You could always give the Google Charts API a go... Easy and very clever...
http://code.google.com/apis/chart/ :) 2009/2/27 Thomas Ibbotson <thomas.ibbot...@gmail.com> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > javadayaz wrote: > > looks like it is command line based. so probably not for me then ! :( > > > > Don't be so scared of the command line, it's not so hard to learn to use > gnuplot. If you didn't know how to use a GUI application you would have > to spend some time learning, the only difference being with a GUI you > can guess which buttons to press. > > So to get you started: > To start gnuplot, just type "gnuplot" at a terminal, then you'll get a > prompt looking something like this: > > G N U P L O T > Version 4.2 patchlevel 3 > last modified Mar 2008 > System: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic > > Copyright (C) 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008 > Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others > > Type `help` to access the on-line reference manual. > The gnuplot FAQ is available from http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/ > > Send bug reports and suggestions to > <http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot> > > > Terminal type set to 'wxt' > gnuplot> > > To plot a graph of sin(x) here's what you'd type: > gnuplot> plot sin(x) > > and a graph of sin(x) should pop up in a window. > > If you have a file with data in it, as long as they are in columns > gnuplot can plot them easily for you: > gnuplot>plot "data.txt" > > where data.txt looks something like: > 1 1 > 2 4 > 3 9 > 4 16 > 5 25 > > If you have more than one column, you use the "using" modifier i.e. > gnuplot> plot "data.txt" using 1:3 > > which tells gnuplot to plot columns 1 and 3 from the data.txt file. > > The other important thing to know is how to write something to a file. > First you need to decide what type of file you would like to output, > such as "png" or "postscript". So here are the commands you would type: > > gnuplot> set terminal png > [This sets the file to be of type "png"] > gnuplot> set output "mygraph.png" > [This opens the file for writing to it] > gnuplot> plot "data.txt" > [This plots the graph and puts the output into the file] > gnuplot> unset output > [This closes the file] > > This is all just straight off the top of my head, so it's really not > hard to use once you've played with it a bit. There's plenty of good > information on the web for using gnuplot, but if you find yourself > stuck, don't hesitate to ask. As you might have noticed I quite like > gnuplot and would be willing to help... > > Of course you can always type "help" at the gnuplot command line for > some interactive help. > > gnuplot> help > > Tom > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkmoS5QACgkQFRlp6kAWdpuABACfZQelt5dylDP/VXY7+8lr8f7x > D0oAmwYFSjvmU6gPlrfYSMZmQH9psgGP > =C3Ke > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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