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3Jgraph takes the description of a graph or graphs in the standard
4input, and produces a postscript file on the standard output. Jgraph
5is ideal for plotting any mixture of scatter point graphs, line
6graphs, and/or bar graphs, and embedding the output into LaTeX, or
7any other text processing system which can read postscript.
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9The graph description language is simple enough to get nice looking
10graphs with a minimum of effort, yet powerful enough to give the user
11the flexibility to tailor the appearance of the graph to his or her
12individual preferences. This includes plotting multiple graphs and
13laying them out separately on the page (or pages).
14
15The program is written in C, and shouldn't take anything too fancy
16or machine-dependent. It has been tested on DECstations,
17sun3's, and sparc's (and is being used on many other types
18of machines, including those running VMS and DOS).
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20There is a makefile, a man page (in jgraph.1), source code, and
21example graphs.
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23Jgraph is available via anonymous ftp to princeton.edu, in the
24file pub/jgraph.Z. This file is a compressed shell bundle file.
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26Jgraph is also available from netlib, a mail archive server.
27To acquire jgraph from netlib, send a mail message to
28netlib@ornl.gov with nothing but the text:
29
30send jgraph.shar from misc
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32It will respond by mailing you messages which comprise
33the file jgraph.shar. To extract jgraph.shar from these
34messages, first save each one into a file. Then for each
35of these files, strip off all the lines up to but not including
36the '#!/bin/sh' line. Then run /bin/sh on each file. When
37you're done, you should be left with the file jgraph.shar, upon
38which you then run /bin/sh -- this will produce all the jgraph
39source files.
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41There is also a mailing list in which I inform users directly
42about bug fixes. This is for those who don't read comp.sources.misc,
43or those who would like to hear about minor bug fixes which I
44haven't posted as a patch to comp.sources.misc.
45
46Please send me comments and/or bug reports.
47
48Author: Jim Plank
49Page: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~plank
50Email: plank@cs.utk.edu
51USmail: Associate Professor
52 Department of Computer Science
53 University of Tennessee
54 203 Claxton Complex
55 1122 Volunteer Blvd.
56 Knoxville, TN 37996-3450
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