Re: PlotWS software

[Kim L. G. <kim...@gm...>]

Hi Broeker,

On 7/18/06, Hans-Bernhard Br=F6ker <br...@ph...> wrote:
> [...]
> I don't think that this is the right place to post this.  This is the
> gnuplot mailing list.  It has nothing to do with PlotWS.   Any reports
> you want to make about that software should be addressed at its autors.

I was following the instructions from http://www.gnuplot.info/links.html :
"This is a completely unorganised list of gnuplot related web and ftp
sites. Please write to gnuplot-beta mailing list if you know any other
useful links."


>
> > 1) Modify GraphSoapBindingImpl.java and change
> > exe.run(exeGnuPlot + " \"" + cmdsFile + "\"", _tempDir, null);
> > to
> > exe.run(exeGnuPlot + " " + cmdsFile, _tempDir, null);
>
> I don't think that's a good change.  After your change, any use of a
> plot filename containing blanks would fail.  This change breaks more
> than it fixes

Without the change, it doesn't work for me. Maybe it works on Windows.

btw, the plot filename won't contain blanks (ah hah, thanks, now I
what those quotes and back slashes were for):
GraphSoapBindingImpl.java:  cmdsFile =3D File.createTempFile("gnuplot_",
".cmds", _tempDir);

> [...]
> Does it actually offer two-way interaction, i.e. are clicks onto the
> plot fed back into gnuplot?

It's two-way interaction but not via clicking the plot but via
something like a pull-down menu. e.g.

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ghydflex/images/General/hydroflex_graphs_large.gif
(from: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ghydflex/technologies/index.htm)