Re: [Gnuplot-info] Suggestion

[ccharron1 <cch...@fr...>]

Thanks for the answer,
I just want to do some 3D representation of data, to try to understand some
chemical reactions depending of more than 3 parameters. I looked other the
internet, I found several very expensive software and I found Gnuplot, which
was very interesting for me, except that I'm not working with a command line
program for years now, and having to to it it's painfull when you have the
habbit to use a graphical program interface system like windows or system 7
from apple.
Sorry for my bad english, I'm French.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Koski" <jko...@co...>
To: "Hans-Bernhard Broeker" <br...@ph...>; "ccharron1"
<cch...@fr...>
Cc: "gnuplot" <gnu...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Gnuplot-info] Suggestion


> A couple of general comments.
>
> First, Excel has a very bad, inflexible plot package, and has had it for
> many years. I cringe when I see an Excel plot in published documents.
Almost
> anything is better. By doing an Excel "Save As" to tab text, a gnuplot
user
> should be able to access most Excel data with only a little editing.
>
> Second, there are some commercial plot programs that will import Excel
files
> directly. On my Mac, I use Kaleidagraph, which is available for both Mac
and
> PC, and is not too expensive as software goes. Kaleidagraph reformats each
> Excel workbook into a separate Kaleidagraph data file. This proves that it
> can be done. I'm sure there are others that do the same, but cost money.
>
> Joe
>
>
> on 10/2/04 6:12 PM, Hans-Bernhard Broeker at br...@ph...
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, ccharron1 wrote:
> >
> >> I'm discovering gnuplot and I'm trying to use it to do some 3D-graph
> >> representation of data (real x, y and z graph). As my data are in an
excel
> >> sheet, it would be very usefull if gnuplot would have an option to
import
> >> directly the data from an excel file, as a command in a GUI.
> >
> > I don't think that'll happen.  If you have data stuck in the bowels of
> > some Excel file, it's the duty of Excel and you to get it out of there,
> > not gnuplot's.  And, luckily, it can do it: you can export the data you
> > have to a CSV file, and gnuplot will be able to read it.
> >
> >> To be able to select the data file directly from the GUI, without
having
> >> to write the name in the command line windows would be nice.
> >
> > It is nice --- you can do it right now.  If it *is* a data file, rather
> > than some Excel blob, that is.
> >
> >> Are you developping a preference setting to choose the language of
> >> Gnuplot ?
> >
> > No.  But maybe I just didn't understand that question.  What "language
of
> > gnuplot" to you want to make preference-settable there?  gnuplot uses
> > essentially only one language, and that only to write documentation in
and
> > derive keywords from.   Neither of which seems to be what you're asking
> > about.  So: what kind of change do you have in mind there?
>
>
>