alexb67 / cairoplot

Plot 2D graphs with cairomm in gtkmm applications

CairoPlot - Plotting with Cairo and GTKMM4

Note: This is gtkmm4 version. If you wish to use the older gtkmm3 version git checkout the cairoplot-gtkmm3 branch.

CairoPlot is a small library I developed to make 2D static and animated Plots in gtkmm4 applications. It is used in my TCalc project. This is a small demo of what can de done with gtkmm and cairomm, it shows how the library can be utilised. It helps if you have the Nimbus Roman fonts installed if you desire a TeX like style for graph legends as shown in the screen shots..

Static plots

Animated plots

Required packages

For building the demo following packages are required.

* git
* gettext
* appstream-util
* gtkmm 4.0.2 or greater development libraries
* meson
* Nimbus Roman font family
* ninja build system

Consult/search your distribution for the above packages and install them if required. in Fedora 35 it would typically involve

sudo dnf install gtkmm4-devel
sudo dnf appstream-util
sudo dnf gettext

If in doubt use dnf search to find them

dnf search gtkmm
dnf search appstream
dnf search nimbus

etc. On Ubuntu based system use apt to obtain the relevant packages.

Building the software

git clone https://github.com/AlexB67/CairoPlot.git
$cd CairoPlot
$mkdir build
$meson build/
$cd build
$ninja

You can run the demo from the build directory with the command

cd to build_dir # i.e. path to your build directory
src/cairoplot

Installation is not required.

Supported features

Multiple and single plots are supported in a single graph. With a little work Wolfram Mathematica Manipulate/Animate style plots can also be produced. See the source code for details. The demo exposes most features. My TCalc respository shows additional use cases.

Using the software in your own project

Simply include the subproject/cairoplot files in your project source file tree. Beyond that, everything is the same as if one were building any gtkmm application. Whether you want build it as a subproject or include the files directly as part of your project is optional.

Enjoy.

cairoplot's Issues

gtkmm 4.0 does not build

I assume you have not ported this amazing library to version 4.0 yet.