xgraph: Animated, Easy Client for 1D Line Plots
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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
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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
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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
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Support
Please direct questions about xgraph to
cactusmaint@cactuscode.org
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![[MAINIMAGE]](../images/development.jpg)
