pyxplot(1) pyxplot(1)
NAME
pyxplot - a multi-purpose command-line data processing, vector graphics
and graph-plotting tool.
SYNOPSIS
pyxplot [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
Pyxplot is a multi-purpose graph plotting tool, scientific scripting
language, vector graphics suite, and data processing package. Its
interface is designed to make common tasks -- e.g., plotting labelled
graphs of data -- accessible via short, simple, intuitive commands.
But these commands also take many optional settings, allowing their
output to be fine-tuned into styles appropriate for printed publica-
tions, talks or websites. Pyxplot is simple enough to be used without
prior programming experience, but powerful enough that programmers can
extensively configure and script it.
A SCIENTIFIC SCRIPTING LANGUAGE
Pyxplot doesn't just plot graphs. It's a scripting language in which
variables can have physical units. Calculations automatically return
results in an appropriate unit, whether that be kilograms, joules or
lightyears. Datafiles can be converted straightforwardly from one set
of units to another. Meanwhile Pyxplot has all the other features of a
scripting language: flow control and branching, string manipulation,
complex data types, an object-oriented class structure and straightfor-
ward file I/O. It also supports vector and matrix algebra, can inte-
grate or differentiate expressions, and can numerically solve systems
of equations.
A VECTOR GRAPHICS SUITE
The graphical canvas isn't just for plotting graphs on. Circles, poly-
gons and ellipses can be drawn to build vector graphics. Colors are a
native object type for easy customisation. For the mathematically
minded, Pyxplot's canvas interfaces cleanly with its vector math envi-
ronment, so that geometric construction is easy.
A DATA PROCESSING PACKAGE
Pyxplot can interpolate data, find best-fit lines, and compile his-
tograms. It can Fourier transform data, calculate statistics, and out-
put results to new datafiles. Where fine control is needed, custom code
can be used to process every data point in a file.
Examples of the graphical output produced by Pyxplot can be found on
the Pyxplot website: <http://www.pyxplot.org.uk/>.
Full documentation can be found in: /usr/local/share/doc/pyxplot/pyx-
plot.pdf
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
-h, --help: Display this help.
-v, --version: Display version number.
-q, --quiet: Turn off initial welcome message.
-V, --verbose: Turn on initial welcome message.
-c, --color: Use colored highlighting of output.
-m, --monochrome: Turn off coloured highlighting.
AUTHORS
Dominic Ford <coders@pyxplot.org.uk>
BUGS AND USER FORUMS
To report bugs in Pyxplot, or to meet other Pyxplot users in our
forums, please visit us on sourceforge: <http://source-
forge.net/projects/pyxplot/>.
CREDITS
Matthew Smith, Michael Rutter, Zoltan Voros and John Walker have all
contributed code to Pyxplot. We welcome bug reports, which can be sub-
mitted to our project page on Sourceforge, and thank the many testers
who have already made significant contributions to the project by help-
ing us to track down bugs.
SEE ALSO
pyxplot_watch(1),gnuplot(1)
pyxplot(1)
pyxplot 0.9.2 - Generated Wed Oct 16 11:27:49 CDT 2013