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+gnuplot for Debian
+==================
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+The full documentation including all examples, the info-pages and a
+tutorial has been split off to a separate gnuplot-doc package.
+
+You can also find useful information on the following websites:
+
+- the original FAQ:
+
+    http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/faq/faq.html
+
+- not so Frequently Asked Questions:
+
+    http://t16web.lanl.gov/Kawano/gnuplot/index-e.html
+
+- Tutorial (in german)
+
+    http://www.we.fh-osnabrueck.de/fbwe/vorlesung/edv2/gplot/gplot.html
+
+- collection of websites with gnuplot-help/more tutorials
+
+    http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/help.html
+
+
+SVGAlib
+-------
+
+I've dropped the svgalib-support for the following reasons:
+
+a) the SUID-bit has to be set which is a security risk
+b) the dependency on both svgalib and svgalib-dummy has to be crudely
+   hacked into the package
+c) all these tricks only have to be done to support graphics no one
+   uses on only one architecture :-(
+d) even upstream decided to disable svgalib by default
+
+
+libreadline
+-----------
+
+Yes, the built in readline of gnuplot is bad. However, libreadline
+cannot be used instead because it is licensed under the GPL, whereas
+gnuplot has special licenses (patches only). Distribution of those
+programs linked together is legally impossible but you may rebuild
+your own custom package with readline. Please don't file bugs telling
+me to use libreadline in gnuplot...
+
+Interfaces to other languages
+-----------------------------
+
+If you want to send gnuplot commands from inside your program, the
+following packages may help you (Beware: I haven't tested them!):
+
+Available as Debian package:
+
+  python-gnuplot
+
+Not available as Debian package:
+
+  interface to ANSI C: http://ndevilla.free.fr/gnuplot/
+
+Feel free to send me more information to be included in this place!
+
+ -- Cyril Bouthors <cyril@bouthors.org>, Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:48:52 +0200