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+This directory contains files for running Gnuplot from within emacs.
+This package was assembled by Bruce Ravel <ravel@phys.washington.edu>.
+See http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/gnuplot/ for the latest.
+
+
+ Contents
+ ========
+
+README this file
+INSTALL thorough installation instructions
+ChangeLog a log of changes by version number
+gnuplot.el gnuplot mode for emacs
+gnuplot-gui.el a GUI for setting command arguments interactively
+info-look.20.2.el programmer's interface to info files, old version
+info-look.20.3.el programmer's interface to info files, new version
+dot.el a short lisp file used by the Makefile
+gnuplot.info info version of gnuplot 3.6 help
+gpelcard.tex quick reference card for gnuplot mode (latex)
+gpelcard.ps
+dotemacs example .emacs lines for enabling gnuplot mode
+Makefile.in \
+Makefile.dst \
+aclocal.m4 \ files inherited from the gnuplot distribution
+configure } for making gnuplot-mode
+configure.in /
+install-sh /
+mkinstalldirs /
+Win9x/INSTALL.Win9x Extra installation instructions for Windows 95/98
+Win9x/pgnuplot.c Program required to run gnuplot from Emacs
+
+Soon gnuplot-mode will be included with the gnuplot 3.7 distribution.
+The installation instructions for the free-standing distribution have
+been modified to be consistent with that.
+
+
+ Installation
+ ============
+
+1. Unpack the gnuplot.tar.gz and cd to the gnuplot directory.
+
+2. Type "configure". If configure doesn't work for you, see note 7
+ below.
+
+3. Run "make". If you use XEmacs, run "make EMACS=xemacs" (or change
+ the EMACS variable to "xemacs" in the Makefile, the run "make").
+
+4. Move the lisp files to the system site_lisp directory if you are
+ installing as root. If you are installing as a normal user move
+ the .elc files to a place where emacs, i.e. your personal emacs
+ directory.
+
+5. Insert the contents of the `dotemacs' file into your .emacs file
+ or into the system's emacs start-up file to enable gnuplot mode.
+
+6. The function `gnuplot-info-lookup-symbol' looks at the Gnuplot
+ info file that comes with this package or that can be made from
+ the Gnuplot distribution. For that function to work, the file
+ gnuplot.info must be placed somewhere where info can find it, for
+ example /usr/info. A line like this in your .emacs allows you to
+ put gnuplot.info any place convenient:
+ (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "/path/to/file")
+
+
+Wouldn't it be //great// if Emacs had some kind of systematized package
+installing facility? I think so, too! Oh well....
+
+
+
+ NOTES
+ =====
+
+1. gnuplot-mode is designed for use with version 3.7 of gnuplot. It
+ should work very well with any of the 3.6 beta versions. Only some
+ of the specialized features will not work with version 3.5 -- the
+ GUI interface to setting command arguments is an example.
+
+2. To use gnuplot-mode with Emacs on Windows 95 or 98 see the
+ instructions in the directory Win9x.
+
+3. The installation materials used by gnuplot-mode come from the
+ gnuplot distribution.
+
+4. If "configure" doesn't work for you, the file "Makefile.dst" can be
+ used. In that case do, "make -f Makefile.dst" and carry on from
+ there.
+
+5. If you do not have the custom library installed, you will get
+ several harmless warnings when compiling gnuplot.el. Most of
+ gnuplot-mode will work even without the custom library installed.
+
+6. The file info-look.el provides the on-line help functionality.
+ Without it, things like on-line help and keyword completion will
+ not work. Using a tool that is a standard part of Emacs is a good
+ idea, but this one gets complicated. This file became part of
+ Emacs with version 20. It changed between 20.2 and 20.3. And it
+ does not come with XEmacs. What's more, the version from 20.2 has
+ a bug and the newer version does not work with Emacs 19. So, this
+ distribution comes with two versions of info-look.el, the version
+ from Emacs 20.2 patched to work correctly and the version from
+ Emacs 20.3. Here's what happens when you run make:
+
+ a. If you use Emacs 19 or XEmacs 19, then the Makefile will
+ compile the 20.2 version.
+ b. If you use Emacs 20.2 or lower, the Makefile will compile the
+ 20.2 version.
+ c. If you use XEmacs 20 or higher, the Makefile will compile the
+ 20.3 version.
+ d. If you use Emacs 20.3 or higher, the Makefile won't compile any
+ version.
+
+7. The gnuplot-mode distribution comes with the version of the gnuplot
+ info file that gets made by gnuplot 3.7. Use it rather than the
+ old one. If you really must use the older info file, see the
+ document string for the variable `gnuplot-info-hook'. If you
+ already have the info file installed on your computer, you will not
+ need the one that comes with gnuplot-mode.
+
+8. The interactive graphical graphical interface to setting command
+ arguments contained in gnuplot-gui.el is experimental. It is
+ incomplete and may make mistakes. Hopefully, you will find it
+ useful. It *requires* that you are using a version of emacs with
+ the widget library installed or that you have installed it
+ yourself. Version numbers in the 20's of Emacs and XEmacs ship
+ with the widget library. For version numbers in the 19's, it can
+ be obtained at http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/custom/
+
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