I largely agree with you, but in the reverse direction. I was trying to =
do something extremely simple (which GnuPlot could easily do), but =
wading through the documentation to get to the basic features took some =
time. For a basic plot, OpenGL may be more straightforward. I would be =
interested in further updates on your work.

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Owlett [mailto:rcowlett_at_atlascomm.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:21 PM
To: sftalk_at_forth.com
Subject: [sftalk] Re: GnuPlot

Bob Nash wrote:

> Although I can't address the recent query about OpenGL (sorry, I =
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> the thread), you might want to consider shelling out to GnuPlot and =
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> it do your plotting for you. [SNIP]

Well, 'twas frustration with gnuplot that got me looking elswhere ;)
Part of problem may be that gnuplot is TOO powerful [ Remember those=20
that stuck Corvett engines in VW Bugs ? ;]

I started in Scilab to calculate the data to be displayed.
Got far enough to verify *TO MY SATISFACTION* that my approach was=20
'reasoanble'. Had problems doing 3D plots.
Was reffered to gnuplot. Had problems displaying what I wanted.

Forums for both programs told me "Don't do that. There's no reason to=20
display that much data." No one asked me WHY I had chosen my parameters =
;{

Essentially I wish to graph ~100 layers of 4000 points each.
I *don't* need shading.
I *don't* need surfaces.
I *don't* need lighting effects.
I *don't* need rotation (one perspective will be fine).
I *don't* need even a full wire frame (lines in *1* layer fine).
I *don't* need grids, scales, tic marks, etc. etc. etc. ....

I *do* want zoom & pan.

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