The Data Plotting Software DISLIN

Introduction

DISLIN is a high level library of subroutines and functions that display data graphically. It is intended to be a powerful and easy to use software package for programmers and scientists that does not require knowledge of hardware features. The software is available for the programming languages C, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Perl, Python and Java.

DISLIN can display graphic information directly on graphic terminals or store them in metafiles. The supported display types are VGA, X Windows, Windows API and Tektronix. The supported file formats are GKSLIN, CGM, HPGL, PostScript, PDF, Prescribe, WMF, PNG and TIFF. DISLIN metafiles can either be printed on various devices using the DISLIN driver program DISDRV or imported into third party products such as TeX and MS Word.

The library contains the following features:

Manuals in English are available.

Hard- and Software Requirements

At the moment, DISLIN versions are available for the following hard- and software components:

Hardware

Operating System

Compiler

Status

IBM-PC

MS-DOS

MS-Fortran 5.x
MS-Fortran Powerst. 1.0
Lahey-Fortran 5.0
Salford-FTN77/16 3.5
MS-C 7.0
MS-QuickC 2.5
GCC (DJGPP)
G77 (DJGPP)
non free
non free
non free
non free
non free
non free
free
free
IBM-PC
Linux
GCC, F2C, G77,
Perl, Python, Java
Absoft F77, F90
Imagine F compiler
Lahey LF95
NAG F90/F95 compiler
PGF77, PGF90
VAST/f90
free
free
free
free
free
free
free
free
IBM-PC
FreeBSD
GCC, F2C, G77
free
IBM-PC
Windows 9x/NT/2000
Visual C++ 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
Absoft C, F77, F90 5.0, 6.0
Digital Visual Fortran 5.x, 6.0
Lahey LF90 3.x, 4.x, ELF90 4.0
Lahey LF95 5.0
Salford-FTN77/32 3.5
Salford-FTN90/32 2.x
Salford-FTN95/32 2.x
G77/GCC/Perl Cygwin
G77/GCC Mingw32
LCC-Win32
Borland C++ 5.5
Python 1.5,1.6,2.0
Java 1.2
non free
non free
non free
non free
non free
non free
non free
non free
free
free
free
free
free
free
DEC-ALPHA
Linux
GCC, G77, Perl, Python
Compaq Fortran
free
free
DEC-ALPHA
OpenVMS 6.x, 7.x
FOR, CC, F90
non free
DEC-ALPHA
OSF1 3.x, 4.x
f77, cc, f90,
Java, Perl, Python
non free
free
IBM RS-6000
AIX 4.x
xlf, cc, xlf90,
Java, Perl
non free
free
HP 9000/7xx
HP-UX 10.20
f77, cc, f90
non free
Silicon Graphics
IRIX 6.x/32-Bit
f77, cc, f90
non free
Silicon Graphics
IRIX 6.x/64-Bit
f77, cc, f90
non free
SUN Sparc
SunOS 5.x
f77, cc, f90,
Java, Perl, Python
non free
free

The following devices are provided directly by DISLIN:

Distributor

The payment of non free DISLIN distributions is managed by:

Garching Innovation, D-80539 München, Hofgartenstr. 8,
Tel.: +49 89 290919-0, Fax: +49 89 290919-99
E-mail: gi@ipp.mpg.de
http://www.garching-innovation.mpg.de

The current prices of DISLIN are:

License

German DM

US Dollar

IBM-PC
250,- DM + tax
150,- US $
Workstation
750,- DM + tax
450,- US $
Campus
2000,- DM + tax
1200,- US $

Notes:

Author

Helmut Michels, MPI für Aeronomie, Max-Planck-Str. 2,
D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Tel.: +49 5556 979 334, Fax: +49 5556 979 240,
E-mail: michels@linmpi.mpg.de

DISLIN FTP Sites

The DISLIN software is available via ftp anonymous from the following sites:

ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/grafik/dislin

ftp://unix1.mpae.gwdg.de/pub/dislin

The DISLIN Home Page is:

http://www.dislin.de