Qt widget to manipulate plots for octave users

Abstract

Octave [1] is an open source mathematical analyzing & computing tool, similar to Matlab. This paper introduces a graphical interface to make plot manipulation in octave in more user-friendly way. Using the proposed widget, users can generate plots using a GUI, instead of using command line interface enhancing the real time interaction in Octave plotter module [2]. The widget is implemented using Qt user interface development framework and facilitates user with all “plot” functionalities provided by Octave command line interface. Further, the widget support to change the plots, there color, labels, etc. interactively. The module is developed adhering to Rational Unified Process, with 100% test coverage.