/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @file gnuplot_i.c @author N. Devillard @date Sep 1998 @version $Revision: 2.10 $ @brief C interface to gnuplot. gnuplot is a freely available, command-driven graphical display tool for Unix. It compiles and works quite well on a number of Unix flavours as well as other operating systems. The following module enables sending display requests to gnuplot through simple C calls. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* $Id: gnuplot_i.c,v 2.10 2003/01/27 08:58:04 ndevilla Exp $ $Author: ndevilla $ $Date: 2003/01/27 08:58:04 $ $Revision: 2.10 $ */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Includes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include "gnuplot_i.h" /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defines ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** Maximal size of a gnuplot command */ #define GP_CMD_SIZE 2048 /** Maximal size of a plot title */ #define GP_TITLE_SIZE 80 /** Maximal size for an equation */ #define GP_EQ_SIZE 512 /** Maximal size of a name in the PATH */ #define PATH_MAXNAMESZ 4096 /** Define P_tmpdir if not defined (this is normally a POSIX symbol) */ #ifndef P_tmpdir #define P_tmpdir "." #endif /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Function codes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Find out where a command lives in your PATH. @param pname Name of the program to look for. @return pointer to statically allocated character string. This is the C equivalent to the 'which' command in Unix. It parses out your PATH environment variable to find out where a command lives. The returned character string is statically allocated within this function, i.e. there is no need to free it. Beware that the contents of this string will change from one call to the next, though (as all static variables in a function). The input character string must be the name of a command without prefixing path of any kind, i.e. only the command name. The returned string is the path in which a command matching the same name was found. Examples (assuming there is a prog named 'hello' in the cwd): @verbatim gnuplot_get_program_path("hello") returns "." gnuplot_get_program_path("ls") returns "/bin" gnuplot_get_program_path("csh") returns "/usr/bin" gnuplot_get_program_path("/bin/ls") returns NULL @endverbatim */ /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ char * gnuplot_get_program_path(char * pname) { int i, j, lg; char * path; static char buf[PATH_MAXNAMESZ]; /* Trivial case: try in CWD */ sprintf(buf, "./%s", pname) ; if (access(buf, X_OK)==0) { sprintf(buf, "."); return buf ; } /* Try out in all paths given in the PATH variable */ buf[0] = 0; path = getenv("PATH") ; if (path!=NULL) { for (i=0; path[i]; ) { for (j=i ; (path[j]) && (path[j]!=':') ; j++); lg = j - i; strncpy(buf, path + i, lg); if (lg == 0) buf[lg++] = '.'; buf[lg++] = '/'; strcpy(buf + lg, pname); if (access(buf, X_OK) == 0) { /* Found it! */ break ; } buf[0] = 0; i = j; if (path[i] == ':') i++ ; } } else { fprintf(stderr, "PATH variable not set\n"); } /* If the buffer is still empty, the command was not found */ if (buf[0] == 0) return NULL ; /* Otherwise truncate the command name to yield path only */ lg = strlen(buf) - 1 ; while (buf[lg]!='/') { buf[lg]=0 ; lg -- ; } buf[lg] = 0; return buf ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Opens up a gnuplot session, ready to receive commands. @return Newly allocated gnuplot control structure. This opens up a new gnuplot session, ready for input. The struct controlling a gnuplot session should remain opaque and only be accessed through the provided functions. The session must be closed using gnuplot_close(). */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ gnuplot_ctrl * gnuplot_init(void) { gnuplot_ctrl * handle ; if (getenv("DISPLAY") == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "cannot find DISPLAY variable: is it set?\n") ; } if (gnuplot_get_program_path("gnuplot")==NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "cannot find gnuplot in your PATH"); return NULL ; } /* * Structure initialization: */ handle = (gnuplot_ctrl*)malloc(sizeof(gnuplot_ctrl)) ; handle->nplots = 0 ; gnuplot_setstyle(handle, "points") ; handle->ntmp = 0 ; handle->gnucmd = popen("gnuplot", "w") ; if (handle->gnucmd == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "error starting gnuplot\n") ; free(handle) ; return NULL ; } return handle; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Closes a gnuplot session previously opened by gnuplot_init() @param handle Gnuplot session control handle. @return void Kills the child PID and deletes all opened temporary files. It is mandatory to call this function to close the handle, otherwise temporary files are not cleaned and child process might survive. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_close(gnuplot_ctrl * handle) { int i ; if (pclose(handle->gnucmd) == -1) { fprintf(stderr, "problem closing communication to gnuplot\n") ; return ; } if (handle->ntmp) { for (i=0 ; intmp ; i++) { remove(handle->to_delete[i]) ; } } free(handle) ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Sends a command to an active gnuplot session. @param handle Gnuplot session control handle @param cmd Command to send, same as a printf statement. This sends a string to an active gnuplot session, to be executed. There is strictly no way to know if the command has been successfully executed or not. The command syntax is the same as printf. Examples: @code gnuplot_cmd(g, "plot %d*x", 23.0); gnuplot_cmd(g, "plot %g * cos(%g * x)", 32.0, -3.0); @endcode Since the communication to the gnuplot process is run through a standard Unix pipe, it is only unidirectional. This means that it is not possible for this interface to query an error status back from gnuplot. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_cmd(gnuplot_ctrl * handle, char * cmd, ...) { va_list ap ; char local_cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE]; va_start(ap, cmd); vsprintf(local_cmd, cmd, ap); va_end(ap); strcat(local_cmd, "\n"); fputs(local_cmd, handle->gnucmd) ; fflush(handle->gnucmd) ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Change the plotting style of a gnuplot session. @param h Gnuplot session control handle @param plot_style Plotting-style to use (character string) @return void The provided plotting style is a character string. It must be one of the following: - lines - points - linespoints - impulses - dots - steps - errorbars - boxes - boxeserrorbars */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_setstyle(gnuplot_ctrl * h, char * plot_style) { if (strcmp(plot_style, "lines") && strcmp(plot_style, "points") && strcmp(plot_style, "linespoints") && strcmp(plot_style, "impulses") && strcmp(plot_style, "dots") && strcmp(plot_style, "steps") && strcmp(plot_style, "errorbars") && strcmp(plot_style, "boxes") && strcmp(plot_style, "boxerrorbars")) { fprintf(stderr, "warning: unknown requested style: using points\n") ; strcpy(h->pstyle, "points") ; } else { strcpy(h->pstyle, plot_style) ; } return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Sets the x label of a gnuplot session. @param h Gnuplot session control handle. @param label Character string to use for X label. @return void Sets the x label for a gnuplot session. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_set_xlabel(gnuplot_ctrl * h, char * label) { char cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; sprintf(cmd, "set xlabel \"%s\"", label) ; gnuplot_cmd(h, cmd) ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Sets the y label of a gnuplot session. @param h Gnuplot session control handle. @param label Character string to use for Y label. @return void Sets the y label for a gnuplot session. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_set_ylabel(gnuplot_ctrl * h, char * label) { char cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; sprintf(cmd, "set ylabel \"%s\"", label) ; gnuplot_cmd(h, cmd) ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Resets a gnuplot session (next plot will erase previous ones). @param h Gnuplot session control handle. @return void Resets a gnuplot session, i.e. the next plot will erase all previous ones. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_resetplot(gnuplot_ctrl * h) { int i ; if (h->ntmp) { for (i=0 ; intmp ; i++) { remove(h->to_delete[i]) ; } } h->ntmp = 0 ; h->nplots = 0 ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Plots a 2d graph from a list of doubles. @param handle Gnuplot session control handle. @param d Array of doubles. @param n Number of values in the passed array. @param title Title of the plot. @return void Plots out a 2d graph from a list of doubles. The x-coordinate is the index of the double in the list, the y coordinate is the double in the list. Example: @code gnuplot_ctrl *h ; double d[50] ; int i ; h = gnuplot_init() ; for (i=0 ; i<50 ; i++) { d[i] = (double)(i*i) ; } gnuplot_plot_x(h, d, 50, "parabola") ; sleep(2) ; gnuplot_close(h) ; @endcode */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_plot_x( gnuplot_ctrl * handle, double * d, int n, char * title ) { int i ; int tmpfd ; char name[128] ; char cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; char line[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; if (handle==NULL || d==NULL || (n<1)) return ; /* Open one more temporary file? */ if (handle->ntmp == GP_MAX_TMP_FILES - 1) { fprintf(stderr, "maximum # of temporary files reached (%d): cannot open more", GP_MAX_TMP_FILES) ; return ; } /* Open temporary file for output */ sprintf(name, "%s/gnuplot-i-XXXXXX", P_tmpdir); if ((tmpfd=mkstemp(name))==-1) { fprintf(stderr,"cannot create temporary file: exiting plot") ; return ; } /* Store file name in array for future deletion */ strcpy(handle->to_delete[handle->ntmp], name) ; handle->ntmp ++ ; /* Write data to this file */ for (i=0 ; inplots > 0) { strcpy(cmd, "replot") ; } else { strcpy(cmd, "plot") ; } if (title == NULL) { sprintf(line, "%s \"%s\" with %s", cmd, name, handle->pstyle) ; } else { sprintf(line, "%s \"%s\" title \"%s\" with %s", cmd, name, title, handle->pstyle) ; } /* send command to gnuplot */ gnuplot_cmd(handle, line) ; handle->nplots++ ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Plot a 2d graph from a list of points. @param handle Gnuplot session control handle. @param x Pointer to a list of x coordinates. @param y Pointer to a list of y coordinates. @param n Number of doubles in x (assumed the same as in y). @param title Title of the plot. @return void Plots out a 2d graph from a list of points. Provide points through a list of x and a list of y coordinates. Both provided arrays are assumed to contain the same number of values. @code gnuplot_ctrl *h ; double x[50] ; double y[50] ; int i ; h = gnuplot_init() ; for (i=0 ; i<50 ; i++) { x[i] = (double)(i)/10.0 ; y[i] = x[i] * x[i] ; } gnuplot_plot_xy(h, x, y, 50, "parabola") ; sleep(2) ; gnuplot_close(h) ; @endcode */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_plot_xy( gnuplot_ctrl * handle, double * x, double * y, int n, char * title ) { int i ; int tmpfd ; char name[128] ; char cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; char line[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; if (handle==NULL || x==NULL || y==NULL || (n<1)) return ; /* Open one more temporary file? */ if (handle->ntmp == GP_MAX_TMP_FILES - 1) { fprintf(stderr, "maximum # of temporary files reached (%d): cannot open more", GP_MAX_TMP_FILES) ; return ; } /* Open temporary file for output */ sprintf(name, "%s/gnuplot-i-XXXXXX", P_tmpdir); if ((tmpfd=mkstemp(name))==-1) { fprintf(stderr,"cannot create temporary file: exiting plot") ; return ; } /* Store file name in array for future deletion */ strcpy(handle->to_delete[handle->ntmp], name) ; handle->ntmp ++ ; /* Write data to this file */ for (i=0 ; inplots > 0) { strcpy(cmd, "replot") ; } else { strcpy(cmd, "plot") ; } if (title == NULL) { sprintf(line, "%s \"%s\" with %s", cmd, name, handle->pstyle) ; } else { sprintf(line, "%s \"%s\" title \"%s\" with %s", cmd, name, title, handle->pstyle) ; } /* send command to gnuplot */ gnuplot_cmd(handle, line) ; handle->nplots++ ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Open a new session, plot a signal, close the session. @param title Plot title @param style Plot style @param label_x Label for X @param label_y Label for Y @param x Array of X coordinates @param y Array of Y coordinates (can be NULL) @param n Number of values in x and y. @return This function opens a new gnuplot session, plots the provided signal as an X or XY signal depending on a provided y, waits for a carriage return on stdin and closes the session. It is Ok to provide an empty title, empty style, or empty labels for X and Y. Defaults are provided in this case. */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_plot_once( char * title, char * style, char * label_x, char * label_y, double * x, double * y, int n ) { gnuplot_ctrl * handle ; if (x==NULL || n<1) return ; if ((handle = gnuplot_init()) == NULL) return ; if (style!=NULL) { gnuplot_setstyle(handle, style); } else { gnuplot_setstyle(handle, "lines"); } if (label_x!=NULL) { gnuplot_set_xlabel(handle, label_x); } else { gnuplot_set_xlabel(handle, "X"); } if (label_y!=NULL) { gnuplot_set_ylabel(handle, label_y); } else { gnuplot_set_ylabel(handle, "Y"); } if (y==NULL) { gnuplot_plot_x(handle, x, n, title); } else { gnuplot_plot_xy(handle, x, y, n, title); } printf("press ENTER to continue\n"); while (getchar()!='\n') {} gnuplot_close(handle); return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Plot a slope on a gnuplot session. @param handle Gnuplot session control handle. @param a Slope. @param b Intercept. @param title Title of the plot. @return void Plot a slope on a gnuplot session. The provided slope has an equation of the form y=ax+b Example: @code gnuplot_ctrl * h ; double a, b ; h = gnuplot_init() ; gnuplot_plot_slope(h, 1.0, 0.0, "unity slope") ; sleep(2) ; gnuplot_close(h) ; @endcode */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_plot_slope( gnuplot_ctrl * handle, double a, double b, char * title ) { char stitle[GP_TITLE_SIZE] ; char cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE] ; if (title == NULL) { strcpy(stitle, "no title") ; } else { strcpy(stitle, title) ; } if (handle->nplots > 0) { sprintf(cmd, "replot %g * x + %g title \"%s\" with %s", a, b, title, handle->pstyle) ; } else { sprintf(cmd, "plot %g * x + %g title \"%s\" with %s", a, b, title, handle->pstyle) ; } gnuplot_cmd(handle, cmd) ; handle->nplots++ ; return ; } /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /** @brief Plot a curve of given equation y=f(x). @param h Gnuplot session control handle. @param equation Equation to plot. @param title Title of the plot. @return void Plots out a curve of given equation. The general form of the equation is y=f(x), you only provide the f(x) side of the equation. Example: @code gnuplot_ctrl *h ; char eq[80] ; h = gnuplot_init() ; strcpy(eq, "sin(x) * cos(2*x)") ; gnuplot_plot_equation(h, eq, "sine wave", normal) ; gnuplot_close(h) ; @endcode */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ void gnuplot_plot_equation( gnuplot_ctrl * h, char * equation, char * title ) { char cmd[GP_CMD_SIZE]; char plot_str[GP_EQ_SIZE] ; char title_str[GP_TITLE_SIZE] ; if (title == NULL) { strcpy(title_str, "no title") ; } else { strcpy(title_str, title) ; } if (h->nplots > 0) { strcpy(plot_str, "replot") ; } else { strcpy(plot_str, "plot") ; } sprintf(cmd, "%s %s title \"%s\" with %s", plot_str, equation, title_str, h->pstyle) ; gnuplot_cmd(h, cmd) ; h->nplots++ ; return ; } /* vim: set ts=4 et sw=4 tw=75 */