Simplot - a plot package for C programmers
          also containing an interpreter `simplot' for non-programmers

Installation
============
The package comes in a gzipped archive simplot-x.yy.tar.gz.
The following packages and  need to be installed:
        Perl
        Openlook XView + development package (rpms included in rpm directory)
        netpbm
 
Install as follows:

        tar xzf simplot-x.y.tar.gz
        cd simplot-x.y
        edit ./configure, first paragraph
        perl configure
        make
        make install  # as root

You can clean the simplot directory tree with:
        make clean
You can re-calculate all dependencies with:
        perl configure

This package should be downloadable from:

http://www.dekkerdocumenten.nl/simplot/simplot-n.m.tar.gz

The plot routines
=================
Simplot is, in essence, a package of C plot routines. The first
routine to be called is normally plinit. Plinit does the following:

- It chooses the output format: either PostScripti, PDF or X
- It sets the output file (only necessary for PostScript and PDF)
- It sets the paper/window size
- It sets the origin
- It chooses the two fonts that can be used 

It is possible to change the output format dynamically. So one can
draw under X, using the mouse and keystrokes to adjust the picture,
and then change the output format to PostScript to dump the image to
the printer.

The interpreter
===============
For those who don't like programming, there is an interpreter program,
also called simplot, which reads plot routine names and their
parameters from an ASCII file (a simplot script) and executes them.

The manual pages
================
Simplot is documented in html as well as a PDF document (manual.pdf).

The install directory
=====================
The make install command copies all files that are required for
Simplot applications to the INSTALLDIRectory, defined in the head of
the configure script. The current distribution uses /usr/local, and the
make install command should therefore normally be executed with root
privileges. The following files are created or overwritten by make
install:

/usr
 |___local
     |
     |___lib              libsimplot.a
     |
     |___bin              simplot simplter simpltps xyplot
     |
     |___include          simplot.h simpltsy.h simpltfn.h
     |
     |___simplot
         |
         |___html         html files of the documentation
         |   |
         |   |___graphics graphics for html documentation 
         |
         |___doc          manual.pdf
         |
         |___fonts        (font metric files)

