PGPLOT perl5 module =================== This module allows easy and obvious use of the PGPLOT graphics library from perl. e.g.: pgmove(0,0); pgdraw(1,1); # perl commands to draw a line PGPLOT is a widely used in the astronomical community for producing the complicated x-y graphs which litter the pages of publications such as Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. You won't find spinning and morphing 3D graphics here (try the OpenGL module!) but you will find hassle-free routines to produce serious and professional looking plots of data sets with multiple symbols and error bars. There are Postscript, X-window and sundry other device drivers; on some platforms drivers to generate GIF and PPM files are available. As a convenience pre-built binary versions are available for the architectures SunOS, Solaris, OSF/1, Linux and HP-UX at the home ftp sites: ftp.ast.cam.ac.uk:/pub/kgb/pgperl/ linux.nrao.edu:/pub/packages/pgperl/ The original perl4 version, "pgperl" [not to be confused with "Pgperl" for the independent Postgres extension!] is also available from there. The documentation reflects both versions. The WWW home page contains documentation and many examples: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~kgb/pgperl.html The source is distributed on sundry perl archives including CPAN. To build from source also requires the PGPLOT library be obtained and compiled first. The PGPLOT C/FORTRAN library was written by Tim Pearson at Caltech and further information about it is available from: WWW: http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/ ftp: astro.caltech.edu:/pub/pgplot email: tjp@astro.caltech.edu In particular note that PGPLOT is not public-domain software. However, it is freely available for non-commercial use. It is copyrighted by California Institute of Technology. The software is provided ``as is'' with no warranty. If you use and enjoy this module, drop me a line and I will put you on my mailling list for updates. best wishes, Karl Glazebrook. [kgb@aaoepp.aao.gov.au] 9/Dec/1995