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    Grace 5.1.23

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    GPL / FREE
    October 1st, 2012, 22:50 GMT [view history]
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    Grace description

    A WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool for Linux

    Grace project is an open source WYSIWYG 2D plotting utility for M*tif and the X Window System.

    Grace is cross-platform and it runs on practically any version of UNIX-like OS.


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    Here are some key features of "Grace":

    General:

    · WYSIWYG design
    · Convenient point-and-click graphical user interface
    · Precise control of graph features
    · True publication quality
    · Graphs refresh almost instantly

    Export Options:

    · Exports high-resolution graphics to (E)PS, PDF, MIF, and SVG formats
    · Supports cross-platform PNM, JPEG and PNG formats
    · Device-independent Type1 font rastering, including anti-aliasing, ligatures and kerning

    Graphing Flexibility:

    · Unlimited number of graphs
    · Unlimited number of curves on a graph
    · Up to 256 customizable colors
    · 9 dashed line styles
    · 32 fill patterns
    · 10 built-in marker symbols; plus, any character glyph from any font can be used as a marker
    · Color/fill markers
    · Text annotations with subscripts, superscripts, mixed fonts, styles and colors and more complex typesetting

    Curve Fitting:

    · Linear and nonlinear least-squares
    · Calculation and display of residuals
    · Arbitrarily complex user-defined fitting functions, including dynamically loadable C/Fortran/... modules
    · Fitting with constraints
    · Region restrictions
    · Fitting with arbitrary weight functions

    Analysis Capability:

    · FFT
    · Integration and differentiation
    · Histograms
    · Splines, including Akima splines
    · Interpolation and smoothing
    · Convolution, correlation, and covariation
    · Sorting

    Data Formats:

    · Unlimited data size; up to six dimensions plus an optional array of strings
    · Reads text data input files
    · Reads 1D netCDF files

    Programmability:

    · Built-in programming language
    · Math functions manipulate entire array
    · Variables, including arrays (1D)
    · User-definable functions via loadable modules
    · All aspects of plot outlook can be programmed
    · Controllable by external programs

    Customization/Extensibility:

    · Dynamic module loading - write your own C/Fortran/...
    · User-defined colors
    · User-supplied fonts and encodings

    What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

    Interface:
    · [DC] mention object type when asking for user's confirmation on delete

    Parser:
    · [ES] added "LINCONV(set1, set2)" command - an equivalent of Transformations->Linear convolution * [ES] added "VOIGT(gamma, sigma, x)" function (rep. #2144)

    Bug fixes:
    · [ES] in the grace_np library GraceClose() could kill all user processes if by that time the Grace subprocess has exited (rep. #2035) * [ES] certain hand-modified settings in project files might cause the GUI crash (incl. rep. #2139) * [ES] ungraceful closing of anonymous pipes could result in high CPU load

      


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    WYSIWYG plotting | 2D plotting | plotting tool | WYSIWYG | 2D | plot

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