scitex-gists 0.1.7

SigmaPlot macro conversion utilities for matplotlib

scitex-gists

SigmaPlot macro printers — version-controlled VB-style macros emitted from Python.

Full Documentation · uv pip install scitex-gists[all]

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Problem and Solution

#	Problem	Solution
1	SigmaPlot v12 macro files live outside version control — one lab machine has them, nobody else does	Python prints the macro — sigmacro_process_figure_s() emits VB-style macro text; copy-paste into SigmaPlot editor; macros are now part of the repo

Installation

pip install scitex-gists

Architecture

scitex_gists/
├── __init__.py
├── _SigMacro_processFigure_S.py  ← prints figure-processing VB macro
├── _SigMacro_toBlue.py           ← prints color-tweak VB macro
└── _skills/                      ← agent-facing skill pages

A two-function library: each _SigMacro_*.py module wraps a multi-line VB-style macro string and a print() helper. Adding a new macro = add a new _SigMacro_<name>.py and re-export from __init__.py.

1 Interfaces

Python API

from scitex_gists import sigmacro_process_figure_s, sigmacro_to_blue

sigmacro_process_figure_s()
sigmacro_to_blue()

Each function prints VB-style macro text to stdout. Pipe into your clipboard or redirect to a file, then paste into the SigmaPlot macro editor.

Demo

flowchart LR
    A["python -c 'from scitex_gists import sigmacro_process_figure_s; sigmacro_process_figure_s()'"]
        --> B["VB macro printed to stdout"]
    B --> C["copy / pipe to clipboard"]
    C --> D["paste into SigmaPlot v12<br/>macro editor"]
    D --> E["run macro on figure"]

$ python -c "from scitex_gists import sigmacro_to_blue; sigmacro_to_blue()" | pbcopy
# now paste into the SigmaPlot macro editor and run

Quick Start

from scitex_gists import sigmacro_process_figure_s, sigmacro_to_blue

sigmacro_process_figure_s()   # prints the figure-processing macro
sigmacro_to_blue()            # prints the color macro

Part of SciTeX

scitex-gists is part of SciTeX. Install via the umbrella with pip install scitex[gists] to use as scitex.gists (Python) or scitex gists ... (CLI).

Four Freedoms for Research

0. The freedom to run your research anywhere — your machine, your terms.
1. The freedom to study how every step works — from raw data to final manuscript.
2. The freedom to redistribute your workflows, not just your papers.
3. The freedom to modify any module and share improvements with the community.

AGPL-3.0 — because we believe research infrastructure deserves the same freedoms as the software it runs on.

License

AGPL-3.0

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