Re: mozilla plugin

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Tuesday 25 October 2005 11:01 am, Mangas wrote:
> hi all,
> Having a gnuplot plugin for mozilla would be quite useful to me for a web
> application I'm writing (my server is too resource limited for gnuplot).  Before
> I dive into the task, I figured I would check if others have already put some
> thought or development effort into a gnuplot browser plugin.  Would folks (other
> than me) find such a plugin useful?   Any feedback would be appreciated.

Please see my web page for examples of gnuplot use via the web:

  http://www.bmsc.washington.edu/people/merritt/gnuplot_test.html

Now that you remind me, I realize that I have not tested that
demo page since moving it to a new web server, so I don't promise
that the actual demo is functional at the moment, although the
description and instructions should still be valid.

You might also have a look at using the svg terminal driver.
It produces svg files that can be embedded in normal html and
viewed server-side by an svg plugin.  A lot more could be done
to test and improve this driver, so if you are looking for
a place to start this might be a good one.  For instance,
it is possible to add client-side mousing interactions with
embedded svg code. Here are some web pages that point to 
examples using svg + mousing:

  http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/course/11/11.951/www/media/SVG.html
  http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/


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