Importing Numbers
Description
Modifying graphical settings is easier to do graphically with an immediate feedback than by specifying everything in a scripting language. DataPlot makes it easy to replace the data by importing/pasting over the existing data. However, creating the same type of graphic for tens or hundreds of different data sets is easier done in a scripting environment. DataPlot makes that easy by making it possible to use the actions of a DataPlot script from the command line or Automator.
This movie shows how DataPlot is used from the command line, through the dplot command. DataPlot does not have to be running in order for dplot to work. The first case just takes a script and saves the output as a tiff file. The second case uses the data in the file data.txt and uses that to overwrite the data in the Run.dplot script. The second case also overwrites specific parameters in the run script, which allows you to customize aspects of the plot..