graph.rst
changeset 255 19e15e00c5d0
parent 253 14a33f74c293
child 734 384f90c63395
--- a/graph.rst	Wed Dec 09 22:47:38 2009 +0200
+++ b/graph.rst	Wed Dec 09 22:53:52 2009 +0200
@@ -29,5 +29,14 @@
 Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven graphing utility for linux, OS/2, MS
 Windows, OSX, VMS, and many other platforms.
 
+Gnuplot supports many types of plots in either 2D and 3D. It can draw using
+lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces, and various
+associated text. It also supports various specialized plot types.
+
+Gnuplot supports many different types of output: interactive screen terminals
+(with mouse and hotkey input), direct output to pen plotters or modern
+printers, and output to many file formats (eps, fig, jpeg, LaTeX, metafont,
+pbm, pdf, png, postscript, svg, ...).
+
   http://www.gnuplot.info
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