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- added: proc catlines; proc tree; proc image. - deprecated: server-side image maps (use client-side instead); definition of categories within proc areadef (use proc categories instead); proc print. - discontinued attributes: proc processdata's stack; proc usedata's element, proc getdata's rotate, and proc defineunits (use the $changeunits() function instead). - proc rangebar has been renamed proc boxplot and there are major functionality changes. Any script that uses proc rangebar will need maintenance. - rewrite of parser. - many bugfixes. For complete list, see http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/news.html.
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Ploticus is script-driven, which makes it suitable for automated, unattended
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uses, or for applications that will be run again and again. Ploticus might be
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your choice for stylistic reasons or just because it suits the problem or
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application. In general, ploticus is good at making graphs like you would see
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in newspapers and news magazines, business publications, journals for medical
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and social sciences, and so on.
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You can also use Ploticus in combination with standard desktop tools, e.g.
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generate data displays using ploticus then import SVG or PNG into PowerPoint,
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Word, etc.)
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Ploticus is not a function or mathematical plotting package like gnuplot, nor
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would it be a good choice for applications where mathematical formulas or
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scientific notations are to be rendered as an integral part of the data
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display. Ploticus is also not intended as a "marketing" graphics package. Its
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goal is to display data crisply without extra decoration and distracting
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"dingbats" that cloud the picture. Thus there is little support for 3-D
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effects, gradient backgrounds, and so on.
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FreeBSD note: the binary is referred to as 'pl' in the source files, but
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is installed as 'ploticus' so as to avoid conflicts with other ports.
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WWW: http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/
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