14:32:07 PDT