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From: Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Gnuplot API Documentation
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segaloco@gmail.com wrote:

> Hey all. I was wondering if there is any kind of formal Gnuplot API
> documentation. I've been stepping through headers and documenting what
> functions are available and what constants and variables are defined,
> but if there is already a full documentation of the API somewhere, I'd
> rather not reinvent the wheel. Would such documentation happen to
> exist? Thank you! My aim is to have my project call library functions
> directly and have the object files linked into my project, rather than
> having to trim and format data into strings to pipe into the Gnuplot
> interface. That'll give me a bit more intimate control over how my
> data flows around and what information I present to the Gnuplot
> backend (and what information I can get back from the routines) Any
> help would be appreciated! Thank you!
> - Matt

Gnuplot is not a library.  Its various internal routines are not
designed for stand-alone use, so there is no API for calling them.
 
	Ethan