[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: Gnuplot Installation

[Larry Meyn]

At 4:36 PM -0500 3/23/01, Tom Loredo wrote:
>Hi folks-
>
>Larry, where were you a week ago when I was trying to sort all
>of this out?  8-)
>
>My impression was that the newest version of Mac Gnuplot (3.7) was
>produced by different folks from the earlier version that the Python
>interface was built for.  That older version had the GPSE creator code
>for the Gnuplot application, and it also required you to have the Alpha
>editor (which it used as its console).  The newer, cleaner, and
>apparently more stable 3.7 version is stand-alone, and has a different
>creator code: {GP}.  Because of this, I just presumed (perhaps
>incorrectly) that I'd better not rely on the Mac code in Gnuplot.py
>having the right Apple events to match with the new build.  So I
>rebuilt the entire suite following Jack's instructions that come with
>MacPython (I'm new to OSA, so I was surprised I got any of it to
>work!).  A bit of hacking was required (in particular, somehow no
>"Quit" event was defined by following the instructions---any idea
>what's up with this?), but it seems to work.  I can post the suite on a
>web site if there's interest.  I just can't make any promises that I
>did it right!
>
>BTW, this was all with MacPython 2.0.  I had no problems installing
>Gnuplot.py with Distutils, though I did have to add a search path to
>MacPython to get the RequiredSuites.  If you have the *old* Mac Gnuplot
>on your hard drive, just running Gnuplot.py out of the box will run it
>fine.  I only had to do what I described above so that I could use the
>newer build.
>
>-Tom Loredo
>
>
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Tom,

You might want to wait before posting anything. Everything seemed to 
be working just fine on my G4 at work.  However, I'm telecommuting 
today and I can't seem to get Gnuplot.py working on my iMac with what 
I thought were the proper hacks.  I'll have to wait till Monday to 
see how everything is actually configured for the working version.

Larry