Gist (graphics software)

For other uses, see Gist.

General

For scientific plotting applications, Gist is a scientific graphics library written in C by David H. Munro of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.^[1][2][3] It supports three graphics output devices: X Window, PostScript, and Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM). The library is promoted as being small (written directly to Xlib), efficient, and full featured. Portability is restricted to systems running X Window (essentially, the Unix world).

Python variant

There is a Python port of Gist called PyGist;^[4] it is used as one of several optional graphics front ends of the scientific library SciPy. PyGist is also ported to Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.^[5]

References

1. Motteler, Zane; Busby, Lee; Fritsch, Fred N. (1998-11-23). "Python Gist Graphics Manual" (PDF). Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The Python Graphics Interface. 4 (UCRL-MA-128569): 131.
2. "Ubuntu Manpage: gist - browse binary cgm graphics files". manpages.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
3. Busby, L. E. (1996-05-08). "Gist: A scientific graphics package for Python". 4. international Python workshop, Livermore, CA (United States), 3-6 Jun 1996. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
4. Busby, Lee; Motteler, Zane; Grote, Grote; Fritsch, Fred N. (2022-07-12). "pygist Bitbucket repo". bitbucket.org. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
5. "Introduction to Python Gist Graphics". w3.pppl.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-03.