IMPORTANT NOTE FOR GIF SUPPORT ============================== Gnuplot requires the gd library from http://www.boutell.com/gd/ to create gif output. Note that the use of this code may subject your organisation to a charge of willful patent infringement (as stated by UNISYS) unless you are in possession of a UNISYS license. The UNISYS patent covers the LZW technology which is used to create gifs. To our knowledge, only gd library version 1.3 and 1.4 are free of LZW code and should therefore be used with gnuplot (unless you have a license from Unisys to use LZW code, in which case version 1.2 and 1.5 is fine, too). The binaries provided here have been built with version 1.3. Version 1.6+ cannot be used because support for GIF has been removed altogether. The Gnuplot Plotting Utility ============================ This directory contains the source and binary distribution for gnuplot, the interactive plotting utility. To learn more about gnuplot, check out the following URLs. (Macintosh) (in french) (more french) (gnuplot and LaTeX) (gnuplot API in ANSI C) (a gnuplot link site in french) (Plot quarterly time data) (gnuplot and Python) (Solaris, IRIX, HP-UX and Digital Unix binaries) Contents of this directory ========================== The binary archives generally come with platform specific documentation. Some include even the demo files. All source and binary archives, except those in the contrib directory, have been signed with PGP. ANNOUNCEMENT The announcement which was posted to various Usenet groups and mailing lists. MD5SUMS A file containing the md5 checksums for the distrbution files. The md5sum program is part of the GNU textutils. PGPKEYS The public keys which have been used to sign all archives. README This file Y2K Some notes about gnuplot and Year 2000 compliance. contrib/ Contributed software, which is not supported by the gnuplot team. See contrib/README for details. faq/ An up to date copy of the gnuplot FAQ in html, tex, and text format. gnuplot-3.7.2.tar.gz Size: 1.3MB gnuplot-3.7.2.tar.gz.asc The source archive for gnuplot 3.7.1, plus signature. gnuplot-3.7.1.tar.gz Size: 1.3MB gnuplot-3.7.1.tar.gz.asc The source archive for gnuplot 3.7.1, plus signature. gnuplot-3.7.0-3.7.1.diff.gz Size: 321k gnuplot-3.7.0-3.7.1.diff.gz.asc Diffs to the previous version of gnuplot, 3.7.0, plus signature. gnuplot-mode.tar.gz Size: 215k gnuplot-mode.tar.gz.asc A new version of gnuplot-mode for Emacs and XEmacs, written by Bruce Ravel . See the web page at http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/gnuplot/ NOTE: This is already in cvs for the development version, which will become gnuplot 4.0 at some stage. gp371cyg.zip Size: 610KB gp371cyg.zip.asc WIN32 archive, compiled with the CygWin compiler, plus signature. This version includes GIF and PNG support. Contributed by W. Kirby. Should run under Win95/98, NT, and probably Win2000. gp371dj2.zip Size: 752KB gp371dj2.zip.asc 32-bit DOS version, compiled with DJGPP v2.03, plus signature. This version includes GIF and PNG support. Contributed by Andris Pavenis. gp371djg.zip Size: 637KB gp371djg.zip.asc 32-bit DOS version, compiled with DJGPP v2.03, plus signature. This version includes GIF and PNG support. Contributed by H.-B. Broeker. gp371dos.zip Size: 635KB gp371dos.zip.asc 16-bit DOS version, compiled with BC3.1, plus signature. No GIF and PNG support. Contributed by H.-B. Broeker. gp371os2.zip Size: 1.1MB gp371os2.zip.asc Binary archive for OS/2, has GIF and PNG support. Contributed by Alexander Mai. Due to the different licenses, we cannot distribute gnuplot compiled with GNU readline support. If you need this, you have to compile your own. gp371w16.zip Size: 780KB gp371w16.zip.asc Binary archive for Win16 platforms (Win3.1, WfW 3.11), plus signature. No support for GIF and PNG. Contributed by H.-B. Broeker. gp371w32.zip Size: 852KB gp371w32.zip.asc Binary archive for Win32 platforms, created with Borland C++ Builder 1.0, plus signature. Support for GIF and PNG. Contributed by H.-B. Broeker. gpdoc.zip Size: 890KB gpdoc.zip.asc The gnuplot documentation in different formats, like html and ps. The info and html files were created from the .texi file included with the source distribution. gpdoc2.zip Size: 398KB gpdoc2.zip.asc The missing documentation/help formats (hlp ipf ms nroff rnh). gnuplot.pdf.gz Size: 344KB gnuplot.pdf.gz.asc gpcard.pdf.gz Size: 82KB gpcard.pdf.gz.asc Documentation in pdf format, created with pdftex and pdflatex. Note that gpcard is not current. gd1.3.tar.gz Size: 88kB gd1.4.tar.gz Size: 97kB libpng-1.2.5.tar.gz Size: 494kB zlib-1.1.4.tar.gz Size: 177kB 2rd party graphics libraries required to build gif and png support into gnuplot. The latest version of the png library is available from http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/. The latest version of the z library is available from http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/. gd library is available from http://www.boutell.com/gd/. The two versions here are free of Unisys patented code and create gif images. The currently available version from www.boutell.com does NOT create gifs. patches Directory where patches to the released version will be available. testing Directory where random code will be available to beta testers. Other platforms =============== A binary distribution for Amiga (m68k) will shortly be available on Aminet . The status of the Macintosh version is unknown at this time. Contributions for other platforms, especially Amiga/PPC, are welcome, and volunteers should contact me at the email address below. This email is for distribution/administration purposes only, *not* for user problems! Lars Hecking Cork, Ireland, November 1999