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Class: GnuplotProcess Gnuplot/gp_unix.py

Unsophisticated interface to a running gnuplot program.

This represents a running gnuplot program and the means to communicate with it at a primitive level (i.e., pass it commands or data). When the object is destroyed, the gnuplot program exits (unless the persist option was set). The communication is one-way; gnuplot's text output just goes to stdout with no attempt to check it for error messages.

Members:

gnuplot
the pipe to the gnuplot command.

Methods:

__init__
start up the program.
__call__
pass an arbitrary string to the gnuplot program, followed by a newline.
write
pass an arbitrary string to the gnuplot program.
flush
cause pending output to be written immediately.
Methods   
__call__
__init__
  __call__ 
__call__ ( self,  s )

Send a command string to gnuplot, followed by newline.

  __init__ 
__init__ ( self,  persist=None )

Start a gnuplot process.

Create a GnuplotProcess object. This starts a gnuplot program and prepares to write commands to it.

Keyword arguments:

persist=1
start gnuplot with the -persist option, (which leaves the plot window on the screen even after the gnuplot program ends, and creates a new plot window each time the terminal type is set to x11). This option is not available on older versions of gnuplot.
Exceptions   
( '-persist does not seem to be supported ' 'by your version of gnuplot!' )

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