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From: jzavgren@bbn.com (John Zavgren)
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Subject: postscript routines for plotting
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Date: 21 Oct 88 14:55:39 GMT
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I am looking for programs for plotting data that produce high-quality
output. I want the capabilities of: labeling axes, inserting legends,
plotting characters, including titles and subtitles, splines, etc.

I have tried the PiCTeX package. The resulting LaTeX programs are
extremely slow to process; the plotting character is a period.
Perhaps thousands of periods must be plotted to create even a simple
curve.  It has every capability I need. But, it is not practical.
I mention it only as an indication of the capabilities I am looking for.

I beleive the way to go is PostScript. After all, all our printing is
done on PostScript printers. So, we might as well eliminate as many
intermediate steps as possible. Are there any good UNIX plotting
packages that produce PostScript?

RSVP

John Zavgren