[OS X TeX] Re: [Sort-of Off]: Plotting Software

[John Peterson]

John,

You are right.  PSMGII was the easiest and best plotting software.  I  
have used it as a journal editor and to help me produce several  
textbooks.  I still use it, but it is getting harder to use on my OS  
X computers.

John


On Mar 9, 2006, at 1:02 PM, John B. Thoo wrote:

>
> On Mar 7, 2006, at 5:00 PM, "david craig" <dac at panix.com> wrote in
> MacOSX-TeX Digest #1665 - 03/07/06:
>
>> What do folks recommend for plotting/fitting software?  I'm really
>> liking how "Plot" is shaping up, and I admit I'm weary of ports of
>> gnuplot and the like, and especially anything with no GUI.  I ask  
>> both
>> for myself, and to use with upper-level undergraduate courses.
>
> I'm sorry for entering this discussion late, but does anyone  
> remember the software called PSMathGraphsII by Mary Ann Software?   
> (It was last published around 1998.)  I always liked PSMGII.   
> Simple to use.  Easy to save as EPS.  One could even copy to the  
> Clipboard as EPS to paste in a word processor (like ClarisWorks) as  
> EPS.  Unfortunately, it's author, John Jacob  
> <john.jacob at marin.cc.ca.us>, hasn't updated it for OS X.  Perhaps  
> he could be persuaded to if enough folks indicate an interest.
>
> Best regards,
> ---John.
>
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