Editing Gist (graphics software)

{{Short description|Scientific graphics library written in C by David H. Munro}}
{{Other uses|Gist (disambiguation){{!}}Gist}}
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== General ==
For scientific plotting applications, '''Gist''' is a scientific graphics library written in [[C (programming language)|C]] by [[David H. Munro]] of [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Motteler |first=Zane |last2=Busby |first2=Lee |last3=Fritsch |first3=Fred N. |date=1998-11-23 |title=Python Gist Graphics Manual |url=https://w3.pppl.gov/~hammett/comp/python/PyGraphics/pygist.pdf |journal=[[Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]] |series=The Python Graphics Interface |publication-date=1998-11-23 |volume=4 |issue=UCRL-MA-128569 |pages=131}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ubuntu Manpage: gist - browse binary cgm graphics files |url=https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/man1/gist.1.html |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=manpages.ubuntu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Busby |first=L. E. |date=1996-05-08 |title=Gist: A scientific graphics package for Python |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc670595/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=4. international Python workshop, Livermore, CA (United States), 3-6 Jun 1996 |language=English}}</ref> It supports three graphics output devices: [[X Window]], [[PostScript]], and [[Computer Graphics Metafile]]s (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 (programming language)|Python]] port of Gist called PyGist;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busby |first=Lee |last2=Motteler |first2=Zane |last3=Grote |first3=Grote |last4=Fritsch |first4=Fred N. |date=2022-07-12 |title=pygist Bitbucket repo |url=https://bitbucket.org/dpgrote/pygist |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=bitbucket.org}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction to Python Gist Graphics |url=https://w3.pppl.gov/~hammett/comp/python/koer.ioc.ee/man/pygraph/PyGist/PyGist_Intro.mkr.html |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=w3.pppl.gov}}</ref>

== References ==
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