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.

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