[OS X TeX] Diagram generating app?

[Maarten Sneep]

On 29 nov 2004, at 15:51, Jan Erik Moström wrote:

> What alternatives exists to generate diagrams from numerical data?
>
> Excel (and Office) isn't really an alternative (too many problems), 
> Keynote
> is able to do some stuff, but does anything else exist?

Wait, diagram: you mean graphical representations of numerical data? On 
the first
read I thought you meant things like org charts.

Applications that come to mind:
     Igor Pro
     GnuPlot
     MetaPost
     R

I use metapost most of the time, because of its truly neat integration 
with TeX.
I find GnuPlot confusing, Igor rather expensive (although worth the 
money) and R
has a learning curve that is said to be steep (even by LaTeX 
standards). The other
- even more expensive solution - is Mathematica, but only if you have 
serious
other uses for it.

Maarten
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