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Version 2.32
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Release notes - What's New
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Source code
Includes C source code, prefab files, and pltestsuite.
Please be sure you are familiar with the
ploticus copyright and permissions notice
before you proceed.
The download includes everything you need to produce GIF, SVG, EPS, or Postscript graphics..
for the basic configuration there are no library dependencies (except perhaps X11/xlib).
Complete instructions for downloading and building.
For late-breaking updates see the What's New page
Documentation and examples
Many users will prefer to use this web site. But if you want your own copy, here are
several options for using documentation and examples locally.
- HTML docs and roff man pages with no images pl231docs.tar.gz (500 kB)
- All script examples with data files (no images) pl231gal.tar.gz (205 kB)
- Complete web site - all docs, examples, images, and thumbnails... install it and navigate locally
just like this web site pl231site.tar.gz (1720 kB)
Platform-specific info & pre-compiled binaries
These distributions generally include a pre-compiled binary executable, prefab files,
and pltestsuite. Documentation is generally not included.
Please be sure you are familiar with the
ploticus copyright and permissions notice.
After downloading,
see the support page for additional info.
Solaris 2.x (Sparc)
Ploticus 2.31 pl231solaris.tar.gz (320 kB).
PNG, SVG, SVGZ, PostScript, X11.
Compiled to use static libz & libpng.
Linux
Ploticus 2.31 pl231linux.tar.gz (312 kB).
PNG, SVG, SVGZ, PostScript, X11.
Compiled to use dynamic libz and libpng on
an x86 system running Red Hat 7.3, gcc 2.96.
64 bit - the source code distribution (2.31+) should now be OK on 64 bit platforms.
RPM packages
available here
thanks to Peter Hanecak.
Debian resource
available here
win32
Ploticus 2.31 pl231win32.zip (350 kB)
A native win32 standalone command line application (PL.EXE) built using
minGW.
GIF, SVG and EPS/PostScript are supported.
Ploticus 2.31 pl231win32cygwin.zip (2500 kB)
PNG (w/ FreeType2 fonts!), SWF, SVG, EPS/PostScript. Provided by Jamie Echlin.
An earlier cygwin ploticus version is available here
thanks to Markus Hoenicka.
Mac OS X
Available via Fink
(the executable will be named 'ploticus' rather than 'pl').
Or, if you have gcc you can build directly from source code.
AIX
ploticus 2.30 on AIX 5.1, 4.3, and 4.2 available here
thanks to the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science. (25 Oct '04)
HP-UX
Available here
thanks to Stephanie Nile.
HP e3000 MPE/iX
Available here
thanks to Andreas Schmidt.
Digital Unix 4.0 build notes.
Accessories
- Javascript files for use with SVG mouseover (2.30+). Contributed by Jamie Echlin (mid 2004).
- QUISP - quick active server pages. This package, by the same
author as ploticus, is a concise page-template-driven dynamic web content system that can include embedded ploticus scripts.
- EasyTimeline tool for
creating timelines, by Erik Zachte.
- diffs for "Makefile_api" to create sharedlib on MacOS X
contributed by Dieter Fiebelkorn (25 Aug '03)
- libplg documentation for the
underlying API that ploticus uses for drawing to X11, PostScript, etc. Also some examples
that use libplg. (15 Aug '03)
- Perl interface to the ploticus API
contributed by Dan Sully (28 Jul '03)
- fdbfonts.tar.gz several fdb fonts for use with SWF.
- A patch
allowing pl to be compiled with a new GD version
that reintroduces gif support along with
later GD features such as Freetype font support, etc.
The patch was tested with libgd with gif support gd-2.0.12gif.tar.gz
but probably works with any version of libgd newer than 1.8.4.
The ploticus API is not supported by this patch.
Contributed by Lukas Zimmermann, 12 Apr 2003.
(The GIF-enabled libgd is at http://www.rime.com.au/gd/)
Note (Feb 7 '05): the mainstream version of GD now supports GIF - the GIF patents have expired.
- Python interface.
A wrapper for the libploticus library that provides an interface for making ploticus
calls using Python. Received 29 Jan 2003.
- psencodings.tar.gz
contributed by Artur Zaprzala (zybi -at- talex.pl). A simple script (AWK+Python) that generates
Latin2 encoding table for postscript files using
pstables.h from Freetype. It will also work for any other 8-bit encoding supported by
Python. Received 28 Jan 2003.
- dates.patch A patch contributed by
Stephen Deken that enhances date processing, supports
additional date formats, etc. Received 26 Jun 2002.
- nicehatching.tar.gz A patch
contributed by Scott McPeak that implements additional crosshatch patterns
(diagonal) for shading bar graphs. Includes a general purpose vector package.
- ploticus.perl A perl script which
implements a web interface to ploticus, by Tom McClure.
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