Graphing: pts-grapher as separate GUI application?

[Saist]

just wondering, but was pts-grapher ever given the capability for arbitrary graph generation? I remember a press-release when Phoronix Test Suite was being put together about it, but I'm unable to locate a download or function that allows creating graphs outside of the PTS results.

[Michael]

Yes, pts_Graph can be used for more than just the Phoronix Test Suite. pts_Graph and its API were designed to be universal and aren't designed to just handle PTS objects. Anyone else wanting a PHP library to create bar graphs, line graphs, etc can use pts_Graph. The interface is also designed to be very extensible to accomodate any other type of graphs beyond the six or so currently in pts_Graph (those six or however many are just the ones I ended up needing to make for the Phoronix Test Suite).

Beyond PHP, the only dependency that pts_Graph should have is on bilde_renderer. The bilde_renderer library is another PHP library I desgiend for pts_Graph / the Phoronix Test Suite. bilde_renderer abstracts all drawing / image operations into a generic API. There are then back-end renderers that can be written that turn the generic drawing commands into format-specific commands. Right now bilde_renderer has back-end renderers for PNG, GIF, JPG, Adobe SWF, and SVG.

pts_Graph can then generate graphs in any of those file formats that bilde_renderer is capable of rendering to since it implements this generic API.

pts_Graph doesn't have a CLI utility or GUI interface at this time, since that's not a focus for the Phoronix Test Suite and I haven't received any requests about it outside of that.

[Saist]

okay... might as well explain why I asked.

When I make a profile of graphics cards performance, I typically use a huge text sheet or column, like these monsters : http://www.mepisguides.com/saist/hd%204650%20data%20dump/data-dump.html :: http://www.mepisguides.com/saist/hd%204650%20data%20dump/c2-aiw-x1900.txt :: http://www.mepisguides.com/saist/hd%204650%20data%20dump/c2-hd-4650-dx9.txt

I'm not exactly aware of software that will allow me to, em, EASILY, convert the numbers into convenient picture results. I'm sure stuff has to be out there since XbitLabs, Anandtech, Hardocp, and the like have been using graphs for years... but I'd rather support something that is open-licensed, rather than running to a proprietary software vendor.