Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013
Date	2013-11-03 23:16 +0000
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On 2013-11-03, Jim Gibson <JimSGibson@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <OKCdnXfaQqxze-jPnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, E.D.G.
><edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>>        My main, complex programs won't be run at Web sites. They will 
>> instead continue to be available as downloadable exe programs.  The CGI (or 
>> whatever) programming work would involve relatively simple programs. But 
>> they would need to be able to generate charts that would be displayed on Web 
>> pages. That sounds like it is probably fairly easy to do using Python. A 
>> Perl - Gnuplot combination is also supposed to be able to do that. But so 
>> far I have not seen any good explanations for how to actually get Gnuplot to 
>> run as a callable CGI program. So other programs such as Python are being 
>> considered.
>
> One way to generate plot within a CGI program is this:
>
> 1. Write a file with gnuplot commands (e.g., 'gnuplot.cmd') that set
> the output device to a graphics file of some format (e.g., PNG),
> generate a plot, and quit gnuplot.

Or you can use the pygnuplot module which handles much of that for y0ou.

http://pygnuplot.sourceforge.net/

-- 
Grant

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Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-10-31 04:31 -0500
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 11:03 +0100
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-10-31 05:38 -0500
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 12:30 +0100
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-10-31 14:17 +0100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 01:05 +1100
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-10-31 15:18 +0100
            Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 01:45 +1100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-31 14:15 +0000
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Alain Ketterlin <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> - 2013-10-31 15:31 +0100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 14:41 +0000
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 01:49 +1100
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 15:11 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-31 13:48 +0000
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 01:17 -0500
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-12 04:21 -0600
            Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-13 10:05 +1100
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-10-31 08:48 -0700
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 00:45 -0500
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 23:54 -0700
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-31 09:20 -0400
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-10-31 11:14 -0500
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2013-11-01 11:42 -0400
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 01:28 -0500
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-11-01 11:08 -0700
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2013-11-01 15:17 -0400
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 01:02 -0500
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-11-03 07:43 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-03 03:47 -0600
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-03 10:05 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 10:28 -0800
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-03 18:58 +0000
          Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 20:07 -0800
    Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Jim Gibson <JimSGibson@gmail.com> - 2013-11-03 10:18 -0800
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-03 23:16 +0000
      Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 "E.D.G." <edgrsprj@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-11-04 23:22 -0600
        Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2013-11-07 06:05 -0800
  Re: Basic Python Questions - Oct. 31, 2013 sigtool@kcl.ac.uk - 2013-11-10 06:40 -0800

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