Re: [orca-list] latex and graphing?

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

I'd say to also look into Graphviz.  It does with graphics what LateX
does with text.  Anyone ever use it?

Alex M

On 5/10/12, Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com> wrote:
> Hello,
> It depends on how you want to make graphing accessible, do you mean for
> you drawing or do you mean for you to view?
>
> Starting with how you can view: As this is a list related to Linux, I
> will start by mentioning MathTrax available from NASA (sorry don't have
> the website to hand but a quick search for MathTrax should find it), if
> you download the version they label as being for the Mac, that will work
> on Linux. This can either graph a equation or plot a graph from a text
> based data file. Another solution although for windows, would be the
> audio graphing calculator from ViewPlus (www.viewplus.com). As far as I
> know both of these only deal with 2D plots, a 3D plot like a surface
> plot I don't know of such a solution (well at least a computer based
> solution).
>
> As for you drawing graphs: Well LaTeX might be able to help, there are
> loads of packages for LaTeX and some deal with producing graphics and
> specific types of diagrams. You may want to look at the wikibooks book
> on LaTeX (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX) which has some information
> on PGF/TikZ which is a general drawing package but others build on
> PGF/TikZ to provide packages specific for drawing certain types of diagram.
>
> Another solution, may be better for what you want, is gnuplot (available
> for Linux, your distro probably has a package for it so search your
> package manager for gnuplot). This is specific for drawing graphs,
> including 3D plots and as memory goes you can get it to plot from an
> equation or from a text based data file. There are various front ends
> for using gnuplot, I remember using a GTK based one in the past (it did
> limit the functionality of gnuplot but for basic stuff did make it
> easier to use) and there is also a LaTeX package should you want to use
> it from LaTeX.
>
> Of course there are many more tools out there, certainly for drawing, I
> have mentioned some which I have used.
>
> I hope this has helped.
>
> Michael Whapples
> On 10/05/2012 14:47, Andy B. wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > This might be slightly OT, but I am going to take a college level
> > algebra series soon. We are trying to figure out how to make graphing
> > and charting equations/formulas accessible. Someone mentioned latex,
> > but I don't know how to do that. Is there anything I can do to get
> > through this math class?