[vslist] good plotting program?

[Ken Knoblauch]

Denis,

If you don't mind a hands-on approach, I've grown rather fond lately
of doing my graphics in R, an opensource version of S, that runs on
nearly any platform.  If you are used to Matlab, it will take
some getting used to, because it uses a different syntax, but
you get with it all the computational power of Matlab with
extremely powerful statistical engines, as well.  Take a look
here:  http://www.r-project.org/

where you can find a page of screenshots.


good luck,

ken



Quoting Denis Pelli <denis.pelli@verizon.net>:

> hi all
> 
> i've finally taken the plunge into mac os x (and love it).
> 
> can anyone recommend a good plotting program, to make graphs?
> 
> i've tried many programs over the years and have always come back to 
> Kaleidagraph, which is osx compatible, but feels somewhat old 
> fashioned. i typically am plotting a modest number of points (less than 
> 100) along with curves (model fits), with log axes.
> 
> KALEIDAGRAPH
> http://kaleidagraph.com
> 
> best
> 
> denis
> 
> Denis Pelli
> Professor of Psychology and Neural Science
> NYU
> http://psych.nyu.edu/pelli/
> 
> p.s.
> DELTAGRAPH
> One particular feature that only some programs have (not Kaleidagraph) 
> is to allow use of text in any font as the symbols. This turns out to 
> be a very flexible feature that is convenient in many situations. 
> Deltagraph has it, but I haven't used DeltaGraph since version 4. It 
> now has a new owner and version 5 is available for Windows and Mac, 
> including mac os x.
> http://www.redrocksw.com/deltagraph/
> 
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