General Questions

What is DISLIN?

DISLIN is a high-level and easy to use plotting library for displaying data as curves, bar graphs, pie charts, 3D-colour plots, surfaces, contours, and maps. The library contains about 800 plotting and parameter setting routines. The approach used is to have only a few graphics routines with short parameter lists. A large variety of parameter setting routines can then be used to create customized graphics. Several output formats are supported such as X11, VGA, PostScript, PDF, SVG, CGM, HPGL, TIFF, GIF, PNG and BMP. DISLIN is available for the programming languages C/C++, Fortran 77, Fortran 90, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby, TCL, Julia, Go, R, FreeBASIC and Free Pascal.

Where can I get DISLIN?

Software and manuals are available from the DISLIN Home Page

What is the current version of DISLIN?

The current version of DISLIN is 11.5 (March 2022).

In which language is DISLIN written?

There are native libraries of DISLIN for the programming languages C, C++, Fortran 77 and Fortran 90/95. The Fortran 77 and Fortran 90/95 libraries contain some additional C functions such as the interfaces to X11 and Windows API.

Which systems and compilers are supported?

DISLIN distributions are available for the operating systems MS-DOS, Windows, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. The supported Windows compilers are: Visual C++, Borland C++, GCC, LCC, G77, G95, GNU Fortran, Absoft Pro, Lahey LF90/LF95, Intel ICC/IFORT, Digital Visual Fortran, Portland Group Fortran and Silverfrost Fortran. The supported compilers for Linux are: gcc, g77, g95, GNU Fortran, Absoft Pro, Intel icc/ifort and Portland Group pgf77/pgf90/pgf95.

Is the source code of DISLIN available?

The source code can be downloaded from a password protected site. A support contract is necessary for downloading the source code.

What are the current prices of DISLIN?

Since version 11.3 the DISLIN distributions can be used freely without any restrictions. Access to the source code is only availabe via a support contract.

Is there a discussion group for DISLIN users?

There is a discussion group at groups.google.com. The name of the group is Dislin-users with the web site http://groups.google.com/group/dislin-users. You are invited to join this group.