Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
gnuplot Cookbook

You're reading from   gnuplot Cookbook Visual guide to every kind of graph you can make with this plotting software with this book and ebook

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849517249
Length 220 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Tools
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Lee Phillips Lee Phillips
Author Profile Icon Lee Phillips
Lee Phillips
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

gnuplot Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Plotting Curves, Boxes, Points, and more FREE CHAPTER 2. Annotating with Labels and Legends 3. Applying Colors and Styles 4. Controlling your Tics 5. Combining Multiple Plots 6. Including Plots in Documents 7. Programming gnuplot and Dealing with Data 8. The Third Dimension 9. Using and Making Graphical User Interfaces 10. Surveying Special Topics Finding Help and Information
Index

Using the Java gnuplot GUI JGP


In this recipe, we learn how to get started with the JGP program, which provides a basic but serviceable GUI front end to gnuplot.

Getting ready

JGP does not come with a normal gnuplot installation. You need to go to its home page at http://jgp.sourceforge.net/ and download the source code and Java binaries (JGP is an open source project, distributed under the GPL license, and authored by Maximilian Fabricius). You can compile it yourself or simply run the supplied binaries. The current version of the software works only with the Linux operating system. I encountered no difficulties running version 0.1.2 pre alpha of the software, using the Java binaries as supplied in the download. You should have Java version 5.0 installed, and in order for JGP to find gnuplot, it must be on your path.

Tip

Where is gnuplot?

To use GUI front ends, gnuplot must be on your path. For example, if you have been typing /usr/local/bin/gnuplot, you must now add this to your path with ...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at ₹800/month. Cancel anytime