Re: [Plplot-general] How to use PLplot on MS Windows

[Arjen M. <arj...@wl...>]

Olof Svensson wrote:
> 
> Hi Arjen,
> 
> Yes, plplot can be used on MS Windows however you need MS VC++ to
> compile the code. The win3 device for the Windows platform is working
> but it needs more work, for example one thing missing is the possibility
> of printing directly from plplot, now the only possibility is to create
> a PostScript file and print it via Ghostview.
> 
> Unfortunately my present professional obligations leave me with no time
> to continue the win3 development, I can only do a minimum of
> maintenance, and so far no volunteer has showed up to continue the work.
> So, in the short future, I think the best is to use Cygwin for compiling
> and running plplot on MS Windows. Cygwin has the advantage that you
> don't need to buy the rather expensive MS VC++. There are now some
> problems when trying to compile plplot on Windows however I got the
> impression that there are people looking into these issues.
> 
>

Thank you for that information. Here we use MSVC, so that should not be
a problem. I am concerned about the printing stuff though. Hm. 

I have not seen a win3 driver by the way in the distribution. Should I
look for that in the CVS head?

And I had some issues with the Linux version - I will write them up 
in detail, but where should I send that to? 

Regards,

Arjen