diff --git a/gracedriver.py b/gracedriver.py
index f109141..6bba731 100644
--- a/gracedriver.py
+++ b/gracedriver.py
@@ -1,19 +1,108 @@
 __author__ = 'markusro'
 
+
+import tempfile,os
 import numpy as np
 
+class grace:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.ls_map = {"None":0, "-":1, ":":2, "--":3, "-.":4 }
 
-def plot( x, y, **kwds ):
-    pass
+        # Symbols: 0:None 1:Circle 2:Square 3:Diamond 4:Triangle 5:up 6:left 7:down 8:right, 9:PLus 10:X 11:Star
+        self.sym_map = {"None":0, "o":1, "s":2,
+                        "d":3, "D":4, "2":5,
+                        "v":6, "3":6, "4":7,"1":8,
+                        "+":8,"x":9,"*":10  }
+        self.tmpfiles = []
+        self.cmds = []
+        self.data_counter = 0
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        # take care of tmp files:
+        for f in self.tmpfiles:
+            os.remove(f)
+
+    def plot(self,  x, y, **kwds):
+        tmp_fd, tmp_name = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        self.tmpfiles.append(tmp_name)
+        np.savetxt(tmp_name, np.array([x, y]).T)
+        #tmp_fd.close()
+        self.cmds.append('READ NXY "%s"\n'%tmp_name)
+        self.cmds.append('S%i SYMBOL SIZE 0.6\n'%(self.data_counter))
+        self.cmds.append('S%i SYMBOL COLOR 1\n'%(self.data_counter))
 
 
-def xlabel( label ):
-    pass
+        self.cmds.append('S%i SYMBOL FILL PATTERN 1\n'%(self.data_counter))
+        self.cmds.append('S%i SYMBOL 1\n'%(self.data_counter)) # No line
+
+        #self.cmds.append('S%i LINE COLOR %i\n'%(self.data_counter, self.data_counter))
+        if "label" in kwds.keys():
+            label = kwds["label"]
+            self.cmds.append('S%i LEGEND "%s"\n'%(self.data_counter, label))
+
+        if "ls" in kwds.keys():
+            ls = kwds["ls"]
+            if ls in self.ls_map.keys():
+                self.cmds.append('S%i LINE LINESTYLE %i\n'%(self.data_counter, self.ls_map[ls])) # Line
+
+        if "sym" in kwds.keys():
+            sym = kwds["sym"]
+            if sym in self.sym_map.keys():
+                self.cmds.append('S%i SYMBOL %i\n'%(self.data_counter, self.sym_map[sym]))
+            else:
+                print "Symbol not known: %s"%sym
 
 
-def ylabel( label ):
-    pass
+
+        # if "label" in kwds.keys():
+        #     label = kwds["label"]
+        #     self.cmds.append('S%i LEGEND "%s"\n'%(self.data_counter, label))
+
+        self.data_counter += 1
+        pass
 
 
-def legend( ):
-    pass
+    def xlabel(self,  label ):
+        self.cmds.append('XAXIS LABEL "%s"\n'%label)
+        pass
+
+
+    def ylabel(self,  label ):
+        self.cmds.append('YAXIS LABEL "%s"\n'%label)
+        pass
+
+
+    def legend(self, on=True):
+        if on:
+            self.cmds.append('LEGEND ON\n')
+        else:
+            self.cmds.append('LEGEND OFF\n')
+
+
+    def save(self, fname):
+        self.cmds.append('SAVEALL "%s"\n'%fname)
+        # write cmds to tmpfile
+        tmp_fd, tmp_name = tempfile.mkstemp()
+        self.tmpfiles.append(tmp_name)
+        tmp_file = open(tmp_name, 'w')
+        tmp_file.writelines(self.cmds)
+        tmp_file.close()
+        # excecute tmpfile
+        os.system("xmgrace -batch %s -hardcopy -nosafe -printfile tmp.tmp"%tmp_name)
+        os.remove("tmp.tmp")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print "Testing Grace driver"
+    nums = 50
+    gr = grace()
+    for i in xrange(20):
+        gr.plot(np.arange(nums), np.random.random(nums), label="label %i"%i,
+                ls=gr.ls_map.keys()[i%(len(gr.ls_map))],
+                sym=gr.sym_map.keys()[i%(len(gr.sym_map))],
+                )
+    gr.xlabel(r"xlabel / \xm\sl\N\0")
+    gr.ylabel(r"ylabel / \xt\sS\N\0")
+    gr.save("test.agr")
+    os.system("xmgrace test.agr")
+    print "deleting test.agr"
+    os.remove("test.agr")
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