README-SunOS5

Compiling and Installing Gri
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To install Gri, type

    ./install

and answer the questions.  Basically, you'll be telling the installer
where to put the Gri executable, various library files, and a long
list of documention files.


What Gri is
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 Gri is a language for scientific graphics applications.  By 'language'
 I mean that it is a command-driven application, as opposed to a
 click/point application.  It is analogous to latex or tex, and shares
 the property that extensive power is the reward for tolerating a
 modest learning curve.  Gri output is in industry-standard PostScript,
 suitable for incorporation in documents prepared by various text
 processors.

 Gri can make x-y graphs, contour-graphs, and image graphs.  In
 addition to high-level capabilities, it has enough low-level
 capabilities to allow users to achieve a high degree of customization.
 Precise control is extended to all aspects of drawing, including
 line-widths, colors, and fonts.  Text includes a subset of the tex
 language, so that it is easy to incorporate Greek letters and
 mathematical symbols in labels.


Copyright restrictions
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 The Gri programming languages, and all manuals and online help-files,
 are (c) 1991-2009 Dan E. Kelley <Dan.Kelley@Dal.CA>.

 The Gri Emacs mode (gri-mode.el) is (c) 1994-2009 Peter S. Galbraith
 <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>

 Gri and gri-mode.el are distributed under GPLv3 license or later; see
 COPYING.