PGPLOT version 5.2.1
This version is a maintenance release. It introduces no new subroutines or functionality.
Tested Systems
Version 5.2.1 has been tested on the following systems.
- Solaris 2.5.1 (SunOS 5.5.1), GNU Fortran (g77) and C (gcc) 2.8.1 [sol2 g77_gcc]; tested on SPARC Ultra-1; device drivers CGDRIV GIDRIV GLDRIV NUDRIV PPDRIV PSDRIV TKDRIV TTDRIV WDDRIV XMDRIV XWDRIV.
Changes to configuration files and system support
New systems
- sys_cygwin
- sys_gnuwin32
- sys_solx86
Modified systems
See the appropriate pgplot/sys_*/aaaread.me
file for details of changes. Many configuration files (not listed here) have been modified to correct errors and add new configuration variables.
- sys_aix
- Modified
aaaread.me
, xlf_cc.conf
; added g77_gcc.conf
.
- sys_hp
- Added
g77_gcc.conf
.
- sys_linux
- Added
f95_gcc.conf
(and directory f95_src
), fort77_gcc.conf
, g77_elf.conf
, g77_gcc_aout.conf
, nag_gcc.conf
and directory nag_src
.
- sys_osf1
- Added
g77_gcc.conf
.
- sys_win
- Added
gidriv.f
and pgpack.f
(special versions of these routines for Windows).
Modified support routines
- sys/grgetc.c
- Removed unused variables.
- sys/grgmem.c
- Modified to work with 64-bit systems (or other systems in which a pointer does not fit in an
int
).
Changes to device drivers
New device drivers
- cgdriv
- Driver for CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile).
- pndriv
- Driver for PNG (Portable Network Graphics format). Note: to install this, you must have
libpng
.
- xadriv
- This is a widget driver, like xmdriv, that uses the X-athena widget set instead of the Motif widget set. See the documentation for xmdriv for further information.
Modified device drivers
Many.
Changes to PGPLOT subroutines
- pgqinf
- Returns new version number (5.2.1).
Tim Pearson, California Institute of Technology,
tjp@astro.caltech.edu
Copyright © 1999 California Institute of Technology