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The Python Gist Scientific Graphics Package, version 1.5, written by
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Lee Busby and Zane Motteler of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
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is a set of Python modules for production of general scientific graphics.
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We abbreviate the name to PyGist here and elsewhere.
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Gist is a scientific graphics library written by David H. Munro of Lawrence
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Livermore National Laboratory. It features support for three common
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graphics output devices: X-Windows, (Color) PostScript, and ANSI/ISO
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Standard Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM). The library is small
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(written directly to Xlib), portable, efficient, and full-featured. It
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produces x-vs-y plots with good tick marks and tick labels,
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2-D quadrilateral mesh plots with contours, vector fields, or pseudocolor
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maps on such meshes, and a selection of 3-D plots.
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The Python Gist module utilizes the ``Numerical'' package due to
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J. Hugunin and others. It is therefore fast and able to handle large
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datasets. The Gist module includes an X-windows event dispatcher which
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can be dynamically added to the Python interpreter. This makes fast
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mouse-controlled zoom, pan, and other graphic operations available to
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the researcher while maintaining the usual Python command-line interface.
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