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From: Herb S. <hsi...@ma...> - 2002-07-29 05:20:15
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Hi all, I've been trying to use Octave/Aquaterm to plot 2 sets of experimental data, and I'm running to some serious speed issues. Each data set consists of about 30,000 data points. The first data set is a series of impulses, and Gnuplot/Aquaterm plots it fairly quickly (within 5-10 sec's on my G3-400), The 2nd data set is the measured impulse response time history, and looks like random noise. The 2nd set takes about 15 to 20 minutes to display on my machine. By comparison, Octave/Gnuplot running under XDarwin plots the same data in about 15-20 seconds. (I also noticed that if I save the plot to a PDF file, Preview and Acrobat take about 20 minutes to open and display the file). I was wondering if reducing the resolution in Aqua_xmax and Aqua_ymax would help reduce the display time. I thought I would get some opinions before I tried to figure out how to recompile everything (I'm not a programmer). Thanks, Herb |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2002-07-17 12:56:55
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Hi, AQT uses a point-based (1 pt = 1/72 inch) device independent representation that has "infinite" resolution (in the sense that fractional (i.e. floats) pt values are allowed). Gnuplot uses integers to represent points and has a limited resolution. > I've been producing extremely detailed plots recently with gnuplot and > I have noticed that the resulting aquaterm pdf files have limited > resolution. I guess that this limitation is linked to the size limit > imposed on the figure window. > > What is the best way to improve the resolution of the resulting files? > Should I consider switching from octave and using a different plotting > package? You could increase the resolution in gnuplot by scaling x/y coordinates in the adapter and fooling gnuplot into believing that the canvas is much larger. (Actually, this should be considered a prioritized change to the adapter.) A simple way to do it is to introduce a scaling factor (>>1) that applies to AQUA_XMAX, AQUA_init() etc. and then divide by that factor in AQUA_move() etc. preserving the fractional part. /Per > > Regards, > Tom |
From: Tom K. <tkornack@Princeton.EDU> - 2002-07-09 14:47:25
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Hi folks, I continue to use and love aquaterm with gnuplot and octave. I've been producing extremely detailed plots recently with gnuplot and I have noticed that the resulting aquaterm pdf files have limited resolution. I guess that this limitation is linked to the size limit imposed on the figure window. What is the best way to improve the resolution of the resulting files? Should I consider switching from octave and using a different plotting package? Regards, Tom |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2002-06-15 16:56:18
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> Hello. > > I seem to be having a hard time finding basic information about getting > PGPLOT or aquaterm to work on OS X. > > If someone would PLEASE care to educate me about PGPLOT, I would be > most > grateful; reading the documentation is one thing but understanding how > to get it to actually work and compile (with my limited knowledge about > compilation) is another matter. > > Could anyone give me a tiny step by step lesson to make the simplest > program work? > > Thanks in advance. > > Paul OK, lets see... [the following assumes a fink-installed pgplot] PGPLOT is a library of FORTRAN (libpgplot) routines that you can call from your code to bring up graphs of your data, i.e. pgplot is not a program in itself. There is also a C wrapper library called libcpgplot. That said, this is probably the simplest c-program that does something useful (in a file named 'caqtdemo.c'): // ----- begin caqtdemo.c --- #include "cpgplot.h" #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { if (cpgopen("1/AQT")) { cpgpage(); cpgsvp(0.1, 0.9, 0.1, 0.9); cpgswin(0.0,1.0,0.0,1.0); cpgbox("BCGNTS",0.1,5,"BCGNTS",0.1,5); cpglab("x-label","y-label","title"); cpgclos(); } else { printf("Could not open AQT, exiting\n"); } return 0; } // ----- end caqtdemo.c --- to compile it, use (on a singe line of input) cc -g -I/sw/lib/pgplot -L/sw/lib -L/sw/lib/pgplot -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o caqtdemo caqtdemo.c -lcpgplot -lpgplot -lpng -lX11 -lg2c -framework Cocoa then issue ./caqtdemo to run it Main source of information on pgplot routines. http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/chapter1.html also, look around in the source directory (especially in cpg/ for C info). Type gnutar xvzf /sw/src/pgplot5.2.tar.gz to unpack the sources if you haven't done it already. HTH, Per |
From: Individual . . <ind...@mi...> - 2002-06-01 19:29:21
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HI! I'm new to the list. I have a feeling there are not many people subscribed. Just in case, does anyone have a short piece of c/c++ code showing how to do the most basic things with Aquaterm? Literally just a 10-line program. I haven't had the time to study the documentation, but I'm under the impression that it is more oriented towards adapting existing programs to using Aquaterm, and I'd love to be able to add plotting abilities to my tiny c/c++ programs. Paul |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2002-05-20 20:56:41
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On m=E5ndag, maj 20, 2002, at 08:47 , Tom Kornack wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to thank the developers for producing such a wonderful piece=20= > of software. I use it daily with gnuplot driven through octave. > > This may be off topic, but does anyone have any experience using=20 > multiplot through octave's wrapper? I think you are looking for subplot(), "help subplot" in octave. Also,=20= check the setting of the built-in variable 'gnuplot_has_multiplot'=20 (should be 1). A good place to set it would be in your .octaverc file. A copy of my .octaverc file for ref: # .octaverc # this is the preferred location of extra stuff according to OS X=20 guidelines (highly non-standard wrt other unices) LOADPATH =3D [ '~/Library/Octave/m//:~/Library/Octave/octave- forge/oct:~/Library/Octave/octave-forge//:', LOADPATH ]; EXEC_PATH =3D [ '~/Library/Octave/octave-forge/oct:', EXEC_PATH ]; # my personal preference for paging page_screen_output =3D 0; # make sure octave knows the capabilities of gnuplot/AquaTerm gnuplot_has_frames =3D 1; gnuplot_has_multiplot =3D 1; # I have sevaral versions of gnuplot around for testing, this tells=20 octave where to look gnuplot_binary =3D "~/bin/gnuplot" |
From: Tom K. <tkornack@Princeton.EDU> - 2002-05-20 18:47:55
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Hi folks, I'd like to thank the developers for producing such a wonderful piece of software. I use it daily with gnuplot driven through octave. This may be off topic, but does anyone have any experience using multiplot through octave's wrapper? regards, Tom kornack.com 609-986-8926 (h), 609-258-0702 (w) Fundamental Symmetries Lab, Princeton University 88 College Road West, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-5050 |
From: Lizardo H. C. M. N. <li...@ur...> - 2002-03-15 17:45:10
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Hi, I lost several hours trying to build PGPLOT lib with AquaTerm support following the instructions at your project site. I hope you could please help me. That's what I've done: % cd <Target_PGPLOT_DIR> In the copied "drivers.list" I added the line "AQDRIV 0 /AQT " % <PATH>/<PGPLOT_DIR>/makemake <PATH>/<PGPLOT_DIR> macosx and I edited the "makefile" adding DRIVERS= aqdriv.o ( and other drivers) (...) aqdriv.o: $(DRVDIR)/aqdriv.m $(CCOMPL) -c $(MFLAGC) $(DRVDIR)/aqdriv.m (...) Notice that: pgdemo1: $(DEMDIR)/pgdemo1.f libpgplot.a $(FCOMPL) $(FFLAGD) -o pgdemo1 $(DEMDIR)/pgdemo1.f $(PGPLOT_LIB) $(LIBS) where the $ variables are defined in the "PGPLOT_DIR/g77_cc_AQT.conf" file. Everything builds fine. ---- Performing demo tests --- % ./pgdemo1 Graphics device/type (? to see list, default /NULL): ? PGPLOT v5.2.2 Copyright 1997 California Institute of Technology Interactive devices: /AQT (AqauTerm.app under Mac OS X) <--- typo here (ease to fix) Non-interactive file formats: /GIF (Graphics Interchange Format file, landscape orientation) /VGIF (Graphics Interchange Format file, portrait orientation) /LATEX (LaTeX picture environment) /NULL (Null device, no output) /PS (PostScript file, landscape orientation) /VPS (PostScript file, portrait orientation) /CPS (Colour PostScript file, landscape orientation) /VCPS (Colour PostScript file, portrait orientation) Graphics device/type (? to see list, default /NULL): /AQT version=v5.2.2 state=OPEN user=lizardo now=15-Mar-2002 14:03 device= file= type=AQT dev/type=/AQT hardcopy=NO terminal=NO cursor=NO Plot dimensions (x,y; inches): 11.69, 8.26 (mm): 297.04, 209.90 Type <RETURN> for next page: (...) But no plot at all... : ( I'm missing some configuration steps. Other drivers are OK. ---- Also, I separately built /XWINDOW and /XSERVER and they work fine. Since I'm a newbie unix user, I would appreciate if you could explain me how to set the window size and smooth fonts. Thanks, Lizardo H. C. M. Nunes ...But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;(...)but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are strong;(I Cor.1:23&27) |
From: Lizardo H. C. M. N. <li...@ur...> - 2002-03-15 17:33:10
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Hi, I lost several hours trying to build PGPLOT lib with AquaTerm support following the instructions at your project site. I hope you could please help me. That's what I've done: % cd <Target_PGPLOT_DIR> In the copied "drivers.list" I added the line "AQDRIV 0 /AQT " % <PATH>/<PGPLOT_DIR>/makemake <PATH>/<PGPLOT_DIR> macosx and I edited the "makefile" adding DRIVERS= aqdriv.o ( and other drivers) (...) aqdriv.o: $(DRVDIR)/aqdriv.m $(CCOMPL) -c $(MFLAGC) $(DRVDIR)/aqdriv.m (...) Notice that: pgdemo1: $(DEMDIR)/pgdemo1.f libpgplot.a $(FCOMPL) $(FFLAGD) -o pgdemo1 $(DEMDIR)/pgdemo1.f $(PGPLOT_LIB) $(LIBS) where the $ variables are defined in the "PGPLOT_DIR/g77_cc_AQT.conf" file. Everything builds fine. ---- Performing demo tests --- % ./pgdemo1 Graphics device/type (? to see list, default /NULL): ? PGPLOT v5.2.2 Copyright 1997 California Institute of Technology Interactive devices: /AQT (AqauTerm.app under Mac OS X) <--- typo here (ease to fix) Non-interactive file formats: /GIF (Graphics Interchange Format file, landscape orientation) /VGIF (Graphics Interchange Format file, portrait orientation) /LATEX (LaTeX picture environment) /NULL (Null device, no output) /PS (PostScript file, landscape orientation) /VPS (PostScript file, portrait orientation) /CPS (Colour PostScript file, landscape orientation) /VCPS (Colour PostScript file, portrait orientation) Graphics device/type (? to see list, default /NULL): /AQT version=v5.2.2 state=OPEN user=lizardo now=15-Mar-2002 14:03 device= file= type=AQT dev/type=/AQT hardcopy=NO terminal=NO cursor=NO Plot dimensions (x,y; inches): 11.69, 8.26 (mm): 297.04, 209.90 Type <RETURN> for next page: (...) But no plot at all... : ( I'm missing some configuration steps. Other drivers are OK. ---- Also, I separately built /XWINDOW and /XSERVER and they work fine. Since I'm a newbie unix user, I would appreciate if you could explain me how to set the window size and smooth fonts. Thanks, Lizardo H. C. M. Nunes ...But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;(...)but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are strong;(I Cor.1:23&27) |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2002-02-15 20:27:53
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Just a note to point out that the documentation, available from the front page (http://aquaterm.sf.net), has had several additions and a facelift. Comments/additions/improvements welcome! /Per |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2002-01-14 08:06:34
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On m=E5ndag, januari 14, 2002, at 08:32 , Bob Savage wrote: > Hi, I have been toying with your aquaterm and gnuplot. It seems to = work=20 > quite well, except for a couple of things: Is there any way to change=20= > the colors being used to draw lines? No, not yet... unless you change them in the source code = GPTColorExtras.m It is on my To-Do list, but there is no ETA;-) It will probably be=20 implemented as an "Inspector Panel" for the plots where you can set=20 things like colormap etc. > In the Gnuplot docs it says to use commandline switches or set some=20 > variables in your .xwindows preferences file. I tried the commandline=20= > switches and it seems to have no effect. correct. > > Also, I can't figure out how to get an image out of aquaterm. It looks=20= > like drag and drop isn't implemented, neither is save, and if I try to=20= > create a PDF with the old print->preview trick, I always get a cut off=20= > page. Any advice here? Yes! The latest CVS version has proper print, save as PDF and a=20 rudimentary copy (as EPS). Grab the sources and build it! (No need to=20 rebuild GNUPlot, just AquaTerm.app) These things will be in the next=20 release 0.2.1 which will be finished at some point in the future.=20 (Formats will be user selectable etc. before I release it) Cheers, Per |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2001-12-30 11:36:10
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You need the gnuplot 3.8 sources: From the terminal use (press return when prompted for password): cvs -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/gnuplot login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/gnuplot co gnuplot /Per On fredag, december 21, 2001, at 07:15 , jr wrote: > Hello, > > I have been trying to compile the gnuplot 3.7.1 with aquaTerm using > instructions given in sourceforge.net > But when the file term.c is being compiled, some errors appears in file > aquaTerm.trm. It seems like if it would have problems with @protocol, > @interface and any others lines containing character '@'. > > Is there any way of making it compile? > > I have also read in a web site that new version 3.8 of gnuplot supports > aquaTerm. Where and how can I get that new version? > > Thanks to everybody, > > J.R. > > > _______________________________________________ > Aquaterm-user mailing list > Aqu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aquaterm-user > |
From: jr <bu...@in...> - 2001-12-21 18:15:48
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Hello, I have been trying to compile the gnuplot 3.7.1 with aquaTerm using instructions given in sourceforge.net But when the file term.c is being compiled, some errors appears in file aquaTerm.trm. It seems like if it would have problems with @protocol, @interface and any others lines containing character '@'. Is there any way of making it compile? I have also read in a web site that new version 3.8 of gnuplot supports aquaTerm. Where and how can I get that new version? Thanks to everybody, J.R. |
From: Per P. <per...@ma...> - 2001-12-04 13:13:33
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Alan, you'll have to ask the fink-user list for this one... I haven't used fink to install this myself! I'll be adding some updates over the next couple of days, and a new release is due before Xmas. I don't know if future versions will be (directly) supported by fink since there has been some arguments whether .apps should be supported by fink. The patch for gnuplot, however, will probably be supported by fink until it (hopefully) becomes part of the gnuplot sources. /Per |
From: Alan C. <cu...@ma...> - 2001-11-30 20:38:01
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This is probably a very basic question so I apologize in advance. I wanted to install aquaterm for gnuplot. I had been using fink as a painless way of getting Darwin software. I saw that the unstable 3.8 version of gnuplot supported aquaterm and so followed the fink instructions and copied the .info and .patch from the unstable tree to the local tree and ran fink intstall gnuplot. This is what happened. sudo /sw/bin/fink install gnuplot Reading package info... Information about 256 packages read. rm -rf gnuplot-3.8g.0-4 mkdir -p /sw/src/gnuplot-3.8g.0-4 tar -xzf /sw/src/gnuplot-3.8g.0.tar.gz tar -xzf /sw/src/AquaTerm.tgz patch -p1 </sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/sci/gnuplot-3.8g.0-4.patch patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input. ### patch failed, exit code 2 Failed: patching gnuplot-3.8g.0-4 failed The patch file contains regular looking text. I assume there is a step I have missed along the way. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. Alan |
From: Greg A. <ga...@ar...> - 2001-11-28 22:34:35
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[I'm not on this list...] AquaTerm with the gnuplot demos is absolutely phenomenal. Why don't you lobby to get the "aquaTerm.trm" stuff in the real distro of gnuplot? It doesn't break x11 support -- it just adds functionality. Once this and Octave are mainstream on MacOS X, it's a major score for those of us missing matlab on the Mac! Thanks, -Greg -- Gregory E. Allen, MSEE Engineering Scientist Applied Research Laboratories: The University of Texas at Austin |
From: Per P. <per...@bt...> - 2001-11-15 07:54:40
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Please use this list to discuss anything regarding usage of AquaTerm /Per |