[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython and Gnuplot

[David Warde-Farley]

On 29-Jan-09, at 8:29 AM, Matt Foster wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:33 AM, raf . <arawak1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have MacPython 2.5 on my iMac.  I also have Gnuplot.app Version  
>> 4,2.
>> How do I get them to work together?
>>
>> Can someone show a simple example or instructions.  They both came  
>> with my
>> iMac.
>>
>> ron francis
>
> You'll probably need to get something like gnuplot.py:
> http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/
> There's a demo file inside of the package that will show you how to  
> get started.
>
> You might need to use something like, too:
>
>        import Gnuplot
>        Gnuplot.GnuplotOpts.gnuplot_command =
> '/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot'


I might also point out that matplotlib is available for OS X, with a  
convenient universal installer, and IMHO produces much nicer plots  
than Gnuplot (and has amazing documentation). If you haven't tried it  
out and are not particularly married to Gnuplot, I strongly recommend  
it:
	
	http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/

David