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diff --git a/graphics/plotutils/DESCR b/graphics/plotutils/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..707c3aaab73 --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/plotutils/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The GNU plotutils package contains programs for plotting scientific data, +and a function library for drawing vector graphics and doing vector graphics +animations. The package includes: +* GNU graph, which does two-dimensional plotting in real time. It's designed + for command-line use, and can be used in shell scripts. It produces output + on an X Window System display, in Illustrator format, in Postscript format, + in PCL 5 format, in HP-GL/2 format, in Fig format (editable with the xfig + drawing editor), in Tektronix format, or in GNU Metafile format. Output in + Postscript format may be edited with the idraw drawing editor. +* GNU plot, which translates GNU Metafile format to any of the other formats. +* GNU tek2plot, for translating legacy Tektronix data to any of the above + formats. +* GNU plotfont, for displaying character maps of the fonts that are available + in the above formats. +* GNU spline, which does spline interpolation of data. +* GNU ode, which numerically integrates a system consisting of one or more + ordinary differential equations. + +The programs graph, plot, tek2plot, and plotfont are based on GNU libplot, a C +function library for device-independent two-dimensional vector graphics. GNU +libplot is compatible with the traditional Unix libplot library, but is much +more powerful. It is installed as part of the package. |