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PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library

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New Web Addresses

The web address for PGPLOT changed in October 2000. The new web address is
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/
and the ftp address for downloading PGPLOT is
ftp://ftp.astro.caltech.edu/pub/pgplot/pgplot5.2.tar.gz

Introduction

The PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library is a Fortran- or C-callable, device-independent graphics package for making simple scientific graphs. It is intended for making graphical images of publication quality with minimum effort on the part of the user. For most applications, the program can be device-independent, and the output can be directed to the appropriate device at run time.

The PGPLOT library consists of two major parts: a device-independent part and a set of device-dependent ``device handler'' subroutines for output on various terminals, image displays, dot-matrix printers, laser printers, and pen plotters. Common file formats supported include PostScript and GIF.

PGPLOT itself is written mostly in standard Fortran-77, with a few non-standard, system-dependent subroutines. PGPLOT subroutines can be called directly from a Fortran-77 or Fortran-90 program. A C binding library (cpgplot) and header file (cpgplot.h) are provided that allow PGPLOT to be called from a C or C++ program; the binding library handles conversion between C and Fortran argument-passing conventions.

PGPLOT has been tested with UNIX (most varieties, including Linux, SunOS, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Irix, and MacOS X/Darwin) and OpenVMS operating systems. I am unable to provide support for DOS, Microsoft Windows, but I do distribute code provided by users for use with these operating systems.

Examples

Some example graphs showing some of the capabilities of PGPLOT, and source code in Fortran and C for a simple example, can be found in thePGPLOT Portfolio. Caution: this page contains several large graphics files.

Copyright

PGPLOT isnot public-domain software. However, it is freely available for non-commercial use. The source code and documentation are copyrighted by California Institute of Technology, and may not be redistributed or placed on public Web servers without permission. The software is provided ``as is'' with no warranty.

Status

The current version of PGPLOT is5.2.2.

Installation

For instructions for obtaining PGPLOT from my ftp site and for details of supported operating systems, read theinstallation instructions.

If you cannot use ftp, PGPLOT is available on tape for a fee. Consulttjp·astro.caltech.edu.

Documentation

The manualPGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library by T. J. Pearson is being updated for version 5.2 of PGPLOT. A draft of the manual is available: see theTable of Contents.

A PostScript file of the manual will be made available when it is completed. A PostScript file of theold manual (version 4.9, 0.27 Mbyte, gzipped) is still available, but it does not include the many changes made in version 5.0.

Calling PGPLOT From Other Languages

PGPLOT is distributed with subroutine interfaces for C and Fortran-77; these interfaces can also be used with C++ and Fortran-90.

Several users have contributed bindings for PGPLOT that allow the PGPLOT functions to be called from other languages. Several of these bindings allow PGPLOT to be used interactively.

ADA
Martin Stift has anADA and ADA95 interface to PGPLOT.
C++
CCPL is an interesting graphing library interface for use withC++. A graph is generated by sending data to a stream, e.g.,pout<< line_plot(my_data) << endp;. Author:MattHowlett (University of Tasmania). URL:http://ccpl.sourceforge.net.
GLISH
A PGPLOT binding forGLISH has been developed as part of theaips++ project by a consortium led by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory; it is currently in beta release.. For details, see theaips++ web page.
OCTAVE
PGPLOT may be called from theOctave language for numerical computations viaMatwrap fromGary Holt.
PERL
PGPERL byKarl Glazebrook provides an interface between the Perl language and the PGPLOT FORTRAN library. For further information, see the WWW pagehttp://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/kgb/pgperl/.
PYTHON
(But why would you want to use PGPLOT when you can usematplotlib?)
Pygplot by Chris Burns is a python module which provides the user with a friendly, object-oriented interface to the PGPLOT plotting library:
http://code.obs.carnegiescience.edu/python/burns-python-scripts/pygplot/pygplot.pdf
http://code.obs.carnegiescience.edu/python/burns-python-scripts/pygplot
Nick Patavalis (npatat efault.net) has developed an interface between PGPLOT and the Python and NumPy languages. Seehttps://github.com/npat-efault/ppgplot.
RUBY
Ruby/PGPLOT is a PGPLOT interface to theRuby language, written byMasahiro Tanaka.
SCHEME
Koji Ejiri has made a Gauche binding for PGPLOT. Gauche is a Scheme interpreter.
TCL/TK
Tcl/Tk interfaces for PGPLOT have been developed by three groups:
YORICK
A PGPLOT interface to theYorick language has been written by Alexey Goldin (alexey@oddjob.uchicago.edu). Seehttp://flight.uchicago.edu/goldin/yorick-pgplot/.

Interactive Drawing Programs and Other PGPLOT Extensions

The following list does not include the many application-specific programs that have been written using PGPLOT.

Reporting problems

If you have questions about PGPLOT, please send them to Tim Pearson, preferably by e-mail. If you have a problem with installation, please include information about your operating system version, Fortran and C compilers, and the version of PGPLOT you are trying to install. If you think you have found a bug in PGPLOT, asimple test program in Fortran or C that demonstrates the problem is very helpful.

Tim Pearson, California Institute of Technology,tjp·astro.caltech.edu
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