I have a script from others that uses PyX – Python graphics package to generate graphics for LaTex.
Quoted from http://pyx.sourceforge.net/
PyX is a Python package for the
creation of PostScript and PDF files.
It combines an abstraction of the
PostScript drawing model with a
TeX/LaTeX interface. Complex tasks
like 2d and 3d plots in
publication-ready quality are built
out of these primitives.
- However its latest news is back at 2007. I was wondering if PyX is still active?
- If it is one of the best ways to generate graphics for LaTex?
Thanks and regards!
Best Answer
One of the more versatile packages for creating all kinds of graphs is PGF/TikZ. There is extensive documentation for it available in the PDF manual (note that this is for the CVS version, not for the last release).
I doubt it's very useful for 3D graphics but a special syntax for data visualization (like here) is currently under development and will be shipped with the next version.