I find grace works pretty well for this sort of thing.
Rod On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Kent Kostuk wrote: > > > Instead of me blindly trying out a bunch of packages, I thought I would > > see what other LyX users are using. I want to include a series of graphs > > in my thesis. I have tables of data for some of the data, and for others > > I have the function. What is the recommended tool? In the bad old days > > I used Excel and crossed my fingers that everything would import into > > Word. > > Kent, > > Take a look at the Gri plotting language <http://gri.sourceforge.net>. Dan > wrote this package before he was aware of gnuplot. I've used both, and can > tell you that GRI is much more comprehensive and better documented by orders > of magnitude. > > Anyway, you can plot your data however is most appropriate and end up with > a PostScript file. There are many tools (including ImageMagick) that will > transform the .ps file into a .eps file for inclusion within your document. > > Rich > > Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President > > Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) > 2404 SW 22nd Street | Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 | U.S.A. > + 1 503-667-4517 (voice) | + 1 503-667-8863 (fax) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.appl-ecosys.com > _________________________________________________________________________ rpinna |"Sometime in the next 10,000 years @civil.uwa| A comet's going to wipe out all trace of man, I'm .edu.au |banking on it coming before my end of year exams." TISM 1995