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In article <1992Sep7.144327.28008@mcs.kent.edu>, pstephan@mcs.kent.edu (Paul H. Stephan) writes:
> I have a bunch of data that I have entered into an Excel Spreadsheet and
> then generated graphs using the Excel functions.  I am preparing a paper
> in LaTex (actually emTeX) that I would like to include these graphs in.
> Is there an easy way to enter the data points and get accurate lines
> out?  The LaTeX manual indicates that only a limited set of line slopes
> are supported - is there any way around this?

Caveat: I've only played with this.  PicTeX can take data-points and plot.
PicTeX can require considerable TeX-memory. Since you use emTeX, you can
use tex386 beta-8 and get good performance if you have a 386. If you use
btex186 or btexp, be prepared to wait.

Can you get your current graphics program to output in postscript? Then include
these with \special and use dvips. If you wish to go to a HP or epson, use
ghostscript, as in
  LaTeX -> dvips -> ghostscipt -> HP Laserjet, epson, others
dvips for DOS/OS2 and ghostscript for OS/2 2.0 can be found on
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.

GNUPlot may provide another solution. It can output in EEPIC and with
emTeX \special's. For OS/2, GNUPlot can be found on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu.
It appears that the maintainer of ftp-os2 has been overwhelmed by the volume
of uploads. GNUPlot was in pub/downloads, but not today--try pub/os2/2.0/gnu/.

You can find pictex in the tex-supplement posted to this group. If I recall
correctly, the manual can be obtained from the AMS.

Finally, xypic from Kristoffer Rose is an exceptional package for any
commutative-diagram-like problems. I don't know if it solves your problem.
DM Jones' tex-index is the best source for locations of macro packages--get
from niord.shsu.edu (in [.tex-faq] ?).

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu