From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Even more Gnus material: we made the paper! Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:36:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87y4a1hahh.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87povgmihm.fsf@debian.uxu> <87oaaypu5v.wl-lists@groll.co.za> <87ziuhogi2.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456886228 17707 80.91.229.3 (2 Mar 2016 02:37:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 02:37:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 02 03:36:59 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aawen-0005Vc-1F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:36:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53670 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aawej-0003x4-3T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:36:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40317) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaweX-0003wt-7R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:36:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaweU-0002QG-2b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:36:41 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39195) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaweT-0002Pu-SR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:36:37 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aaweS-0005KL-7L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:36:36 +0100 Original-Received: from nl106-137-54.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.54]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:36:36 +0100 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-54.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:36:36 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-54.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ulCXbijSgT36svosHruwRE2Pzuc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:109386 Archived-At: Jude DaShiell writes: > If I can get my graphics in ascii art especially for > bar charts and histograms I'm a happy camper. You can with gnuplot (N.B. "gnu" not as in GNU), but IMO: 1) They don't look as good and are not as efficient to convey information which is their purpose. - and - 2) For sufficiently advanced diagrams (e.g., histograms as you mention) and/or carrying too much data it isn't possible to do. Here are two examples I don't think I'd do as good with ASCII: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/articles/latex/img/plots/ But if you enjoy ASCII charts, I'm a happy camper that you are a happy camper :) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573