Gist (graphics software)GeneralFor scientific plotting applications, Gist is a scientific graphics library written in C by David H. Munro of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It supports three graphics output devices: X Window, PostScript, and Computer Graphics Metafiles. The library is promoted as being small, efficient, and full featured. Portability is restricted to systems running X Window.Python variantThere is a Python port of Gist called PyGist; it is used as one of several optional graphics front ends of the scientific library SciPy. PyGist is also ported to Mac OS and Microsoft Windows.