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From: brb@briar.philips.com (Brian Bertan;6309;3.75;$0202)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Wanted: Graphing Software
Message-ID: <49021@philabs.Philips.Com>
Date: 6 Apr 89 13:10:50 GMT
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In article <617@eeg.UUCP> roseann@eeg.UUCP (White) writes:
>
>We are looking for a good graphics package for our XT clone.  Right
>now we are trying out hardvard graphics, which is pretty user friendly.
>However Quattro seems to be more of what we are looking for!!!!
>How do other people feel about it?

I am a satisfied Quattro user.  However, there are some drawbacks regarding the
graphics.  Here are some features I would like to see added.

	1)  Allow hatch patterns in Encapsulated PostScript output.  The manual
	states that for EPS, hatch is changed to dot fill.

	2)  More flexibility in formatting the Y-Axis.  I cannot stand when I
	see the numbers reduced by 3 orders of magnitude, and the word
	"THOUSANDS" added.  Very annoying in engineering/science graphs.

	3)  Log-log and semilog (where you can choose the log axis). 

	4)  Another line for text at the bottom of the graph.

Brian


Brian Bertan
Philips Labs
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Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
(914) 945-6309

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