Version 3.5 of gnuplot, an interactive plotting program with a command line interface, is now available on all RCS platforms.
gnuplot plots both curves (2 dimensions) and surfaces (3 dimensions). The 2D plots have many plot styles, including lines, points, line with points, error bars, and impulses (crude bar graphs). Users can plot a 3D surface as a mesh fitting the specified function, floating in the 3-d coordinate space, or as a contour plot on the x-y plane. Both types of graphs may be labeled with arbitrary labels and arrows, axes labels, a title, date and time, and a key.
To run gnuplot 3.5, enter the following commands from a UNIX prompt:
setup gnuplot-new
gnuplot &
For additional help in using gnuplot, enter help at the gnuplot command prompt.
Version 3.5 of the gnuplot package will become the system default on Tuesday, January 7, 1997, and you will no longer have to set it up.
You will still be able to access gnuplot version 3.2 until February 1, 1997 by entering setup gnuplot-old from a UNIX prompt before running the program.
If you have any further questions about using gnuplot, please contact the consultants at the ACS Help Desk locations, or direct electronic mail to consult@rpi.edu.