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Re: GUI for Gnuplot?

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On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:03:27 -0700, snnopy67 wrote:

> Well, here is a somewhat heretical question.
> 
> We love gnuplot, but most of the time, we just plot some data as lines
> (2-4 columns of measurements).
> And we spend a *lot* of time fiddling with the plotting parameters, such
> as line width, line style, placement of the legend, placement of the
> labels, etc. etc. And we use gnuplot only "season-wise"; as a
> consequence, every time we have to look up the commands to achieve these
> things.
> 
> So, my question is: is there a decent GUI that 1. uses gnuplot as a
> back-end, and
> 2. would allow us to play with all these parameters interactively, and
> 3. is cross-platform?
> (I would also be happy to use another plotting tool, but either they are
> too heavy-weight [e.g., Matlab] or they are not cross-platform, or they
> don't seem to be developed any further ...)
> 
> I will appreciate all hints, pointers, and suggestions.
> 
> Best regards,
> Gabriel.

You might try Maxima + its gui wxMaxima. They run on Win/Linux/Mac.
Somewhat akin to Matlab, but almost certainly doesn't do all you want.
Cheers,
Peter

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