Re: Tables and graphs

[Johannes H?sing <hannes@ruhrau.de>]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 06:26:09PM +0100, Wouter Verheijen wrote:
> Hi,

Ahoj,

> I plan to do a essay about physics with Context. The essay will
> contain a couple of tables. Most of them will be accompanied by a
> graph, displaying the same data, compared with a theoretical curve.
> 
> - Which program is best suited for this? My first thought is gnuplot.
>   But that will generate (e.g.) .ps-output, thus I cannot edit the
>   graph later. Is there a solution?
> 

The output of gnuplot depends on the argument to 'set terminal'. Type
"help set terminal" at the gnuplot prompt. You can use 'mp' as the
terminal but Metapost at its generic format is limited -- it won't
handle thousands of points in a scatterplot without being enlarged by
a wizard.

> - Is it possible to share the measured data between the table and the
>   graph? Maybe Context can read the table as plaintext and insert the
>   \VL, \FR, \MR etc. automatically?
> 

I'd say you'll have to write a Perl script or whichever scripting
language suits you best and handle the stuff with makefiles if it
becomes hairy.

Groetjes

Johannes
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