The `ePiX` Home Page

Last change: 25 September, 2007

The latest stable release is 1.2.0. The latest development release is 1.1.22
Overview (for new users)
Sample Gallery
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- Source Packages
- CVS Repository
Miscellaneous information

News

A Gentoo package is available.
The Ohloh page on ePiX
Source packages for Version 1.0 are still available, but should be considered obsolete.

ePiX, a collection of command line utilities for *nix, creates mathematically accurate figures, plots, and movies using easy-to-learn syntax. The output is expressly suitable for use with LaTeX; figures may be written in a LaTeX picture environment containing PSTricks, tikz, or eepic macros, or as vector (EPS or PDF) image files. The user interface resembles that of LaTeX: You prepare a human-readable scene description in a text editor, then compile the input file into a picture. The sample gallery contains dozens of examples, together with thumbnails and full-sized images. These sample files come with the source code. The manual contains detailed tutorial instructions on compiling files and getting started writing your own.

ePiX serves as a bridge between the computational power of C++ and the typographical capabilities of LaTeX. In particular, ePiX can depict the results of complex computations in the same typographical style as a LaTeX document, and is easily extended with only a modest amount of programming knowledge. No experience with C++ is needed to use ePiX, however.

Getting `ePiX`

Source Code Packages

The source code is available with documentation and samples, compressed with either gzip (.gz) or bzip2 (.bz2).

Latest stable release

md5 checksums	Gzip compressed packages	Bzip2 compressed packages
Source code, manual sources, and sample files	epix-1.2.0-1.tar.gz, 532618 bytes	epix-1.2.0-1.tar.bz2, 431202 bytes
Source code, compiled manual, and sample files	epix-1.2.0-1_withpdf.tar.gz, 1558331 bytes	epix-1.2.0-1_withpdf.tar.bz2, 1497775 bytes
Manual and sample files only	epix-1.2.0-1_manuals.tar.gz, 562367 bytes	epix-1.2.0-1_manuals.tar.bz2, 558284 bytes

Latest development release

md5 checksums	Gzip compressed packages	Bzip2 compressed packages
Source code, manual sources, and sample files	epix-1.1.22.tar.gz, 540291 bytes	epix-1.1.22.tar.bz2, 439374 bytes
Source code, compiled manual, and sample files	epix-1.1.22_withpdf.tar.gz, 1591469 bytes	epix-1.1.22_withpdf.tar.bz2, 1527758 bytes
Manual and sample files only	epix-1.1.22_manuals.tar.gz, 569445 bytes	epix-1.1.22_manuals.tar.bz2, 568163 bytes

CVS Repository

The source code is available by CVS from Savannah.

Mailing List Information

The user and development mailing lists are hosted by Savannah.

License

ePiX is Free Software, distributed under the GNU GPL. This license grants you four specific Freedoms:

To run ePiX, for any purpose (freedom 0).
To study how ePiX works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1).
To redistribute copies of ePiX (freedom 2).
To improve ePiX, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3).

Like all information (including software -- read your EULA carefully), ePiX comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, including (but not limited to) any warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Contact Information

ePiX is written and maintained by
    Andrew D. Hwang
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    College of the Holy Cross
    Worcester, MA, 01610-2395, USA

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