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xGraph

xgraph: Animated, Easy Client for 1D Line Plots

xgraph is a freely available, lightweight and easy to use visualization client for viewing 1D data files. It includes features for animation, zooming and saving to postscript. Also see the page for ygraph

XGraph Image

Using xgraph

xgraph can be used to view 1D data files with the format 

"Time=0.0
0.0  0.0
0.2  0.04
0.4  0.16
0.6  0.36
0.8  0.64
1.0  1.0

"Time=1.0
0.0  0.0
0.2 -0.04
0.4 -0.16
0.6 -0.36
0.8 -0.64
1.0 -1.0

Viewing a file is as easy as typing 

xgraph <data filename>

The are many options for customising aspects of and using xgraph (for example an animation option), type xgraph -help to see them. The image at the top of the page was created from the above data using 

xgraph xgraph.dat -lw 2 -P -t "Easy Plot"

If you are using thorn CactusConnect/HTTPD you can setup your browser to automatically view any advertised xgraph files. Instructions on how to do this are provided in the WebServer-HOWTO.

Downloading xgraph

    

Binaries
Statically linked executables for some platforms are available

Source Code from Tarfile
A tarfile containing the source code for the latest distribution will soon be made available.

Source Code from CVS Repository
Checking out from the Cactus CVS Repository allows you to easily update your code to obtain bug fixes or enhancements or to contribute back to us your own improvements. If you are choosing this option, you may wish to get update messages for any commits to the repository, if so, please contact us. 

cvs -d :pserver:cvs_anon@cvs.cactuscode.org:/cactus login
CVS password: anon
cvs -d :pserver:cvs_anon@cvs.cactuscode.org:/cactus co -d \
           xgraph VizTools/xgraph

Support

Please direct questions about xgraph to cactusmaint@cactuscode.org

Created by jeffd
Last modified 2006-06-28 01:48 PM
 
 
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