Re: interfacing with gnuplot without pipes

From: Phlip (phlip_cpp_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:55:14 GMT

Alexander Stippler wrote:

> I want to visualize numerical results with gnuplot. The easiest way would
be
> to
> use a pipe to gnuplot. But I want to be platform independent, just relying
> on
> the C++-standard. What is the recommended way of getting this
functionality?

The C++ Standard does not mention GNUplot. This is obviously just an
oversight - expect ISO to fix it soon.

But until then, rely on this recent post: "I found gnuplot is really nice.
There are some c/c++ interfaces, through which gunplot command could be sent
from c/c++ program. --phony"

Since advising phony to use GNUplot, I also advised him to switch to Python
and use BLT (under PythonMegaWidgets). These systems are (almost) as
portable as C++, but they don't have C++'s issues with exposed plumbing. And
BLT provides interactive hooks so you can supply drill-down, pans, zooms,
etc.

Again: Why are you using C++? 

--
  Phlip
    http://www.xpsd.org/cgi-bin/wiki?TestFirstUserInterfaces

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