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Multi-platform open source, command line, interactive data and function plotting utility, primarily intended for scientific, statistical and engineering graphics although it can be used for business plotting as well. It has considerable output device and format independence and as such supports a host of bitmap and vector graphics formats, markup, layout and page description languages such as [[TeX]], [[HTML]] and [[PDF]] in addition to screen output for terminals, [[X11]] and OS/2 PM windows. | Multi-platform open source, command line, interactive data and function plotting utility, primarily intended for scientific, statistical and engineering graphics although it can be used for business plotting as well. It has considerable output device and format independence and as such supports a host of bitmap and vector graphics formats, markup, layout and page description languages such as [[TeX]], [[HTML]] and [[PDF]] in addition to screen output for terminals, [[X11]] and OS/2 PM windows. | ||
Due to restrictive licensing conditions the package cannot be used as a graphical library and you cannot reuse the code in the package, merely distribute changes to it. However if you distribute the package as a whole | Due to restrictive licensing conditions the package cannot be used as a graphical library and you cannot reuse the code in the package, merely distribute changes to it. However if you distribute the package as a whole separate download, you can use it as a graphics kernel for your software and even embed the output of it inside your program's user interface. | ||
In addition to all the usual functions as used in the [[UNIX]] like and MS Windows versions the OS/2 version in addition explicitly supports [[REXX]] scripting. | In addition to all the usual functions as used in the [[UNIX]] like and MS Windows versions the OS/2 version in addition explicitly supports [[REXX]] scripting. | ||
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Despite the name gnuplot is not related to the [[Free Software Foundation]] in any way and actually predates the use of the GNU name by the FSF, the package is named after the Gnu (Wildebeest), an animal that is like a cross between a hind and cattle. | Despite the name gnuplot is not related to the [[Free Software Foundation]] in any way and actually predates the use of the GNU name by the FSF, the package is named after the Gnu (Wildebeest), an animal that is like a cross between a hind and cattle. | ||
;Alternate user interface | |||
* [http://jgnuplot.sourceforge.net JGNUPlot] - [[Java]] front end for gnuplot | * [http://jgnuplot.sourceforge.net JGNUPlot] - [[Java]] front end for gnuplot | ||
;Editor support | |||
* [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - gnuplot syntax highlighting built-in | |||
==== | ==Versions== | ||
* | * 3.5 (Oct 1993) | ||
* 4.6.0 (Mar 2012) | |||
* 4.6.2 (Mar 2013) | |||
* 5.2.8 (Dec 2019) | |||
== | ==License== | ||
* | * Open source software, released under the [[gnuplot license]] | ||
* Authors: Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley | |||
==Links | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage] | * [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage] | ||
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/ gnuplot download page] - On [[SourceForge]] | * [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/ gnuplot download page] - On [[SourceForge]] | ||
[[Category:Graphical libraries and kernels]][[Category:Language independent tools]] | |||
[[Category:Open Source Software]][[Category:Software written in C]] | |||
[[Category:Graphical libraries and kernels]] | |||
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[[Category:Open Source Software]] | |||
[[Category:Software written in C]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:56, 3 May 2020
Multi-platform open source, command line, interactive data and function plotting utility, primarily intended for scientific, statistical and engineering graphics although it can be used for business plotting as well. It has considerable output device and format independence and as such supports a host of bitmap and vector graphics formats, markup, layout and page description languages such as TeX, HTML and PDF in addition to screen output for terminals, X11 and OS/2 PM windows.
Due to restrictive licensing conditions the package cannot be used as a graphical library and you cannot reuse the code in the package, merely distribute changes to it. However if you distribute the package as a whole separate download, you can use it as a graphics kernel for your software and even embed the output of it inside your program's user interface.
In addition to all the usual functions as used in the UNIX like and MS Windows versions the OS/2 version in addition explicitly supports REXX scripting.
Despite the name gnuplot is not related to the Free Software Foundation in any way and actually predates the use of the GNU name by the FSF, the package is named after the Gnu (Wildebeest), an animal that is like a cross between a hind and cattle.
- Alternate user interface
- Editor support
- jEdit - Java based editor - gnuplot syntax highlighting built-in
Versions
- 3.5 (Oct 1993)
- 4.6.0 (Mar 2012)
- 4.6.2 (Mar 2013)
- 5.2.8 (Dec 2019)
License
- Open source software, released under the gnuplot license
- Authors: Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley