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Master Menu
***********

                            GNUPLOT

                 An Interactive Plotting Program
                  Thomas Williams & Colin Kelley
               Version 4.0 organized by: Lars Hecking

      Copyright (C) 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004   Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley

            Mailing list for comments: gnuplot-info@lists.sourceforge.net
          Mailing list for bug reports: gnuplot-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net

              This manual was prepared by Dick Crawford
                        3 December 1998


     Major contributors (alphabetic order):

   * Hans-Bernhard Broeker

   * John Campbell

   * Robert Cunningham

   * David Denholm

   * Gershon Elber

   * Roger Fearick

   * Carsten Grammes

   * Lucas Hart

   * Lars Hecking

   * Thomas Koenig

   * David Kotz

   * Ed Kubaitis

   * Russell Lang

   * Alexander Lehmann

   * Alexander Mai

   * Ethan A Merritt

   * Petr Mikulik

   * Carsten Steger

   * Tom Tkacik

   * Jos Van der Woude

   * Alex Woo

   * James R. Van Zandt

   * Johannes Zellner

* Menu:

* gnuplot::
* Commands::
* Graphical_User_Interfaces::
* Bugs::
* Concept_Index::
* Command_Index::
* Options_Index::
* Function_Index::
* Terminal_Index::


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1 gnuplot
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* Menu:

* Copyright::
* Introduction::
* Seeking-assistance::
* What_is_New_in_Version_4.0::
* Batch/Interactive_Operation::
* Command-line-editing::
* Comments::
* Coordinates::
* Environment::
* Expressions::
* Glossary::
* mouse_input::
* Plotting::
* Start-up::
* Substitution::
* Syntax::
* Time/Date_data::


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1.1 Copyright
=============

           Copyright (C) 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004   Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley

   Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.

   Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to
distribute the complete modified source code.  Modifications are to be
distributed as patches to the released version.  Permission to
distribute binaries produced by compiling modified sources is granted,
provided you
       1. distribute the corresponding source modifications from the
        released version in the form of a patch file along with the binaries,
       2. add special version identification to distinguish your version
        in addition to the base release version number,
       3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the
        support of your modified version, and
       4. retain our contact information in regard to use of the base
        software.

   Permission to distribute the released version of the source code
along with corresponding source modifications in the form of a patch
file is granted with same provisions 2 through 4 for binary
distributions.

   This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty
to the extent permitted by applicable law.

           AUTHORS

           Original Software:
              Thomas Williams,  Colin Kelley.

           Gnuplot 2.0 additions:
              Russell Lang, Dave Kotz, John Campbell.

           Gnuplot 3.0 additions:
              Gershon Elber and many others.

           Gnuplot 4.0 additions:
              See list of contributors at head of this document.


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1.2 Introduction
================

`gnuplot` is a command-driven interactive function and data plotting
program.  It is case sensitive (commands and function names written in
lowercase are not the same as those written in CAPS).  All command
names may be abbreviated as long as the abbreviation is not ambiguous.
Any number of commands may appear on a line (with the exception that
`load` or *Note call:: must be the final command), separated by
semicolons (;).  Strings are indicated with quotes.  They may be either
single or double quotation marks, e.g.,

           load "filename"
           cd 'dir'

   although there are some subtle differences (see `syntax` for more
details).

   Any command-line arguments are assumed to be names of files
containing `gnuplot` commands, with the exception of standard X11
arguments, which are processed first.  Each file is loaded with the
`load` command, in the order specified.  `gnuplot` exits after the last
file is processed.  When no load files are named, `gnuplot` enters into
an interactive mode.  The special filename "-" is used to denote
standard input.  See "help batch/interactive" for more details.

   Many `gnuplot` commands have multiple options.  These options must
appear in the proper order, although unwanted ones may be omitted in
most cases.  Thus if the entire command is "command a b c", then
"command a c" will probably work, but "command c a" will fail.

   Commands may extend over several input lines by ending each line but
the last with a backslash (\).  The backslash must be the _last_
character on each line.  The effect is as if the backslash and newline
were not there.  That is, no white space is implied, nor is a comment
terminated.  Therefore, commenting out a continued line comments out
the entire command (see `comments`).  But note that if an error occurs
somewhere on a multi-line command, the parser may not be able to locate
precisely where the error is and in that case will not necessarily
point to the correct line.

   In this document, curly braces ({}) denote optional arguments and a
vertical bar (|) separates mutually exclusive choices.  `gnuplot`
keywords or *Note help:: topics are indicated by backquotes or
`boldface` (where available).  Angle brackets (<>) are used to mark
replaceable tokens.  In many cases, a default value of the token will
be taken for optional arguments if the token is omitted, but these
cases are not always denoted with braces around the angle brackets.

   For on-line help on any topic, type *Note help:: followed by the
name of the topic or just *Note help:: or `?` to get a menu of
available topics.

   The new `gnuplot` user should begin by reading about `plotting` (if
on-line, type `help plotting`).

   See the simple.dem demo, also available together with other demos on
the web page http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/simple.html
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/simple.html)


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1.3 Seeking-assistance
======================

^ <a name="Seeking-assistance"></a> 

   There is a mailing list for `gnuplot` users.  Note, however, that the
newsgroup
           comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot

   is identical to the mailing list (they both carry the same set of
messages).  We prefer that you read the messages through the newsgroup
rather than subscribing to the mailing list.  Instructions for
subscribing to gnuplot mailing lists may be found via the gnuplot
development website on SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot)

   The address for mailing to list members is:
           gnuplot-info@lists.sourceforge.net

   Bug reports and code contributions should be mailed to:
           gnuplot-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net

   The list of those interested in beta-test versions is:
           gnuplot-beta@lists.sourceforge.net

   There is also the canonical (if occassionally out-of-date) gnuplot
web page at

   http://www.gnuplot.info (http://www.gnuplot.info)

   Before seeking help, please check the

   FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list. (http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/)

   When posting a question, please include full details of the version
of `gnuplot`, the machine, and operating system you are using.  A
_small_ script demonstrating the problem may be useful.  Function plots
are preferable to datafile plots.  If email-ing to gnuplot-info, please
state whether or not you are subscribed to the list, so that users who
use news will know to email a reply to you.  There is a form for such
postings on the WWW site.


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1.4 What is New in Version 4.0
==============================

The previous official release of gnuplot was version 3.7, with
subversions up to 3.7.3. Gnuplot version 4.0 contains many new
features, which were gradually introduced into a series of development
snapshots 3.8a through 3.8k. This section lists major additions and
gives a partial list of changes and minor new features. Sample gnuplot
scripts demonstrating many of these features are provided in the
gnuplot distribution, and are referred to here by name.

* Menu:

* Mouse_and_hotkey_support_in_interactive_terminals::
* New_terminal_features::
* New_plot_style_*Note pm3d::::
* New_plot_style_`filledcurves`::
* Filled_boxes::
* New_plot_option_smooth_frequency::
* Improved_text_options::
* More_text_encodings::
* Arrows::
* Data_file_format::
* Other_changes_and_additions::
* Accompanying_documentation::


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1.4.1 Mouse and hotkey support in interactive terminals
-------------------------------------------------------

Interaction with the current plot via mouse and hotkeys is supported
for the X11, OS/2 Presentation Manager, ggi and Windows terminals. See
`mouse input` for more information on mousing. See help for *Note
bind:: for information on hotkeys. Also see the documentation for
individual mousing terminals `ggi`, `pm`, `windows` and `x11`.

   Here are briefly some useful hotkeys.  Hit 'h' in the interactive
interval for help. Hit 'm' to switch mousing on/off.  Hit 'g' for grid,
'l' for log and 'e' for replot.  Hit 'r' for ruler to measure peak
distances (linear scale) or peak ratios (log scale), and '5' for polar
coordinates inside a map.  Zoom by mouse (MB3), and move in the zoom
history by 'p', 'u', 'n'; hit 'a' for autoscale.  Use other mouse
buttons to put current mouse coordinates to clipboard (double click of
MB1), add temporarily or permanently labels to the plot (middle mouse
button MB2).  Rotate a 3D surface by mouse.  Hit spacebar to switch to
the gnuplot command window.

   Sample script: mousevariables.dem


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1.4.2 New terminal features
---------------------------

`aqua`: New terminal for Mac OS X. Requires AquaTerm 1.0 or later.

   `epslatex`: New terminal. Prepares eps figures for inclusion in LaTeX
documents.

   `gif`: Support for this terminal has been dropped in favour of the
`png` format for legal reasons; under usual configure conditions, old
scripts that request gif will work but will produce a `png` file
instead.

   `ggi`: New full-screen interactive terminal for Linux. Interface to
the General Graphics Interface Library.

   `pdf`: New terminal exporting Adobe Portable Document Format.
Requires libpdf.

   `png` and `jpeg`: Support for both PNG and JPEG image output is
provided by a new driver via libgd. The new driver supports many more
features than the old png driver, including TrueType fonts. Requires
libgd.

   *Note postscript::: The PostScript driver now provides an oblique
symbol font, and allows run-time inclusion of embedded PostScript
fonts. It also supports additional character encodings. See `postscript
fontfile` and *Note encoding::.

   Sample script: fontfile.dem

   `svg`: New terminal exporting Scalable Vector Graphics.

   `x11`: The X-windows driver now allows you to specify fonts, see
`set term x11 x11_fonts`. There is no longer a limit to the number of
x11 plot windows opened simultaneously, and each plot window can be
given its own title. See `set term x11`.


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1.4.3 New plot style *Note pm3d::
---------------------------------

The `splot` command is now capable of plotting 2D maps and 3D surfaces
colored by greyscale or color palettes. See help for *Note pm3d::,
*Note palette::, *Note cbrange::, `set view map`, `set colorbox` and
*Note palette::.

   Sample scripts: pm3d.dem pm3dcolors.dem pm3dgamma.dem


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1.4.4 New plot style `filledcurves`
-----------------------------------

The style `filledcurves` allows to fill an area between the drawn curve
and a horizontal line.

   Sample script: fillcrvs.dem


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1.4.5 Filled boxes
------------------

A solid color or patterned fill style can be set for any plot style that
contains boxes. See `boxes`, `boxerrorbars`, `boxxyerrorbars`,
`candlesticks`, `set style fill`.

   Sample scripts: fillstyle.dem candlesticks.dem


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1.4.6 New plot option smooth frequency
--------------------------------------

Input data can be filtered through several built-in routines for
interpolation or approximation of data.  See *Note smooth::,
`frequency`, `unique`.

   Sample scripts: step.dem mgr.dem


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1.4.7 Improved text options
---------------------------

Most gnuplot plot commands that produce text labels now accept
modifiers to specify text color, font, size, and rotation angle. See
*Note label::.  Not all terminal types support these options, however.
The enhanced text mode previously available for the postscript and pm
terminals has been extended to other terminal types as well.  Terminal
types currently supported include dumb, jpeg, pdf, pm, png, postscript,
and x11. See `enhanced text`.

   Sample scripts: textcolor.dem textrotate.dem


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1.4.8 More text encodings
-------------------------

Several terminals, including *Note postscript::, `x11` and `pm`,
support additional text `encodings`: ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1), ISO 8859-2
(Latin 2), ISO 8859-15 (variant of 8859-1 with Euro sign), KOI8-R
(cyrillic), and miscellaneous codepages. See *Note encoding:: for more
details.


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1.4.9 Arrows
------------

Single- or double-ended arrows can be placed on a plot individually
from the command line or from a data file via the `plot with vectors`
style.  See *Note arrow::, `plotting styles vectors`.

   Sample script: arrowstyle.dem


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1.4.10 Data file format
-----------------------

The new `set datafile` command can be used to specify information about
the format of input data files, including the characters used to
separate fields, to indicate comment lines, and to specify missing
data.  Gnuplot now attempts to recognize text fields with embedded
blanks as single entities based on the datafile format settings.  This
allows input from csv (comma-separated value) files such as those
exported by spreadsheet programs. See `set datafile`.


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1.4.11 Other changes and additions
----------------------------------

The preferred syntax to undo a command `set <something>` is now `unset
<something>` rather than `set no<something>`. The older form has been
deprecated.  Version 4.0 continues to allow the older syntax, but such
backwards compatibility may be lost in future versions.

   Commands of the form `set <something> <style>` also are deprectated
in favor of the more general form `set style <something> <options>`.
Many more plot elements now have style options of their own, including
arrows, filled areas, lines, and points. There are also style settings
for input data and formatting. Please see *Note style::, *Note
decimalsign::, and `set datafile`.

   Improved 2D and 3D clipping (hidden lines).

   More consistent point styles and other default formatting styles
across all terminals. Please use the *Note test:: command to check
default styles and plotting capabilities for the currently selected
terminal type.

   The *Note label:: command supports associated points, and allows you
to specify point style and text style (font, rotation, etc). User
variables can be included in labels via format specifiers in the label
text.  See *Note label::.

   New command `set view map` to select top-view 2D projection of 3D
surface plot.

   New commands `set term push` and `set term pop` to achieve platform
independent restoring of the terminal after printing,

   The `load` and *Note save:: commands accept piped input and output,
respectively.

   The `history` command (for gnuplot with its own readline, not with
GNU readline) now includes several useful options.

   The built-in function `rand(x)` has been modified to allow explicit
seeding of the pseudo-random number generator. See `random`.

   The MS Windows package includes an additional executable
`pgnuplot.exe` to support piping command through standard input, which
is otherwise not available for graphical applications on this system.


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1.4.12 Accompanying documentation
---------------------------------

In directory docs/psdocs/ you may find new information in the gnuplot
output postscript file guide, list of postscript symbols in different
encodings.

   Improved FAQ. Please read it before asking your question in a public
forum.

   There are plenty of new demos *.dem in the demo/ directory. Please
run them, for example by
           load "all.dem"

   before asking for help.  Plots produced by the demo scripts can also
be viewed at http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/)


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1.5 Batch/Interactive Operation
===============================

`gnuplot` may be executed in either batch or interactive modes, and the
two may even be mixed together on many systems.

   Any command-line arguments are assumed to be names of files
containing `gnuplot` commands (with the exception of standard X11
arguments, which are processed first).  Each file is loaded with the
`load` command, in the order specified.  `gnuplot` exits after the last
file is processed.  When no load files are named, `gnuplot` enters into
an interactive mode.  The special filename "-" is used to denote
standard input.

   Both the *Note exit:: and *Note quit:: commands terminate the
current command file and `load` the next one, until all have been
processed.

   Examples:

   To launch an interactive session:
           gnuplot

   To launch a batch session using two command files "input1" and
"input2":
           gnuplot input1 input2

   To launch an interactive session after an initialization file
"header" and followed by another command file "trailer":
           gnuplot header - trailer


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1.6 Command-line-editing
========================

Command-line editing is supported by the Unix, Atari, VMS, MS-DOS and
OS/2 versions of `gnuplot`.  Also, a history mechanism allows previous
commands to be edited and re-executed.  After the command line has been
edited, a newline or carriage return will enter the entire line without
regard to where the cursor is positioned.

   (The readline function in `gnuplot` is not the same as the readline
used in GNU Bash and GNU Emacs.  If the GNU version is desired, it may
be selected instead of the `gnuplot` version at compile time.)

   The editing commands are as follows:

           `Line-editing`:

           ^B    moves back a single character.
           ^F    moves forward a single character.
           ^A    moves to the beginning of the line.
           ^E    moves to the end of the line.
           ^H    and DEL delete the previous character.
           ^D    deletes the current character.
           ^K    deletes from current position to the end of line.
           ^L,^R redraws line in case it gets trashed.
           ^U    deletes the entire line.
           ^W    deletes from the current word to the end of line.

           `History`:

           ^P    moves back through history.
           ^N    moves forward through history.

   On the IBM PC, the use of a TSR program such as DOSEDIT or CED may
be desired for line editing.  The default makefile assumes that this is
the case;  by default `gnuplot` will be compiled with no line-editing
capability.  If you want to use `gnuplot`'s line editing, set READLINE
in the makefile and add readline.obj to the link file.  The following
arrow keys may be used on the IBM PC and Atari versions if readline is
used:

           Left  Arrow      - same as ^B.
           Right Arrow      - same as ^F.
           Ctrl Left  Arrow - same as ^A.
           Ctrl Right Arrow - same as ^E.
           Up    Arrow      - same as ^P.
           Down  Arrow      - same as ^N.

   The Atari version of readline defines some additional key aliases:

           Undo            - same as ^L.
           Home            - same as ^A.
           Ctrl Home       - same as ^E.
           Esc             - same as ^U.
           Help            - *Note help:: plus return.
           Ctrl Help       - `help `.


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1.7 Comments
============

Comments are supported as follows: a `#` may appear in most places in a
line and `gnuplot` will ignore the rest of the line.  It will not have
this effect inside quotes, inside numbers (including complex numbers),
inside command substitutions, etc.  In short, it works anywhere it
makes sense to work.

   See also `set datafile commentschars` for specifying comment
characters in data files.


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1.8 Coordinates
===============

The commands *Note arrow::, *Note key::, and *Note label:: allow you to
draw something at an arbitrary position on the graph.  This position is
specified by the syntax:

           {<system>} <x>, {<system>} <y> {,{<system>} <z>}

   Each <system> can either be `first`, `second`, `graph` or `screen`.

   `first` places the x, y, or z coordinate in the system defined by
the left and bottom axes; `second` places it in the system defined by
the second axes (top and right); `graph` specifies the area within the
axes--0,0 is bottom left and 1,1 is top right (for splot, 0,0,0 is
bottom left of plotting area; use negative z to get to the base--see
*Note ticslevel::); and `screen` specifies the screen area (the entire
area--not just the portion selected by *Note size::), with 0,0 at
bottom left and 1,1 at top right.

   If the coordinate system for x is not specified, `first` is used.
If the system for y is not specified, the one used for x is adopted.

   If one (or more) axis is timeseries, the appropriate coordinate
should be given as a quoted time string according to the *Note
timefmt:: format string.  See *Note xdata:: and *Note timefmt::.
`gnuplot` will also accept an integer expression, which will be
interpreted as seconds from 1 January 2000.


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1.9 Environment
===============

A number of shell environment variables are understood by `gnuplot`.
None of these are required, but may be useful.

   If GNUTERM is defined, it is used as the name of the terminal type
to be used.  This overrides any terminal type sensed by `gnuplot` on
start-up, but is itself overridden by the .gnuplot (or equivalent)
start-up file (see `start-up`) and, of course, by later explicit
changes.

   On Unix, AmigaOS, AtariTOS, MS-DOS and OS/2, GNUHELP may be defined
to be the pathname of the HELP file (gnuplot.gih).

   On VMS, the logical name GNUPLOT$HELP should be defined as the name
of the help library for `gnuplot`.  The `gnuplot` help can be put
inside any system help library, allowing access to help from both
within and outside `gnuplot` if desired.

   On Unix, HOME is used as the name of a directory to search for a
.gnuplot file if none is found in the current directory.  On AmigaOS,
AtariTOS, MS-DOS, Windows and OS/2, GNUPLOT is used.  On Windows, the
NT-specific variable USERPROFILE is tried, too. VMS, SYS$LOGIN: is
used. Type `help start-up`.

   On Unix, PAGER is used as an output filter for help messages.

   On Unix, AtariTOS and AmigaOS, SHELL is used for the *Note shell::
command.  On MS-DOS and OS/2, COMSPEC is used for the *Note shell::
command.

   On MS-DOS, if the BGI or Watcom interface is used, PCTRM is used to
tell the maximum resolution supported by your monitor by setting it to
S<max. horizontal resolution>. E.g. if your monitor's maximum
resolution is 800x600, then use:
           set PCTRM=S800

   If PCTRM is not set, standard VGA is used.

   FIT_SCRIPT may be used to specify a `gnuplot` command to be executed
when a fit is interrupted--see `fit`.  FIT_LOG specifies the default
filename of the logfile maintained by fit.

   GNUPLOT_LIB may be used to define additional search directories for
data and command files. The variable may contain a single directory
name, or a list of directories separated by a platform-specific path
separator, eg. ':' on Unix, or ';' on DOS/Windows/OS/2/Amiga platforms.
The contents of GNUPLOT_LIB are appended to the *Note loadpath::
variable, but not saved with the *Note save:: and `save set` commands.

   Several gnuplot terminal drivers access TrueType fonts via the gd
library.  For these drivers the font search path is controlled by the
environmental variable GDFONTPATH.  Furthermore, a default font for
these drivers may be set via the environmental variable
GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT.

   The postscript terminal uses its own font search path. It is
controlled by the environmental variable GNUPLOT_FONTPATH. The format
is the same as for GNUPLOT_LIB. The contents of GNUPLOT_FONTPATH are
appended to the *Note fontpath:: variable, but not saved with the *Note
save:: and `save set` commands.


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1.10 Expressions
================

In general, any mathematical expression accepted by C, FORTRAN, Pascal,
or BASIC is valid.  The precedence of these operators is determined by
the specifications of the C programming language.  White space (spaces
and tabs) is ignored inside expressions.

   Complex constants are expressed as {<real>,<imag>}, where <real> and
<imag> must be numerical constants.  For example, {3,2} represents 3 +
2i; {0,1} represents 'i' itself.  The curly braces are explicitly
required here.

   Note that gnuplot uses both "real" and "integer" arithmetic, like
FORTRAN and C.  Integers are entered as "1", "-10", etc; reals as
"1.0", "-10.0", "1e1", 3.5e-1, etc.  The most important difference
between the two forms is in division: division of integers truncates:
5/2 = 2; division of reals does not: 5.0/2.0 = 2.5.  In mixed
expressions, integers are "promoted" to reals before evaluation: 5/2e0
= 2.5.  The result of division of a negative integer by a positive one
may vary among compilers.  Try a test like "print -5/2" to determine if
your system chooses -2 or -3 as the answer.

   The integer expression "1/0" may be used to generate an "undefined"
flag, which causes a point to ignored; the `ternary` operator gives an
example.

   The real and imaginary parts of complex expressions are always real,
whatever the form in which they are entered: in {3,2} the "3" and "2"
are reals, not integers.

* Menu:

* Functions::
* Operators::
* User-defined::


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1.10.1 Functions
----------------

The functions in `gnuplot` are the same as the corresponding functions
in the Unix math library, except that all functions accept integer,
real, and complex arguments, unless otherwise noted.

   For those functions that accept or return angles that may be given
in either degrees or radians (sin(x), cos(x), tan(x), asin(x), acos(x),
atan(x), atan2(x) and arg(z)), the unit may be selected by *Note
angles::, which defaults to radians.

* Menu:

* abs::
* acos::
* acosh::
* arg::
* asin::
* asinh::
* atan::
* atan2::
* atanh::
* besj0::
* besj1::
* besy0::
* besy1::
* ceil::
* cos::
* cosh::
* erf::
* erfc::
* exp::
* floor::
* gamma::
* ibeta::
* inverf::
* igamma::
* imag::
* invnorm::
* int::
* lambertw::
* lgamma::
* log::
* log10::
* norm::
* rand::
* real::
* sgn::
* sin::
* sinh::
* sqrt::
* tan::
* tanh::
* column::
* defined::
* tm_hour::
* tm_mday::
* tm_min::
* tm_mon::
* tm_sec::
* tm_wday::
* tm_yday::
* tm_year::
* valid::
* Random_number_generator::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: abs,  Next: acos,  Prev: Functions,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.1 abs
............

The `abs(x)` function returns the absolute value of its argument.  The
returned value is of the same type as the argument.

   For complex arguments, abs(x) is defined as the length of x in the
complex plane [i.e.,  sqrt(real(x)**2 + imag(x)**2) ].


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: acos,  Next: acosh,  Prev: abs,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.2 acos
.............

The `acos(x)` function returns the arc cosine (inverse cosine) of its
argument.  `acos` returns its argument in radians or degrees, as
selected by *Note angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: acosh,  Next: arg,  Prev: acos,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.3 acosh
..............

The `acosh(x)` function returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of its
argument in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: arg,  Next: asin,  Prev: acosh,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.4 arg
............

The `arg(x)` function returns the phase of a complex number in radians
or degrees, as selected by *Note angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: asin,  Next: asinh,  Prev: arg,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.5 asin
.............

The `asin(x)` function returns the arc sin (inverse sin) of its
argument.  `asin` returns its argument in radians or degrees, as
selected by *Note angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: asinh,  Next: atan,  Prev: asin,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.6 asinh
..............

The `asinh(x)` function returns the inverse hyperbolic sin of its
argument in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: atan,  Next: atan2,  Prev: asinh,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.7 atan
.............

The `atan(x)` function returns the arc tangent (inverse tangent) of its
argument.  `atan` returns its argument in radians or degrees, as
selected by *Note angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: atan2,  Next: atanh,  Prev: atan,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.8 atan2
..............

The `atan2(y,x)` function returns the arc tangent (inverse tangent) of
the ratio of the real parts of its arguments.  *Note atan2:: returns
its argument in radians or degrees, as selected by *Note angles::, in
the correct quadrant.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: atanh,  Next: besj0,  Prev: atan2,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.9 atanh
..............

The `atanh(x)` function returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of its
argument in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: besj0,  Next: besj1,  Prev: atanh,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.10 besj0
...............

The `besj0(x)` function returns the j0th Bessel function of its
argument.  *Note besj0:: expects its argument to be in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: besj1,  Next: besy0,  Prev: besj0,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.11 besj1
...............

The `besj1(x)` function returns the j1st Bessel function of its
argument.  *Note besj1:: expects its argument to be in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: besy0,  Next: besy1,  Prev: besj1,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.12 besy0
...............

The `besy0(x)` function returns the y0th Bessel function of its
argument.  *Note besy0:: expects its argument to be in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: besy1,  Next: ceil,  Prev: besy0,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.13 besy1
...............

The `besy1(x)` function returns the y1st Bessel function of its
argument.  *Note besy1:: expects its argument to be in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ceil,  Next: cos,  Prev: besy1,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.14 ceil
..............

The `ceil(x)` function returns the smallest integer that is not less
than its argument.  For complex numbers, *Note ceil:: returns the
smallest integer not less than the real part of its argument.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cos,  Next: cosh,  Prev: ceil,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.15 cos
.............

The `cos(x)` function returns the cosine of its argument.  `cos`
accepts its argument in radians or degrees, as selected by *Note
angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cosh,  Next: erf,  Prev: cos,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.16 cosh
..............

The `cosh(x)` function returns the hyperbolic cosine of its argument.
*Note cosh:: expects its argument to be in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: erf,  Next: erfc,  Prev: cosh,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.17 erf
.............

The `erf(x)` function returns the error function of the real part of its
argument.  If the argument is a complex value, the imaginary component
is ignored.  See *Note erfc::, *Note inverf::, and *Note norm::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: erfc,  Next: exp,  Prev: erf,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.18 erfc
..............

The `erfc(x)` function returns 1.0 - the error function of the real
part of its argument.  If the argument is a complex value, the
imaginary component is ignored.  See `erf`, *Note inverf::, and *Note
norm::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: exp,  Next: floor,  Prev: erfc,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.19 exp
.............

The `exp(x)` function returns the exponential function of its argument
(`e` raised to the power of its argument).  On some implementations
(notably suns), exp(-x) returns undefined for very large x.  A
user-defined function like safe(x) = x<-100 ? 0 : exp(x) might prove
useful in these cases.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: floor,  Next: gamma,  Prev: exp,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.20 floor
...............

The `floor(x)` function returns the largest integer not greater than its
argument.  For complex numbers, *Note floor:: returns the largest
integer not greater than the real part of its argument.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: gamma,  Next: ibeta,  Prev: floor,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.21 gamma
...............

The `gamma(x)` function returns the gamma function of the real part of
its argument.  For integer n, gamma(n+1) = n!.  If the argument is a
complex value, the imaginary component is ignored.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ibeta,  Next: inverf,  Prev: gamma,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.22 ibeta
...............

The `ibeta(p,q,x)` function returns the incomplete beta function of the
real parts of its arguments. p, q > 0 and x in [0:1].  If the arguments
are complex, the imaginary components are ignored.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: inverf,  Next: igamma,  Prev: ibeta,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.23 inverf
................

The `inverf(x)` function returns the inverse error function of the real
part of its argument.   See `erf` and *Note invnorm::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: igamma,  Next: imag,  Prev: inverf,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.24 igamma
................

The `igamma(a,x)` function returns the incomplete gamma function of the
real parts of its arguments.  a > 0 and x >= 0.  If the arguments are
complex, the imaginary components are ignored.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: imag,  Next: invnorm,  Prev: igamma,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.25 imag
..............

The `imag(x)` function returns the imaginary part of its argument as a
real number.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: invnorm,  Next: int,  Prev: imag,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.26 invnorm
.................

The `invnorm(x)` function returns the inverse normal distribution
function of the real part of its argument.  See *Note norm::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: int,  Next: lambertw,  Prev: invnorm,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.27 int
.............

The `int(x)` function returns the integer part of its argument,
truncated toward zero.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: lambertw,  Next: lgamma,  Prev: int,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.28 lambertw
..................

The lambertw function returns the value of the principal branch of
Lambert's W function, which is defined by the equation
(W(z)*exp(W(z))=z.  z must be a real number with z >= -exp(-1).


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: lgamma,  Next: log,  Prev: lambertw,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.29 lgamma
................

The `lgamma(x)` function returns the natural logarithm of the gamma
function of the real part of its argument.  If the argument is a
complex value, the imaginary component is ignored.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: log,  Next: log10,  Prev: lgamma,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.30 log
.............

The `log(x)` function returns the natural logarithm (base `e`) of its
argument.  See *Note log10::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: log10,  Next: norm,  Prev: log,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.31 log10
...............

The `log10(x)` function returns the logarithm (base 10) of its argument.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: norm,  Next: rand,  Prev: log10,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.32 norm
..............

The `norm(x)` function returns the normal distribution function (or
Gaussian) of the real part of its argument.   See *Note invnorm::,
`erf` and *Note erfc::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: rand,  Next: real,  Prev: norm,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.33 rand
..............

`rand(0)`  returns a pseudo random number in the interval [0:1]
generated
                from the current value of two internal 32-bit seeds.

   `rand(-1)` resets both seeds to a standard value.  `rand(x)`  for
x>0 sets both seeds to a value based on the value of x.  `rand({x,y})`
for x>0 sets seed1 to x and seed2 to y.  Note: This behavior has
changed starting with gnuplot version 3.8l. Older scripts that expected
rand(x>0) to produce sequential pseudo-random numbers from the same
seeded sequence must be changed to call rand(0) instead.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: real,  Next: sgn,  Prev: rand,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.34 real
..............

The `real(x)` function returns the real part of its argument.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: sgn,  Next: sin,  Prev: real,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.35 sgn
.............

The `sgn(x)` function returns 1 if its argument is positive, -1 if its
argument is negative, and 0 if its argument is 0.  If the argument is a
complex value, the imaginary component is ignored.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: sin,  Next: sinh,  Prev: sgn,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.36 sin
.............

The `sin(x)` function returns the sine of its argument.  `sin` expects
its argument to be in radians or degrees, as selected by *Note angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: sinh,  Next: sqrt,  Prev: sin,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.37 sinh
..............

The `sinh(x)` function returns the hyperbolic sine of its argument.
*Note sinh:: expects its argument to be in radians.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: sqrt,  Next: tan,  Prev: sinh,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.38 sqrt
..............

The `sqrt(x)` function returns the square root of its argument.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tan,  Next: tanh,  Prev: sqrt,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.39 tan
.............

The `tan(x)` function returns the tangent of its argument.  `tan`
expects its argument to be in radians or degrees, as selected by *Note
angles::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tanh,  Next: column,  Prev: tan,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.40 tanh
..............

The `tanh(x)` function returns the hyperbolic tangent of its argument.
*Note tanh:: expects its argument to be in radians.

   A few additional functions are also available.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: column,  Next: defined,  Prev: tanh,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.41 column
................

`column(x)` may be used only in expressions as part of *Note using::
manipulations to fits or datafile plots.  See *Note using::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: defined,  Next: tm_hour,  Prev: column,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.42 defined
.................

`defined(X)` returns 1 if a variable named X has been defined, otherwise
it returns 0.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_hour,  Next: tm_mday,  Prev: defined,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.43 tm_hour
.................

The *Note tm_hour:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the hour (an integer in the range
0-23) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_mday,  Next: tm_min,  Prev: tm_hour,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.44 tm_mday
.................

The *Note tm_mday:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the day of the month (an integer
in the range 1-31) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_min,  Next: tm_mon,  Prev: tm_mday,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.45 tm_min
................

The *Note tm_min:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the minute (an integer in the
range 0-59) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_mon,  Next: tm_sec,  Prev: tm_min,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.46 tm_mon
................

The *Note tm_mon:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the month (an integer in the range
0-11) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_sec,  Next: tm_wday,  Prev: tm_mon,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.47 tm_sec
................

The *Note tm_sec:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the second (an integer in the
range 0-59) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_wday,  Next: tm_yday,  Prev: tm_sec,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.48 tm_wday
.................

The *Note tm_wday:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the day of the week (an integer in
the range 0-6) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_yday,  Next: tm_year,  Prev: tm_wday,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.49 tm_yday
.................

The *Note tm_yday:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the day of the year (an integer in
the range 1-366) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tm_year,  Next: valid,  Prev: tm_yday,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.50 tm_year
.................

The *Note tm_year:: function interprets its argument as a time, in
seconds from 1 Jan 2000.  It returns the year (an integer) as a real.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: valid,  Next: Random_number_generator,  Prev: tm_year,  Up: Functions

1.10.1.51 valid
...............

`valid(x)` may be used only in expressions as part of *Note using::
manipulations to fits or datafile plots.  See *Note using::.

   See also airfoil.dem: use of functions and complex variables for
airfoils demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/airfoil.html)


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1.10.1.52 Random number generator
.................................

The behavior of the built-in function `rand(x)` has changed as of
version 3.8l.  Older scripts that expected rand(x>0) to produce
sequential pseudo-random numbers from the same seeded sequence must be
changed to call rand(0) instead.  The current behavior is as follows:
      `rand(0)`  returns a pseudo random number in the interval [0:1] generated
                 from the current value of two internal 32-bit seeds.
      `rand(-1)` resets both seeds to a standard value.
      `rand(x)`  for x>0 sets both seeds to a value based on the value of x.
      `rand({x,y})` for x>0 sets seed1 to x and seed2 to y.


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1.10.2 Operators
----------------

The operators in `gnuplot` are the same as the corresponding operators
in the C programming language, except that all operators accept
integer, real, and complex arguments, unless otherwise noted.  The **
operator (exponentiation) is supported, as in FORTRAN.

   Parentheses may be used to change order of evaluation.

* Menu:

* Unary::
* Binary::
* Ternary::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Unary,  Next: Binary,  Prev: Operators,  Up: Operators

1.10.2.1 Unary
..............

The following is a list of all the unary operators and their usages:

         Symbol      Example    Explanation
           -           -a          unary minus
           +           +a          unary plus (no-operation)
           ~           ~a        * one's complement
           !           !a        * logical negation
           !           a!        * factorial
           $           $3        * call arg/column during *Note using:: manipulation

   (*) Starred explanations indicate that the operator requires an
integer argument.

   Operator precedence is the same as in Fortran and C.  As in those
languages, parentheses may be used to change the order of operation.
Thus -2**2 = -4, but (-2)**2 = 4.

   The factorial operator returns a real number to allow a greater
range.


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1.10.2.2 Binary
...............

The following is a list of all the binary operators and their usages:

         Symbol       Example      Explanation
           **          a**b          exponentiation
           *           a*b           multiplication
           /           a/b           division
           %           a%b         * modulo
           +           a+b           addition
           -           a-b           subtraction
           ==          a==b          equality
           !=          a!=b          inequality
           <           a<b           less than
           <=          a<=b          less than or equal to
           >           a>b           greater than
           >=          a>=b          greater than or equal to
           &           a&b         * bitwise AND
           ^           a^b         * bitwise exclusive OR
           |           a|b         * bitwise inclusive OR
           &&          a&&b        * logical AND
           ||          a||b        * logical OR

   (*) Starred explanations indicate that the operator requires integer
arguments.

   Logical AND (&&) and OR (||) short-circuit the way they do in C.
That is, the second `&&` operand is not evaluated if the first is
false; the second `||` operand is not evaluated if the first is true.


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1.10.2.3 Ternary
................

There is a single ternary operator:

         Symbol       Example      Explanation
           ?:          a?b:c     ternary operation

   The ternary operator behaves as it does in C.  The first argument
(a), which must be an integer, is evaluated.  If it is true (non-zero),
the second argument (b) is evaluated and returned; otherwise the third
argument (c) is evaluated and returned.

   The ternary operator is very useful both in constructing piecewise
functions and in plotting points only when certain conditions are met.

   Examples:

   Plot a function that is to equal sin(x) for 0 <= x < 1, 1/x for 1 <=
x < 2, and undefined elsewhere:
           f(x) = 0<=x && x<1 ? sin(x) : 1<=x && x<2 ? 1/x : 1/0
           plot f(x)

   Note that `gnuplot` quietly ignores undefined values, so the final
branch of the function (1/0) will produce no plottable points.  Note
also that f(x) will be plotted as a continuous function across the
discontinuity if a line style is used.  To plot it discontinuously,
create separate functions for the two pieces.  (Parametric functions
are also useful for this purpose.)

   For data in a file, plot the average of the data in columns 2 and 3
against the datum in column 1, but only if the datum in column 4 is
non-negative:

           plot 'file' using 1:( $4<0 ? 1/0 : ($2+$3)/2 )

   Please see *Note using:: for an explanation of the *Note using::
syntax.


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1.10.3 User-defined
-------------------

New user-defined variables and functions of one through five variables
may be declared and used anywhere, including on the `plot` command
itself.

   User-defined function syntax:
           <func-name>( <dummy1> {,<dummy2>} ... {,<dummy5>} ) = <expression>

   where <expression> is defined in terms of <dummy1> through <dummy5>.

   User-defined variable syntax:
           <variable-name> = <constant-expression>

   Examples:
           w = 2
           q = floor(tan(pi/2 - 0.1))
           f(x) = sin(w*x)
           sinc(x) = sin(pi*x)/(pi*x)
           delta(t) = (t == 0)
           ramp(t) = (t > 0) ? t : 0
           min(a,b) = (a < b) ? a : b
           comb(n,k) = n!/(k!*(n-k)!)
           len3d(x,y,z) = sqrt(x*x+y*y+z*z)
           plot f(x) = sin(x*a), a = 0.2, f(x), a = 0.4, f(x)

   Note that the variable `pi` is already defined.  But it is in no way
magic; you may redefine it to be whatever you like.

   Valid names are the same as in most programming languages: they must
begin with a letter, but subsequent characters may be letters, digits,
"$", or "_".  Note, however, that the `fit` mechanism uses several
variables with names that begin "FIT_".  It is safest to avoid using
such names.  "FIT_LIMIT", however, is one that you may wish to
redefine. See the documentation on `fit` for details.

   See `show functions`, *Note variables::, and `fit`.


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1.11 Glossary
=============

Throughout this document an attempt has been made to maintain
consistency of nomenclature.  This cannot be wholly successful because
as `gnuplot` has evolved over time, certain command and keyword names
have been adopted that preclude such perfection.  This section contains
explanations of the way some of these terms are used.

   A "page" or "screen" is the entire area addressable by `gnuplot`.
On a monitor, it is the full screen; on a plotter, it is a single sheet
of paper.

   A screen may contain one or more "plots".  A plot is defined by an
abscissa and an ordinate, although these need not actually appear on
it, as well as the margins and any text written therein.

   A plot contains one "graph".  A graph is defined by an abscissa and
an ordinate, although these need not actually appear on it.

   A graph may contain one or more "lines".  A line is a single
function or data set.  "Line" is also a plotting style.  The word will
also be used in sense "a line of text".  Presumably the context will
remove any ambiguity.

   The lines on a graph may have individual names.  These may be listed
together with a sample of the plotting style used to represent them in
the "key", sometimes also called the "legend".

   The word "title" occurs with multiple meanings in `gnuplot`.  In this
document, it will always be preceded by the adjective "plot", "line", or
"key" to differentiate among them.

   A 2-d graph may have up to four labelled axes.  The names of the
four axes for these usages are "x" for the axis along the bottom border
of the plot, "y" for the left border, "x2" for the top border, and "y2"
for the right border.

   A 3-d graph may have up to three labelled axes - "x", "y" and "z".
It is not possible to say where on the graph any particular axis will
fall because you can change the direction from which the graph is seen
with *Note view::.

   When discussing data files, the term "record" will be resurrected
and used to denote a single line of text in the file, that is, the
characters between newline or end-of-record characters.  A "point" is
the datum extracted from a single record.  A "datablock" is a set of
points from consecutive records, delimited by blank records.  A line,
when referred to in the context of a data file, is a subset of a
datablock.


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1.12 mouse input
================

The `x11`, `pm`, `windows`, and `ggi` terminals allow interaction with
the current plot using the mouse. They also support the definition of
hotkeys to activate pre-defined functions by hitting a single key while
the mouse focus is in the active plot window.  It is even possible to
combine mouse input with `batch` command scripts, by invoking the
command `pause mouse` and then using the mouse variables returned by
mouse clicking as parameters for subsequent scripted actions. See *Note
bind:: and *Note variables::.  See also the command `set mouse`.

* Menu:

* bind::
* mouse_variables::


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1.12.1 bind
-----------

The *Note bind:: allows defining or redefining a hotkey, i.e. a
sequence of gnuplot commands which will be executed when a certain key
or key sequence is pressed while the driver's window has the input
focus. Note that *Note bind:: is only available if gnuplot was compiled
with `mouse` support and it is used by all mouse-capable terminals.
Bindings overwrite the builtin bindings (like in every real editor),
except <space> and 'q' which cannot be rebound. Mouse buttons cannot be
rebound.

   Note that multikey-bindings with modifiers have to be quoted.

   Syntax:
           bind [<key-sequence>] ["<gnuplot commands>"]
           bind!

   Examples:

   - set bindings:

         bind a "replot"
         bind "ctrl-a" "plot x*x"
         bind "ctrl-alt-a" 'print "great"'
         bind Home "set view 60,30; replot"

   - show bindings:
         bind "ctrl-a"          # shows the binding for ctrl-a
         bind                   # shows all bindings

   - remove bindings:
         bind "ctrl-alt-a" ""   # removes binding for ctrl-alt-a
                                  (note that builtins cannot be removed)
         bind!                  # installs default (builtin) bindings

   - bind a key to toggle something:
       v=0
       bind "ctrl-r" "v=v+1;if(v%2)set term x11 noraise; else set term x11 raise"

   Modifiers (ctrl / alt) are case insensitive, keys not:
         ctrl-alt-a == CtRl-alT-a
         ctrl-alt-a != ctrl-alt-A

   List of modifiers (alt == meta):
         ctrl, alt

   List of supported special keys:

        "BackSpace", "Tab", "Linefeed", "Clear", "Return", "Pause", "Scroll_Lock",
        "Sys_Req", "Escape", "Delete", "Home", "Left", "Up", "Right", "Down",
        "PageUp", "PageDown", "End", "Begin",

        "KP_Space", "KP_Tab", "KP_Enter", "KP_F1", "KP_F2", "KP_F3", "KP_F4",
        "KP_Home", "KP_Left", "KP_Up", "KP_Right", "KP_Down", "KP_PageUp",
        "KP_PageDown", "KP_End", "KP_Begin", "KP_Insert", "KP_Delete", "KP_Equal",
        "KP_Multiply", "KP_Add", "KP_Separator", "KP_Subtract", "KP_Decimal",
        "KP_Divide",

        "KP_1" - "KP_9", "F1" - "F12"

   See also help for `mouse` and *Note if::.


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1.12.2 mouse_variables
----------------------

When mousing is active, clicking in the active window will set several
user variables that can be accessed from the gnuplot command line. The
coordinates of the mouse at the time of the click are stored in MOUSE_X
MOUSE_Y MOUSE_X2 and MOUSE_Y2. The mouse button clicked, and any
meta-keys active at that time, are stored in MOUSE_BUTTON MOUSE_SHIFT
MOUSE_ALT and MOUSE_CTRL.  These variables are set to undefined at the
start of every plot, and only become defined in the event of a mouse
click in the active plot window. To determine from a script if the
mouse has been clicked in the active plot window, it is sufficient to
test for any one of these variables being defined.

           plot 'something'
           set pause mouse
           if (defined(MOUSE_BUTTON)) call 'something_else'; \
           else print "No mouse click."


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1.13 Plotting
=============

There are three `gnuplot` commands which actually create a plot: `plot`,
`splot` and *Note replot::.  `plot` generates 2-d plots, `splot`
generates 3-d plots (actually 2-d projections, of course), and *Note
replot:: appends its arguments to the previous `plot` or `splot` and
executes the modified command.

   Much of the general information about plotting can be found in the
discussion of `plot`; information specific to 3-d can be found in the
`splot` section.

   `plot` operates in either rectangular or polar coordinates - see
`set polar` for details of the latter.  `splot` operates only in
rectangular coordinates, but the *Note mapping:: command allows for a
few other coordinate systems to be treated.  In addition, the *Note
using:: option allows both `plot` and `splot` to treat almost any
coordinate system you'd care to define.

   `plot` also lets you use each of the four borders - x (bottom), x2
(top), y (left) and y2 (right) - as an independent axis.  The `axes`
option lets you choose which pair of axes a given function or data set
is plotted against.  A full complement of `set` commands exists to give
you complete control over the scales and labelling of each axis.  Some
commands have the name of an axis built into their names, such as *Note
xlabel::.  Other commands have one or more axis names as options, such
as `set logscale xy`.  Commands and options controlling the z axis have
no effect on 2-d graphs.

   `splot` can plot surfaces and contours in addition to points and/or
lines.  In addition to `splot`, see *Note isosamples:: for information
about defining the grid for a 3-d function;  `splot datafile` for
information about the requisite file structure for 3-d data values; and
*Note contour:: and *Note cntrparam:: for information about contours.

   In `splot`, control over the scales and labels of the axes are the
same as with `plot`, except that commands and options controlling the
x2 and y2 axes have no effect whereas of course those controlling the z
axis do take effect.

   `splot` allows plotting of binary and matrix data, but only for
specific data formats.  See `splot` for details.


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1.14 Start-up
=============

^ <a name="start-up"></a> 

   When `gnuplot` is run, it looks for an initialization file to load.
This file is called `.gnuplot` on Unix and AmigaOS systems, and
`GNUPLOT.INI` on other systems.  If this file is not found in the
current directory, the program will look for it in the HOME directory
(under AmigaOS, Atari(single)TOS, MS-DOS, Windows and OS/2, the
environment variable `GNUPLOT` should contain the name of this
directory; on Windows NT, it will use `USERPROFILE` if GNUPLOT isn't
defined).  Note: if NOCWDRC is defined during the installation,
`gnuplot` will not read from the current directory.

   If the initialization file is found, `gnuplot` executes the commands
in it.  These may be any legal `gnuplot` commands, but typically they
are limited to setting the terminal and defining frequently-used
functions or variables.


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1.15 Substitution
=================

Command-line substitution is specified by a system command enclosed in
backquotes.  This command is spawned and the output it produces replaces
the name of the command (and backquotes) on the command line.  Some
implementations also support pipes;  see *Note special-filenames::.

   Command-line substitution can be used anywhere on the `gnuplot`
command line, except inside strings delimited by single quotes.

   Example:

   This will run the program `leastsq` and replace `leastsq` (including
backquotes) on the command line with its output:
           f(x) = `leastsq`

   or, in VMS
           f(x) = `run leastsq`

   These will generate labels with the current time and userid:
           set label "generated on `date +%Y-%m-%d`by `whoami`" at 1,1
           set timestamp "generated on %Y-%m-%d by `whoami`"


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1.16 Syntax
===========

The general rules of syntax and punctuation in `gnuplot` are that
keywords and options are order-dependent.  Options and any accompanying
parameters are separated by spaces whereas lists and coordinates are
separated by commas.  Ranges are separated by colons and enclosed in
brackets [], text and file names are enclosed in quotes, and a few
miscellaneous things are enclosed in parentheses.  Braces {} are used
for a few special purposes.

   Commas are used to separate coordinates on the `set` commands *Note
arrow::, *Note key::, and *Note label::; the list of variables being
fitted (the list after the `via` keyword on the `fit` command); lists
of discrete contours or the loop parameters which specify them on the
*Note cntrparam:: command; the arguments of the `set` commands *Note
dgrid3d::, *Note dummy::, *Note isosamples::, *Note offsets::, *Note
origin::, *Note samples::, *Note size::, `time`, and *Note view::;
lists of tics or the loop parameters which specify them; the offsets
for titles and axis labels; parametric functions to be used to
calculate the x, y, and z coordinates on the `plot`, *Note replot:: and
`splot` commands; and the complete sets of keywords specifying
individual plots (data sets or functions) on the `plot`, *Note replot::
and `splot` commands.

   Parentheses are used to delimit sets of explicit tics (as opposed to
loop parameters) and to indicate computations in the *Note using::
filter of the `fit`, `plot`, *Note replot:: and `splot` commands.

   (Parentheses and commas are also used as usual in function notation.)

   Brackets are used to delimit ranges, whether they are given on
`set`, `plot` or `splot` commands.

   Colons are used to separate extrema in `range` specifications
(whether they are given on `set`, `plot` or `splot` commands) and to
separate entries in the *Note using:: filter of the `plot`, *Note
replot::, `splot` and `fit` commands.

   Semicolons are used to separate commands given on a single command
line.

   Braces are used in text to be specially processed by some terminals,
like *Note postscript::.  They are also used to denote complex numbers:
{3,2} = 3 + 2i.

   Text may be enclosed in single- or double-quotes.  Backslash
processing of sequences like \n (newline) and \345 (octal character
code) is performed for double-quoted strings, but not for single-quoted
strings.

   The justification is the same for each line of a multi-line string.
Thus the center-justified string
           "This is the first line of text.\nThis is the second line."

   will produce
                            This is the first line of text.
                               This is the second line.

   but
           'This is the first line of text.\nThis is the second line.'

   will produce
               This is the first line of text.\nThis is the second line.

   Filenames may be entered with either single- or double-quotes.  In
this manual the command examples generally single-quote filenames and
double-quote other string tokens for clarity.

   At present you should not embed \n inside {} when using the *Note
postscript:: terminal.

   The EEPIC, Imagen, Uniplex, LaTeX, and TPIC drivers allow a newline
to be specified by \\ in a single-quoted string or \\\\ in a
double-quoted string.

   Back-quotes are used to enclose system commands for substitution.


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1.17 Time/Date data
===================

^ <a name="Time/Date data"></a> ^ <a name="Time/date"></a> 

   `gnuplot` supports the use of time and/or date information as input
data.  This feature is activated by the commands `set xdata time`, `set
ydata time`, etc.

   Internally all times and dates are converted to the number of
seconds from the year 2000.  The command *Note timefmt:: defines the
format for all inputs: data files, ranges, tics, label positions--in
short, anything that accepts a data value must receive it in this
format.  Since only one input format can be in force at a given time,
all time/date quantities being input at the same time must be presented
in the same format.  Thus if both x and y data in a file are time/date,
they must be in the same format.

   The conversion to and from seconds assumes Universal Time (which is
the same as Greenwich Standard Time).  There is no provision for
changing the time zone or for daylight savings.  If all your data refer
to the same time zone (and are all either daylight or standard) you
don't need to worry about these things.  But if the absolute time is
crucial for your application, you'll need to convert to UT yourself.

   Commands like *Note xrange:: will re-interpret the integer according
to *Note timefmt::.  If you change *Note timefmt::, and then `show` the
quantity again, it will be displayed in the new *Note timefmt::.  For
that matter, if you give the deactivation command (like *Note xdata::),
the quantity will be shown in its numerical form.

   The command `set format` defines the format that will be used for
tic labels, whether or not the specified axis is time/date.

   If time/date information is to be plotted from a file, the *Note
using:: option _must_ be used on the `plot` or `splot` command.  These
commands simply use white space to separate columns, but white space
may be embedded within the time/date string.  If you use tabs as a
separator, some trial-and-error may be necessary to discover how your
system treats them.

   The following example demonstrates time/date plotting.

   Suppose the file "data" contains records like

           03/21/95 10:00  6.02e23

   This file can be plotted by

           set xdata time
           set timefmt "%m/%d/%y"
           set xrange ["03/21/95":"03/22/95"]
           set format x "%m/%d"
           set timefmt "%m/%d/%y %H:%M"
           plot "data" using 1:3

   which will produce xtic labels that look like "03/21".

   See the descriptions of each command for more details.


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2 Commands
**********

This section lists the commands acceptable to `gnuplot` in alphabetical
order.  Printed versions of this document contain all commands; on-line
versions may not be complete.  Indeed, on some systems there may be no
commands at all listed under this heading.

   Note that in most cases unambiguous abbreviations for command names
and their options are permissible, i.e., "`p f(x) w li`" instead of
"`plot f(x) with lines`".

   In the syntax descriptions, braces ({}) denote optional arguments
and a vertical bar (|) separates mutually exclusive choices.

* Menu:

* cd::
* call::
* clear::
* exit::
* fit::
* help::
* history::
* if::
* load::
* pause::
* plot::
* print::
* pwd::
* quit::
* replot::
* reread::
* reset::
* save::
* set-show::
* shell::
* splot::
* system::
* test::
* unset::
* update::


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2.1 cd
======

The *Note cd:: command changes the working directory.

   Syntax:
           cd '<directory-name>'

   The directory name must be enclosed in quotes.

   Examples:
           cd 'subdir'
           cd ".."

   DOS users _must_ use single-quotes--backslash [\] has special
significance inside double-quotes.  For example,
           cd "c:\newdata"

   fails, but
           cd 'c:\newdata'

   works as expected.


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2.2 call
========

The *Note call:: command is identical to the load command with one
exception: you can have up to ten additional parameters to the command
(delimited according to the standard parser rules) which can be
substituted into the lines read from the file.  As each line is read
from the *Note call::ed input file, it is scanned for the sequence `$`
(dollar-sign) followed by a digit (0-9).  If found, the sequence is
replaced by the corresponding parameter from the *Note call:: command
line.  If the parameter was specified as a string in the *Note call::
line, it is substituted without its enclosing quotes.  `$` followed by
any character other than a digit will be that character.  E.g. use `$$`
to get a single `$`.  Providing more than ten parameters on the *Note
call:: command line will cause an error.  A parameter that was not
provided substitutes as nothing.  Files being *Note call::ed may
themselves contain *Note call:: or `load` commands.

   The *Note call:: command _must_ be the last command on a
multi-command line.

   Syntax:
           call "<input-file>" <parameter-0> <parm-1> ... <parm-9>

   The name of the input file must be enclosed in quotes, and it is
recommended that parameters are similarly enclosed in quotes (future
versions of gnuplot may treat quoted and unquoted arguments
differently).

   Example:

   If the file 'calltest.gp' contains the line:
           print "p0=$0 p1=$1 p2=$2 p3=$3 p4=$4 p5=$5 p6=$6 p7=x$7x"

   entering the command:
           call 'calltest.gp' "abcd" 1.2 + "'quoted'" -- "$2"

   will display:
           p0=abcd p1=1.2 p2=+ p3='quoted' p4=- p5=- p6=$2 p7=xx

   NOTE: there is a clash in syntax with the datafile *Note using::
callback operator.  Use `$$n` or `column(n)` to access column n from a
datafile inside a *Note call::ed datafile plot.


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2.3 clear
=========

The *Note clear:: command erases the current screen or output device as
specified by *Note output::.  This usually generates a formfeed on
hardcopy devices.  Use *Note terminal:: to set the device type.

   For some terminals *Note clear:: erases only the portion of the
plotting surface defined by *Note size::, so for these it can be used
in conjunction with *Note multiplot:: to create an inset.

   Example:
           set multiplot
           plot sin(x)
           set origin 0.5,0.5
           set size 0.4,0.4
           clear
           plot cos(x)
           unset multiplot

   Please see *Note multiplot::, *Note size::, and *Note origin:: for
details of these commands.


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2.4 exit
========

The commands *Note exit:: and *Note quit:: and the END-OF-FILE
character will exit the current `gnuplot` command file and `load` the
next one.  See "help batch/interactive" for more details.

   Each of these commands will clear the output device (as does the
*Note clear:: command) before exiting.


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2.5 fit
=======

The `fit` command can fit a user-defined function to a set of data
points (x,y) or (x,y,z), using an implementation of the nonlinear
least-squares (NLLS) Marquardt-Levenberg algorithm.  Any user-defined
variable occurring in the function body may serve as a fit parameter,
but the return type of the function must be real.

   Syntax:
           fit {[xrange] {[yrange]}} <function> '<datafile>'
               {datafile-modifiers}
               via '<parameter file>' | <var1>{,<var2>,...}

   Ranges may be specified to temporarily limit the data which is to be
fitted; any out-of-range data points are ignored. The syntax is
           [{dummy_variable=}{<min>}{:<max>}],

   analogous to `plot`; see *Note ranges::.

   <function> is any valid `gnuplot` expression, although it is usual
to use a previously user-defined function of the form f(x) or f(x,y).

   <datafile> is treated as in the `plot` command.  All the `plot
datafile` modifiers (*Note using::, *Note every::,...) except *Note
smooth:: and the deprecated *Note thru:: are applicable to `fit`. See
`plot datafile`.

   The default data formats for fitting functions with a single
independent variable, y=f(x), are {x:}y or x:y:s; those formats can be
changed with the datafile *Note using:: qualifier.  The third item (a
column number or an expression), if present, is interpreted as the
standard deviation of the corresponding y value and is used to compute
a weight for the datum, 1/s**2.  Otherwise, all data points are
weighted equally, with a weight of one.  Note that if you don't specify
a *Note using:: option at all, no y deviations are read from the
datafile even if it does have a third column, so you'll always get unit
weights.

   To fit a function with two independent variables, z=f(x,y), the
required format is *Note using:: with four items, x:y:z:s.  The
complete format must be given--no default columns are assumed for a
missing token.  Weights for each data point are evaluated from 's' as
above.  If error estimates are not available, a constant value can be
specified as a constant expression (see *Note using::), e.g., `using
1:2:3:(1)`.

   Multiple datasets may be simultaneously fit with functions of one
independent variable by making y a 'pseudo-variable', e.g., the dataline
number, and fitting as two independent variables.  See *Note
multi-branch::.

   The `via` qualifier specifies which parameters are to be adjusted,
either directly, or by referencing a parameter file.

   Examples:
           f(x) = a*x**2 + b*x + c
           g(x,y) = a*x**2 + b*y**2 + c*x*y
           FIT_LIMIT = 1e-6
           fit f(x) 'measured.dat' via 'start.par'
           fit f(x) 'measured.dat' using 3:($7-5) via 'start.par'
           fit f(x) './data/trash.dat' using 1:2:3 via a, b, c
           fit g(x,y) 'surface.dat' using 1:2:3:(1) via a, b, c

   After each iteration step, detailed information about the current
state of the fit is written to the display.  The same information about
the initial and final states is written to a log file, "fit.log".  This
file is always appended to, so as to not lose any previous fit history;
it should be deleted or renamed as desired. By using the command `set
fit logfile`, the name of the log file can be changed.

   If gnuplot was built with this option, and you activated it using
`set fit errorvariables`, the error for each fitted parameter will be
stored in a variable named like the parameter, but with "_err"
appended.  Thus the errors can be used as input for further
computations.

   The fit may be interrupted by pressing Ctrl-C (any key but Ctrl-C
under MSDOS and Atari Multitasking Systems).  After the current
iteration completes, you have the option to (1) stop the fit and accept
the current parameter values, (2) continue the fit, (3) execute a
`gnuplot` command as specified by the environment variable FIT_SCRIPT.
The default for FIT_SCRIPT is *Note replot::, so if you had previously
plotted both the data and the fitting function in one graph, you can
display the current state of the fit.

   Once `fit` has finished, the *Note update:: command may be used to
store final values in a file for subsequent use as a parameter file.
See *Note update:: for details.

* Menu:

* adjustable_parameters::
* short_introduction::
* error_estimates::
* fit_controlling::
* multi-branch::
* starting_values::
* tips::


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2.5.1 adjustable parameters
---------------------------

There are two ways that `via` can specify the parameters to be adjusted,
either directly on the command line or indirectly, by referencing a
parameter file.  The two use different means to set initial values.

   Adjustable parameters can be specified by a comma-separated list of
variable names after the `via` keyword.  Any variable that is not
already defined is created with an initial value of 1.0.  However, the
fit is more likely to converge rapidly if the variables have been
previously declared with more appropriate starting values.

   In a parameter file, each parameter to be varied and a corresponding
initial value are specified, one per line, in the form
           varname = value

   Comments, marked by '#', and blank lines are permissible.  The
special form
           varname = value       # FIXED

   means that the variable is treated as a 'fixed parameter',
initialized by the parameter file, but not adjusted by `fit`.  For
clarity, it may be useful to designate variables as fixed parameters so
that their values are reported by `fit`.  The keyword `# FIXED` has to
appear in exactly this form.


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2.5.2 short introduction
------------------------

`fit` is used to find a set of parameters that 'best' fits your data to
your user-defined function.  The fit is judged on the basis of the sum
of the squared differences or 'residuals' (SSR) between the input data
points and the function values, evaluated at the same places.  This
quantity is often called 'chisquare' (i.e., the Greek letter chi, to
the power of 2).  The algorithm attempts to minimize SSR, or more
precisely, WSSR, as the residuals are 'weighted' by the input data
errors (or 1.0) before being squared; see `fit error_estimates` for
details.

   That's why it is called 'least-squares fitting'.  Let's look at an
example to see what is meant by 'non-linear', but first we had better
go over some terms.  Here it is convenient to use z as the dependent
variable for user-defined functions of either one independent variable,
z=f(x), or two independent variables, z=f(x,y).  A parameter is a
user-defined variable that `fit` will adjust, i.e., an unknown quantity
in the function declaration.  Linearity/non-linearity refers to the
relationship of the dependent variable, z, to the parameters which
`fit` is adjusting, not of z to the independent variables, x and/or y.
(To be technical, the second {and higher} derivatives of the fitting
function with respect to the parameters are zero for a linear
least-squares problem).

   For linear least-squares (LLS), the user-defined function will be a
sum of simple functions, not involving any parameters, each multiplied
by one parameter.  NLLS handles more complicated functions in which
parameters can be used in a large number of ways.  An example that
illustrates the difference between linear and nonlinear least-squares
is the Fourier series.  One member may be written as
          z=a*sin(c*x) + b*cos(c*x).

   If a and b are the unknown parameters and c is constant, then
estimating values of the parameters is a linear least-squares problem.
However, if c is an unknown parameter, the problem is nonlinear.

   In the linear case, parameter values can be determined by
comparatively simple linear algebra, in one direct step.  However LLS
is a special case which is also solved along with more general NLLS
problems by the iterative procedure that `gnuplot` uses.  `fit`
attempts to find the minimum by doing a search.  Each step (iteration)
calculates WSSR with a new set of parameter values.  The
Marquardt-Levenberg algorithm selects the parameter values for the next
iteration.  The process continues until a preset criterion is met,
either (1) the fit has "converged" (the relative change in WSSR is less
than FIT_LIMIT), or (2) it reaches a preset iteration count limit,
FIT_MAXITER (see *Note variables::).  The fit may also be interrupted
and subsequently halted from the keyboard (see `fit`).

   Often the function to be fitted will be based on a model (or theory)
that attempts to describe or predict the behaviour of the data.  Then
`fit` can be used to find values for the free parameters of the model,
to determine how well the data fits the model, and to estimate an error
range for each parameter.  See `fit error_estimates`.

   Alternatively, in curve-fitting, functions are selected independent
of a model (on the basis of experience as to which are likely to
describe the trend of the data with the desired resolution and a
minimum number of parameters*functions.)  The `fit` solution then
provides an analytic representation of the curve.

   However, if all you really want is a smooth curve through your data
points, the *Note smooth:: option to `plot` may be what you've been
looking for rather than `fit`.


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2.5.3 error estimates
---------------------

In `fit`, the term "error" is used in two different contexts, data error
estimates and parameter error estimates.

   Data error estimates are used to calculate the relative weight of
each data point when determining the weighted sum of squared residuals,
WSSR or chisquare.  They can affect the parameter estimates, since they
determine how much influence the deviation of each data point from the
fitted function has on the final values.  Some of the `fit` output
information, including the parameter error estimates, is more
meaningful if accurate data error estimates have been provided.

   The 'statistical overview' describes some of the `fit` output and
gives some background for the 'practical guidelines'.

* Menu:

* statistical_overview::
* practical_guidelines::


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2.5.3.1 statistical overview
............................

The theory of non-linear least-squares (NLLS) is generally described in
terms of a normal distribution of errors, that is, the input data is
assumed to be a sample from a population having a given mean and a
Gaussian (normal) distribution about the mean with a given standard
deviation.  For a sample of sufficiently large size, and knowing the
population standard deviation, one can use the statistics of the
chisquare distribution to describe a "goodness of fit" by looking at
the variable often called "chisquare".  Here, it is sufficient to say
that a reduced chisquare (chisquare/degrees of freedom, where degrees
of freedom is the number of datapoints less the number of parameters
being fitted) of 1.0 is an indication that the weighted sum of squared
deviations between the fitted function and the data points is the same
as that expected for a random sample from a population characterized by
the function with the current value of the parameters and the given
standard deviations.

   If the standard deviation for the population is not constant, as in
counting statistics where variance = counts, then each point should be
individually weighted when comparing the observed sum of deviations and
the expected sum of deviations.

   At the conclusion `fit` reports 'stdfit', the standard deviation of
the fit, which is the rms of the residuals, and the variance of the
residuals, also called 'reduced chisquare' when the data points are
weighted.  The number of degrees of freedom (the number of data points
minus the number of fitted parameters) is used in these estimates
because the parameters used in calculating the residuals of the
datapoints were obtained from the same data.

   To estimate confidence levels for the parameters, one can use the
minimum chisquare obtained from the fit and chisquare statistics to
determine the value of chisquare corresponding to the desired
confidence level, but considerably more calculation is required to
determine the combinations of parameters which produce such values.

   Rather than determine confidence intervals, `fit` reports parameter
error estimates which are readily obtained from the variance-covariance
matrix after the final iteration.  By convention, these estimates are
called "standard errors" or "asymptotic standard errors", since they
are calculated in the same way as the standard errors (standard
deviation of each parameter) of a linear least-squares problem, even
though the statistical conditions for designating the quantity
calculated to be a standard deviation are not generally valid for the
NLLS problem.  The asymptotic standard errors are generally
over-optimistic and should not be used for determining confidence
levels, but are useful for qualitative purposes.

   The final solution also produces a correlation matrix, which gives an
indication of the correlation of parameters in the region of the
solution; if one parameter is changed, increasing chisquare, does
changing another compensate?  The main diagonal elements,
autocorrelation, are all 1; if all parameters were independent, all
other elements would be nearly 0.  Two variables which completely
compensate each other would have an off-diagonal element of unit
magnitude, with a sign depending on whether the relation is
proportional or inversely proportional.  The smaller the magnitudes of
the off-diagonal elements, the closer the estimates of the standard
deviation of each parameter would be to the asymptotic standard error.


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2.5.3.2 practical guidelines
............................

If you have a basis for assigning weights to each data point, doing so
lets you make use of additional knowledge about your measurements,
e.g., take into account that some points may be more reliable than
others.  That may affect the final values of the parameters.

   Weighting the data provides a basis for interpreting the additional
`fit` output after the last iteration.  Even if you weight each point
equally, estimating an average standard deviation rather than using a
weight of 1 makes WSSR a dimensionless variable, as chisquare is by
definition.

   Each fit iteration will display information which can be used to
evaluate the progress of the fit.  (An '*' indicates that it did not
find a smaller WSSR and is trying again.)  The 'sum of squares of
residuals', also called 'chisquare', is the WSSR between the data and
your fitted function; `fit` has minimized that.  At this stage, with
weighted data, chisquare is expected to approach the number of degrees
of freedom (data points minus parameters).  The WSSR can be used to
calculate the reduced chisquare (WSSR/ndf) or stdfit, the standard
deviation of the fit, sqrt(WSSR/ndf).  Both of these are reported for
the final WSSR.

   If the data are unweighted, stdfit is the rms value of the deviation
of the data from the fitted function, in user units.

   If you supplied valid data errors, the number of data points is
large enough, and the model is correct, the reduced chisquare should be
about unity.  (For details, look up the 'chi-squared distribution' in
your favourite statistics reference.)  If so, there are additional
tests, beyond the scope of this overview, for determining how well the
model fits the data.

   A reduced chisquare much larger than 1.0 may be due to incorrect
data error estimates, data errors not normally distributed, systematic
measurement errors, 'outliers', or an incorrect model function.  A plot
of the residuals, e.g., `plot 'datafile' using 1:($2-f($1))`, may help
to show any systematic trends.  Plotting both the data points and the
function may help to suggest another model.

   Similarly, a reduced chisquare less than 1.0 indicates WSSR is less
than that expected for a random sample from the function with normally
distributed errors.  The data error estimates may be too large, the
statistical assumptions may not be justified, or the model function may
be too general, fitting fluctuations in a particular sample in addition
to the underlying trends.  In the latter case, a simpler function may
be more appropriate.

   You'll have to get used to both `fit` and the kind of problems you
apply it to before you can relate the standard errors to some more
practical estimates of parameter uncertainties or evaluate the
significance of the correlation matrix.

   Note that `fit`, in common with most NLLS implementations, minimizes
the weighted sum of squared distances (y-f(x))**2.  It does not provide
any means to account for "errors" in the values of x, only in y.  Also,
any "outliers" (data points outside the normal distribution of the
model) will have an exaggerated effect on the solution.


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2.5.4 fit controlling
---------------------

There are a number of `gnuplot` variables that can be defined to affect
`fit`.  Those which can be defined once `gnuplot` is running are listed
under 'control_variables' while those defined before starting `gnuplot`
are listed under 'environment_variables'.

* Menu:

* control_variables::
* environment_variables::


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2.5.4.1 control variables
.........................

The default epsilon limit (1e-5) may be changed by declaring a value for
           FIT_LIMIT

   When the sum of squared residuals changes between two iteration
steps by a factor less than this number (epsilon), the fit is
considered to have 'converged'.

   The maximum number of iterations may be limited by declaring a value
for
           FIT_MAXITER

   A value of 0 (or not defining it at all)  means that there is no
limit.

   If you need even more control about the algorithm, and know the
Marquardt-Levenberg algorithm well, there are some more variables to
influence it. The startup value of `lambda` is normally calculated
automatically from the ML-matrix, but if you want to, you may provide
your own one with
           FIT_START_LAMBDA

   Specifying FIT_START_LAMBDA as zero or less will re-enable the
automatic selection. The variable
           FIT_LAMBDA_FACTOR

   gives the factor by which `lambda` is increased or decreased whenever
the chi-squared target function increased or decreased significantly.
Setting FIT_LAMBDA_FACTOR to zero re-enables the default factor of 10.0.

   Other variables with the FIT_ prefix may be added to `fit`, so it is
safer not to use that prefix for user-defined variables.

   The variables FIT_SKIP and FIT_INDEX were used by earlier releases of
`gnuplot` with a 'fit' patch called `gnufit` and are no longer
available.  The datafile *Note every:: modifier provides the
functionality of FIT_SKIP.  FIT_INDEX was used for multi-branch
fitting, but multi-branch fitting of one independent variable is now
done as a pseudo-3D fit in which the second independent variable and
*Note using:: are used to specify the branch.  See *Note multi-branch::.


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2.5.4.2 environment variables
.............................

The environment variables must be defined before `gnuplot` is executed;
how to do so depends on your operating system.

           FIT_LOG

   changes the name (and/or path) of the file to which the fit log will
be written from the default of "fit.log" in the working directory. The
default value can be overwritten using the command `set fitlogfile`.

           FIT_SCRIPT

   specifies a command that may be executed after an user interrupt.
The default is *Note replot::, but a `plot` or `load` command may be
useful to display a plot customized to highlight the progress of the
fit.


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2.5.5 multi-branch
------------------

In multi-branch fitting, multiple data sets can be simultaneously fit
with functions of one independent variable having common parameters by
minimizing the total WSSR.  The function and parameters (branch) for
each data set are selected by using a 'pseudo-variable', e.g., either
the dataline number (a 'column' index of -1) or the datafile index
(-2), as the second independent variable.

   Example:  Given two exponential decays of the form, z=f(x), each
describing a different data set but having a common decay time,
estimate the values of the parameters.  If the datafile has the format
x:z:s, then
          f(x,y) = (y==0) ? a*exp(-x/tau) : b*exp(-x/tau)
          fit f(x,y) 'datafile' using  1:-1:2:3  via a, b, tau

   For a more complicated example, see the file "hexa.fnc" used by the
"fit.dem" demo.

   Appropriate weighting may be required since unit weights may cause
one branch to predominate if there is a difference in the scale of the
dependent variable.  Fitting each branch separately, using the
multi-branch solution as initial values, may give an indication as to
the relative effect of each branch on the joint solution.


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2.5.6 starting values
---------------------

Nonlinear fitting is not guaranteed to converge to the global optimum
(the solution with the smallest sum of squared residuals, SSR), and can
get stuck at a local minimum.  The routine has no way to determine
that;  it is up to you to judge whether this has happened.

   `fit` may, and often will get "lost" if started far from a solution,
where SSR is large and changing slowly as the parameters are varied, or
it may reach a numerically unstable region (e.g., too large a number
causing a floating point overflow) which results in an "undefined
value" message or `gnuplot` halting.

   To improve the chances of finding the global optimum, you should set
the starting values at least roughly in the vicinity of the solution,
e.g., within an order of magnitude, if possible.  The closer your
starting values are to the solution, the less chance of stopping at
another minimum.  One way to find starting values is to plot data and
the fitting function on the same graph and change parameter values and
*Note replot:: until reasonable similarity is reached.  The same plot
is also useful to check whether the fit stopped at a minimum with a
poor fit.

   Of course, a reasonably good fit is not proof there is not a
"better" fit (in either a statistical sense, characterized by an
improved goodness-of-fit criterion, or a physical sense, with a
solution more consistent with the model.)  Depending on the problem, it
may be desirable to `fit` with various sets of starting values,
covering a reasonable range for each parameter.


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2.5.7 tips
----------

Here are some tips to keep in mind to get the most out of `fit`.
They're not very organized, so you'll have to read them several times
until their essence has sunk in.

   The two forms of the `via` argument to `fit` serve two largely
distinct purposes.  The `via "file"` form is best used for (possibly
unattended) batch operation, where you just supply the startup values
in a file and can later use *Note update:: to copy the results back
into another (or the same) parameter file.

   The `via var1, var2, ...` form is best used interactively, where the
command history mechanism may be used to edit the list of parameters to
be fitted or to supply new startup values for the next try.  This is
particularly useful for hard problems, where a direct fit to all
parameters at once won't work without good starting values.  To find
such, you can iterate several times, fitting only some of the
parameters, until the values are close enough to the goal that the
final fit to all parameters at once will work.

   Make sure that there is no mutual dependency among parameters of the
function you are fitting.  For example, don't try to fit a*exp(x+b),
because a*exp(x+b)=a*exp(b)*exp(x).  Instead, fit either a*exp(x) or
exp(x+b).

   A technical issue:  the parameters must not be too different in
magnitude.  The larger the ratio of the largest and the smallest
absolute parameter values, the slower the fit will converge.  If the
ratio is close to or above the inverse of the machine floating point
precision, it may take next to forever to converge, or refuse to
converge at all.  You will have to adapt your function to avoid this,
e.g., replace 'parameter' by '1e9*parameter' in the function
definition, and divide the starting value by 1e9.

   If you can write your function as a linear combination of simple
functions weighted by the parameters to be fitted, by all means do so.
That helps a lot, because the problem is no longer nonlinear and should
converge with only a small number of iterations, perhaps just one.

   Some prescriptions for analysing data, given in practical
experimentation courses, may have you first fit some functions to your
data, perhaps in a multi-step process of accounting for several aspects
of the underlying theory one by one, and then extract the information
you really wanted from the fitting parameters of those functions.  With
`fit`, this may often be done in one step by writing the model function
directly in terms of the desired parameters.  Transforming data can
also quite often be avoided, though sometimes at the cost of a more
difficult fit problem.  If you think this contradicts the previous
paragraph about simplifying the fit function, you are correct.

   A "singular matrix" message indicates that this implementation of the
Marquardt-Levenberg algorithm can't calculate parameter values for the
next iteration.  Try different starting values, writing the function in
another form, or a simpler function.

   Finally, a nice quote from the manual of another fitting package
(fudgit), that kind of summarizes all these issues:  "Nonlinear fitting
is an art!"


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2.6 help
========

The *Note help:: command displays on-line help. To specify information
on a particular topic use the syntax:

           help {<topic>}

   If <topic> is not specified, a short message is printed about
`gnuplot`.  After help for the requested topic is given, a menu of
subtopics is given; help for a subtopic may be requested by typing its
name, extending the help request.  After that subtopic has been
printed, the request may be extended again or you may go back one level
to the previous topic.  Eventually, the `gnuplot` command line will
return.

   If a question mark (?) is given as the topic, the list of topics
currently available is printed on the screen.


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2.7 history
===========

`history` command lists or saves previous entries in the history of the
command line editing, or executes an entry.

   Here you find 'usage by examples':

           history               # show the complete history
           history 5             # show last 5 entries in the history
           history quiet 5       # show last 5 entries without entry numbers
           history "hist.gp"     # write the complete history to file hist.gp
           history "hist.gp" append # append the complete history to file hist.gp
           history 10 "hist.gp"  # write last 10 commands to file hist.gp
           history 10 "|head -5 >>diary.gp" # write 5 history commands using pipe
           history ?load         # show all history entries starting with "load"
           history ?"set c"      # like above, several words enclosed in quotes
           hi !reread            # execute last entry starting with "reread"
           hist !"set xr"        # like above, several words enclosed in quotes
           hi !hi                # guess yourself :-))

   On systems which support a popen function (Unix), the output of
history can be piped through an external program by starting the file
name with a '|', as one of the above examples demonstrates.


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2.8 if
======

The *Note if:: command allows commands to be executed conditionally.

   Syntax:
           if (<condition>) <command-line> [; else if (<condition>) ...; else ...]

   <condition> will be evaluated.  If it is true (non-zero), then the
command(s) of the <command-line> will be executed.  If <condition> is
false (zero), then the entire <command-line> is ignored until the next
occurrence of `else`.  Note that use of `;` to allow multiple commands
on the same line will _not_ end the conditionalized commands.

   Examples:
           pi=3
           if (pi!=acos(-1)) print "?Fixing pi!"; pi=acos(-1); print pi

   will display:
           ?Fixing pi!
           3.14159265358979

   but
           if (1==2) print "Never see this"; print "Or this either"

   will not display anything.

   else:
           v=0
           v=v+1; if (v%2) print "2" ; else if (v%3) print "3"; else print "fred"

   (repeat the last line repeatedly!)

   See *Note reread:: for an example of how *Note if:: and *Note
reread:: can be used together to perform a loop.


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2.9 load
========

The `load` command executes each line of the specified input file as if
it had been typed in interactively.  Files created by the *Note save::
command can later be `load`ed.  Any text file containing valid commands
can be created and then executed by the `load` command.  Files being
`load`ed may themselves contain `load` or *Note call:: commands.  See
`comments` for information about comments in commands.  To `load` with
arguments, see *Note call::.

   The `load` command _must_ be the last command on a multi-command
line.

   Syntax:
           load "<input-file>"

   The name of the input file must be enclosed in quotes.

   The special filename "-" may be used to `load` commands from
standard input.  This allows a `gnuplot` command file to accept some
commands from standard input.  Please see "help batch/interactive" for
more details.

   On some systems which support a popen function (Unix), the load file
can be read from a pipe by starting the file name with a '<'.

   Examples:
           load 'work.gnu'
           load "func.dat"
           load "< loadfile_generator.sh"

   The `load` command is performed implicitly on any file names given as
arguments to `gnuplot`.  These are loaded in the order specified, and
then `gnuplot` exits.


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2.10 pause
==========

The *Note pause:: command displays any text associated with the command
and then waits a specified amount of time or until the carriage return
is pressed.  *Note pause:: is especially useful in conjunction with
`load` files.

   Syntax:
           pause <time> {"<string>"}
           pause mouse {"<string>"}

   <time> may be any constant or expression.  Choosing -1 will wait
until a carriage return is hit, zero (0) won't pause at all, and a
positive number will wait the specified number of seconds.  The time is
rounded to an integer number of seconds if subsecond time resolution is
not supported by the given platform.  `pause 0` is synonymous with
`print`.

   If the current terminal supports mousing, then `pause mouse` will
terminate on either a mouse click or on ctrl-C.  For all other
terminals, or if mousing is not active, `pause mouse` is equivalent to
`pause -1`.

   Note: Since *Note pause:: communicates with the operating system
rather than the graphics, it may behave differently with different
device drivers (depending upon how text and graphics are mixed).

   Examples:
           pause -1    # Wait until a carriage return is hit
           pause 3     # Wait three seconds
           pause -1  "Hit return to continue"
           pause 10  "Isn't this pretty?  It's a cubic spline."
           pause mouse "Click mouse on selected data point"


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2.11 plot
=========

`plot` is the primary command for drawing plots with `gnuplot`.  It
creates plots of functions and data in many, many ways.  `plot` is used
to draw 2-d functions and data; `splot` draws 2-d projections of 3-d
surfaces and data.  `plot` and `splot` contain many common features;
see `splot` for differences.  Note specifically that `splot`'s *Note
binary:: and *Note matrix:: options do not exist for `plot`, and
`plot`'s `axes` option does not exist for `splot`.

   Syntax:
           plot {<ranges>}
                {<function> | {"<datafile>" {datafile-modifiers}}}
                {axes <axes>} {<title-spec>} {with <style>}
                {, {definitions,} <function> ...}

   where either a <function> or the name of a data file enclosed in
quotes is supplied.  A function is a mathematical expression or a pair
of mathematical expressions in parametric mode.  The expressions may be
defined completely or in part earlier in the stream of `gnuplot`
commands (see `user-defined`).

   It is also possible to define functions and parameters on the `plot`
command itself.  This is done merely by isolating them from other items
with commas.

   There are four possible sets of axes available; the keyword <axes>
is used to select the axes for which a particular line should be
scaled.  `x1y1` refers to the axes on the bottom and left; `x2y2` to
those on the top and right; `x1y2` to those on the bottom and right;
and `x2y1` to those on the top and left.  Ranges specified on the
`plot` command apply only to the first set of axes (bottom left).

   Examples:
           plot sin(x)
           plot f(x) = sin(x*a), a = .2, f(x), a = .4, f(x)
           plot [t=1:10] [-pi:pi*2] tan(t), \
                "data.1" using (tan($2)):($3/$4) smooth csplines \
                         axes x1y2 notitle with lines 5

   See also `show plot`.

* Menu:

* data-file::
* errorbars::
* errorlines::
* parametric::
* ranges::
* title::
* with::


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2.11.1 data-file
----------------

Discrete data contained in a file can be displayed by specifying the
name of the data file (enclosed in single or double quotes) on the
`plot` command line.

   Syntax:
           plot '<file_name>' {index <index list>}
                                 {every <every list>}
                                 {thru <thru expression>}
                                 {using <using list>}
                                 {smooth <option>}

   The modifiers *Note index::, *Note every::, *Note thru::, *Note
using::, and *Note smooth:: are discussed separately.  In brief, *Note
index:: selects which data sets in a multi-data-set file are to be
plotted, *Note every:: specifies which points within a single data set
are to be plotted, *Note using:: determines how the columns within a
single record are to be interpreted (*Note thru:: is a special case of
*Note using::), and *Note smooth:: allows for simple interpolation and
approximation.  (`splot` has a similar syntax, but does not support the
*Note smooth:: and *Note thru:: options.)

   Data files should contain at least one data point per record (*Note
using:: can select one data point from the record). Records beginning
with `#` (and also with `!` on VMS) will be treated as comments and
ignored.  Each data point represents an (x,y) pair. For `plot`s with
error bars or error bars with lines (see *Note errorbars:: or *Note
errorlines::), each data point is (x,y,ydelta), (x,y,ylow,yhigh),
(x,y,xdelta), (x,y,xlow,xhigh), or (x,y,xlow,xhigh,ylow,yhigh).

   In all cases, the numbers of each record of a data file must be
separated by white space (one or more blanks or tabs) unless a format
specifier is provided by the *Note using:: option. This white space
divides each record into columns. However, whitespace inside a pair of
double quotes is ignored when counting columns, so the following
datafile line has three columns:
           1.0 "second column" 3.0

   Data may be written in exponential format with the exponent preceded
by the letter e, E, d, D, q, or Q.

   Only one column (the y value) need be provided.  If x is omitted,
`gnuplot` provides integer values starting at 0.

   In datafiles, blank records (records with no characters other than
blanks and a newline and/or carriage return) are significant--pairs of
blank records separate *Note index::es (see *Note index::).  Data
separated by double blank records are treated as if they were in
separate data files.

   Single blank records designate discontinuities in a `plot`; no line
will join points separated by a blank records (if they are plotted with
a line style).

   If autoscaling has been enabled (*Note autoscale::), the axes are
automatically extended to include all datapoints, with a whole number
of tic marks if tics are being drawn.  This has two consequences: i)
For `splot`, the corner of the surface may not coincide with the corner
of the base.  In this case, no vertical line is drawn.  ii) When
plotting data with the same x range on a dual-axis graph, the x
coordinates may not coincide if the x2tics are not being drawn.  This
is because the x axis has been autoextended to a whole number of tics,
but the x2 axis has not.  The following example illustrates the problem:

           reset; plot '-', '-' axes x2y1
           1 1
           19 19
           e
           1 1
           19 19
           e

   To avoid this, you can use the `fixmin`/`fixmax` feature of the
*Note autoscale:: command, which turns off the automatic extension of
the axis range upto the next tic mark.

* Menu:

* every::
* example_datafile::
* index::
* smooth::
* special-filenames::
* thru::
* using::


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2.11.1.1 every
..............

The *Note every:: keyword allows a periodic sampling of a data set to
be plotted.

   In the discussion a "point" is a datum defined by a single record in
the file; "block" here will mean the same thing as "datablock" (see
`glossary`).

   Syntax:
           plot 'file' every {<point_incr>}
                               {:{<block_incr>}
                                 {:{<start_point>}
                                   {:{<start_block>}
                                     {:{<end_point>}
                                       {:<end_block>}}}}}

   The data points to be plotted are selected according to a loop from
<`start_point`> to <`end_point`> with increment <`point_incr`> and the
blocks according to a loop from <`start_block`> to <`end_block`> with
increment <`block_incr`>.

   The first datum in each block is numbered '0', as is the first block
in the file.

   Note that records containing unplottable information are counted.

   Any of the numbers can be omitted; the increments default to unity,
the start values to the first point or block, and the end values to the
last point or block.  If *Note every:: is not specified, all points in
all lines are plotted.

   Examples:
           every :::3::3    # selects just the fourth block ('0' is first)
           every :::::9     # selects the first 10 blocks
           every 2:2        # selects every other point in every other block
           every ::5::15    # selects points 5 through 15 in each block

   See simple plot demos (simple.dem)
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/simple.html) , Non-parametric splot demos
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/surfacea.html) , and Parametric splot
demos (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/surfaceb.html) .


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2.11.1.2 example datafile
.........................

This example plots the data in the file "population.dat" and a
theoretical curve:

           pop(x) = 103*exp((1965-x)/10)
           plot [1960:1990] 'population.dat', pop(x)

   The file "population.dat" might contain:

           # Gnu population in Antarctica since 1965
              1965   103
              1970   55
              1975   34
              1980   24
              1985   10


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2.11.1.3 index
..............

The *Note index:: keyword allows only some of the data sets in a
multi-data-set file to be plotted.

   Syntax:
           plot 'file' index <m>{{:<n>}:<p>}

   Data sets are separated by pairs of blank records.  `index <m>`
selects only set <m>; `index <m>:<n>` selects sets in the range <m> to
<n>; and `index <m>:<n>:<p>` selects indices <m>, <m>+<p>, <m>+2<p>,
etc., but stopping at <n>.  Following C indexing, the index 0 is
assigned to the first data set in the file.  Specifying too large an
index results in an error message.  If *Note index:: is not specified,
all sets are plotted as a single data set.

   Example:
           plot 'file' index 4:5

   splot with indices demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/multimsh.html)


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2.11.1.4 smooth
...............

`gnuplot` includes a few general-purpose routines for interpolation and
approximation of data; these are grouped under the *Note smooth::
option.  More sophisticated data processing may be performed by
preprocessing the data externally or by using `fit` with an appropriate
model.

   Syntax:
           smooth {unique | frequency | csplines | acsplines | bezier | sbezier}

   `unique` and `frequency` plot the data after making them monotonic.
Each of the other routines uses the data to determine the coefficients
of a continuous curve between the endpoints of the data.  This curve is
then plotted in the same manner as a function, that is, by finding its
value at uniform intervals along the abscissa (see *Note samples::) and
connecting these points with straight line segments (if a line style is
chosen).

   If *Note autoscale:: is in effect, the ranges will be computed such
that the plotted curve lies within the borders of the graph.

   If *Note autoscale:: is not in effect, and the smooth option is
either `acspline` or `cspline`, the sampling of the generated curve is
done across the intersection of the x range covered by the input data
and the fixed abscissa range as defined by *Note xrange::.

   If too few points are available to allow the selected option to be
applied, an error message is produced.  The minimum number is one for
`unique` and `frequency`, four for `acsplines`, and three for the
others.

   The *Note smooth:: options have no effect on function plots.

-- ACSPLINES --

   The `acsplines` option approximates the data with a "natural
smoothing spline".  After the data are made monotonic in x (see `smooth
unique`), a curve is piecewise constructed from segments of cubic
polynomials whose coefficients are found by the weighting the data
points; the weights are taken from the third column in the data file.
That default can be modified by the third entry in the *Note using::
list, e.g.,
           plot 'data-file' using 1:2:(1.0) smooth acsplines

   Qualitatively, the absolute magnitude of the weights determines the
number of segments used to construct the curve.  If the weights are
large, the effect of each datum is large and the curve approaches that
produced by connecting consecutive points with natural cubic splines.
If the weights are small, the curve is composed of fewer segments and
thus is smoother; the limiting case is the single segment produced by a
weighted linear least squares fit to all the data.  The smoothing
weight can be expressed in terms of errors as a statistical weight for
a point divided by a "smoothing factor" for the curve so that
(standard) errors in the file can be used as smoothing weights.

   Example:
           sw(x,S)=1/(x*x*S)
           plot 'data_file' using 1:2:(sw($3,100)) smooth acsplines

-- BEZIER --

   The `bezier` option approximates the data with a Bezier curve of
degree n (the number of data points) that connects the endpoints.

-- CSPLINES --

   The `csplines` option connects consecutive points by natural cubic
splines after rendering the data monotonic (see `smooth unique`).

-- SBEZIER --

   The `sbezier` option first renders the data monotonic (`unique`) and
then applies the `bezier` algorithm.

-- UNIQUE --

   The `unique` option makes the data monotonic in x; points with the
same x-value are replaced by a single point having the average y-value.
The resulting points are then connected by straight line segments.
demos (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/mgr.html)

-- FREQUENCY --

   The `frequency` option makes the data monotonic in x; points with
the same x-value are replaced by a single point having the summed
y-values.  The resulting points are then connected by straight line
segments.


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2.11.1.5 special-filenames
..........................

A special filename of `'-'` specifies that the data are inline; i.e.,
they follow the command.  Only the data follow the command; `plot`
options like filters, titles, and line styles remain on the `plot`
command line.  This is similar to << in unix shell script, and $DECK in
VMS DCL.  The data are entered as though they are being read from a
file, one data point per record.  The letter "e" at the start of the
first column terminates data entry.  The *Note using:: option can be
applied to these data--using it to filter them through a function might
make sense, but selecting columns probably doesn't!

   `'-'` is intended for situations where it is useful to have data and
commands together, e.g., when `gnuplot` is run as a sub-process of some
front-end application.  Some of the demos, for example, might use this
feature.  While `plot` options such as *Note index:: and *Note every::
are recognized, their use forces you to enter data that won't be used.
For example, while

           plot '-' index 0, '-' index 1
           2
           4
           6

           10
           12
           14
           e
           2
           4
           6

           10
           12
           14
           e

   does indeed work,

           plot '-', '-'
           2
           4
           6
           e
           10
           12
           14
           e

   is a lot easier to type.

   If you use `'-'` with *Note replot::, you may need to enter the data
more than once (see *Note replot::).

   A blank filename (") specifies that the previous filename should be
reused.  This can be useful with things like

           plot 'a/very/long/filename' using 1:2, '' using 1:3, '' using 1:4

   (If you use both `'-'` and `"` on the same `plot` command, you'll
need to have two sets of inline data, as in the example above.)

   On some computer systems with a popen function (Unix), the datafile
can be piped through a shell command by starting the file name with a
'<'.  For example,

           pop(x) = 103*exp(-x/10)
           plot "< awk '{print $1-1965, $2}' population.dat", pop(x)

   would plot the same information as the first population example but
with years since 1965 as the x axis.  If you want to execute this
example, you have to delete all comments from the data file above or
substitute the following command for the first part of the command
above (the part up to the comma):

           plot "< awk '$0 !~ /^#/ {print $1-1965, $2}' population.dat"

   While this approach is most flexible, it is possible to achieve
simple filtering with the *Note using:: or *Note thru:: keywords.


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2.11.1.6 thru
.............

The *Note thru:: function is provided for backward compatibility.

   Syntax:
           plot 'file' thru f(x)

   It is equivalent to:

           plot 'file' using 1:(f($2))

   While the latter appears more complex, it is much more flexible.
The more natural

           plot 'file' thru f(y)

   also works (i.e. you can use y as the dummy variable).

   *Note thru:: is parsed for `splot` and `fit` but has no effect.


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2.11.1.7 using
..............

The most common datafile modifier is *Note using::.

   Syntax:
           plot 'file' using {<entry> {:<entry> {:<entry> ...}}} {'format'}

   If a format is specified, each datafile record is read using the C
library's 'scanf' function, with the specified format string.
Otherwise the record is read and broken into columns at spaces or tabs.
A format cannot be specified if time-format data is being used (this
must be done by `set data time`).

   The resulting array of data is then sorted into columns according to
the entries.  Each <entry> may be a simple column number, which selects
the datum, an expression enclosed in parentheses, or empty.  The
expression can use $1 to access the first item read, $2 for the second
item, and so on.  It can also use `column(x)` and `valid(x)` where x is
an arbitrary expression resulting in an integer.  `column(x)` returns
the x'th datum; `valid(x)` tests that the datum in the x'th column is a
valid number.  A column number of 0 generates a number increasing (from
zero) with each point, and is reset upon encountering two blank
records.  A column number of -1 gives the dataline number, which starts
at 0, increments at single blank records, and is reset at double blank
records.  A column number of -2 gives the index number, which is
incremented only when two blank records are found.  An empty <entry>
will default to its order in the list of entries.  For example, `using
::4` is interpreted as `using 1:2:4`.

   N.B.--the *Note call:: command also uses $'s as a special character.
See *Note call:: for details about how to include a column number in a
*Note call:: argument list.

   If the *Note using:: list has but a single entry, that <entry> will
be used for y and the data point number is used for x; for example,
"`plot 'file' using 1`" is identical to "`plot 'file' using 0:1`".  If
the *Note using:: list has two entries, these will be used for x and y.
Additional entries are usually errors in x and/or y.  See *Note
style:: for details about plotting styles that make use of error
information, and `fit` for use of error information in curve fitting.

   'scanf' accepts several numerical specifications but `gnuplot`
requires all inputs to be double-precision floating-point variables, so
`lf` is the only permissible specifier.  'scanf' expects to see white
space--a blank, tab ("\t"), newline ("\n"), or formfeed ("\f")--between
numbers; anything else in the input stream must be explicitly skipped.

   Note that the use of "\t", "\n", or "\f" requires use of
double-quotes rather than single-quotes.

   Examples:

   This creates a plot of the sum of the 2nd and 3rd data against the
first: The format string specifies comma- rather than space-separated
columns.  The same result could be achieved by specifying `set datafile
separator ","`.
           plot 'file' using 1:($2+$3) '%lf,%lf,%lf'

   In this example the data are read from the file "MyData" using a more
complicated format:
           plot 'MyData' using "%*lf%lf%*20[^\n]%lf"

   The meaning of this format is:

           %*lf        ignore a number
           %lf         read a double-precision number (x by default)
           %*20[^\n]   ignore 20 non-newline characters
           %lf         read a double-precision number (y by default)

   One trick is to use the ternary `?:` operator to filter data:

           plot 'file' using 1:($3>10 ? $2 : 1/0)

   which plots the datum in column two against that in column one
provided the datum in column three exceeds ten.  `1/0` is undefined;
`gnuplot` quietly ignores undefined points, so unsuitable points are
suppressed.

   In fact, you can use a constant expression for the column number,
provided it doesn't start with an opening parenthesis; constructs like
`using 0+(complicated expression)` can be used.  The crucial point is
that the expression is evaluated once if it doesn't start with a left
parenthesis, or once for each data point read if it does.

   If timeseries data are being used, the time can span multiple
columns.  The starting column should be specified.  Note that the
spaces within the time must be included when calculating starting
columns for other data.  E.g., if the first element on a line is a time
with an embedded space, the y value should be specified as column three.

   It should be noted that `plot 'file'`, `plot 'file' using 1:2`, and
`plot 'file' using ($1):($2)` can be subtly different: 1) if *Note
file:: has some lines with one column and some with two, the first will
invent x values when they are missing, the second will quietly ignore
the lines with one column, and the third will store an undefined value
for lines with one point (so that in a plot with lines, no line joins
points across the bad point); 2) if a line contains text at the first
column, the first will abort the plot on an error, but the second and
third should quietly skip the garbage.

   In fact, it is often possible to plot a file with lots of lines of
garbage at the top simply by specifying

           plot 'file' using 1:2

   However, if you want to leave text in your data files, it is safer
to put the comment character (#) in the first column of the text lines.
Feeble using demos. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/using.html)


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2.11.2 errorbars
----------------

Error bars are supported for 2-d data file plots by reading one to four
additional columns (or *Note using:: entries); these additional values
are used in different ways by the various errorbar styles.

   In the default situation, `gnuplot` expects to see three, four, or
six numbers on each line of the data file--either

           (x, y, ydelta),
           (x, y, ylow, yhigh),
           (x, y, xdelta),
           (x, y, xlow, xhigh),
           (x, y, xdelta, ydelta), or
           (x, y, xlow, xhigh, ylow, yhigh).

   The x coordinate must be specified.  The order of the numbers must be
exactly as given above, though the *Note using:: qualifier can
manipulate the order and provide values for missing columns.  For
example,

           plot 'file' with errorbars
           plot 'file' using 1:2:(sqrt($1)) with xerrorbars
           plot 'file' using 1:2:($1-$3):($1+$3):4:5 with xyerrorbars

   The last example is for a file containing an unsupported combination
of relative x and absolute y errors.  The *Note using:: entry generates
absolute x min and max from the relative error.

   The y error bar is a vertical line plotted from (x, ylow) to (x,
yhigh). If ydelta is specified instead of ylow and yhigh, ylow = y -
ydelta and yhigh = y + ydelta are derived. If there are only two
numbers on the record, yhigh and ylow are both set to y. The x error
bar is a horizontal line computed in the same fashion. To get lines
plotted between the data points, `plot` the data file twice, once with
errorbars and once with lines (but remember to use the `notitle` option
on one to avoid two entries in the key). Alternately, use the
errorlines command (see *Note errorlines::).

   The error bars have crossbars at each end unless *Note bars:: is used
(see *Note bars:: for details).

   If autoscaling is on, the ranges will be adjusted to include the
error bars.  See also errorbar demos.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/errorbar.html)

   See *Note using::, *Note with::, and *Note style:: for more
information.


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2.11.3 errorlines
-----------------

Lines with error bars are supported for 2-d data file plots by reading
one to four additional columns (or *Note using:: entries); these
additional values are used in different ways by the various errorlines
styles.

   In the default situation, `gnuplot` expects to see three, four, or
six numbers on each line of the data file--either

           (x, y, ydelta),
           (x, y, ylow, yhigh),
           (x, y, xdelta),
           (x, y, xlow, xhigh),
           (x, y, xdelta, ydelta), or
           (x, y, xlow, xhigh, ylow, yhigh).

   The x coordinate must be specified. The order of the numbers must be
exactly as given above, though the *Note using:: qualifier can
manipulate the order and provide values for missing columns. For
example,

           plot 'file' with errorlines
           plot 'file' using 1:2:(sqrt($1)) with xerrorlines
           plot 'file' using 1:2:($1-$3):($1+$3):4:5 with xyerrorlines

   The last example is for a file containing an unsupported combination
of relative x and absolute y errors. The *Note using:: entry generates
absolute x min and max from the relative error.

   The y error bar is a vertical line plotted from (x, ylow) to (x,
yhigh). If ydelta is specified instead of ylow and yhigh, ylow = y -
ydelta and yhigh = y + ydelta are derived. If there are only two
numbers on the record, yhigh and ylow are both set to y. The x error
bar is a horizontal line computed in the same fashion.

   The error bars have crossbars at each end unless *Note bars:: is used
(see *Note bars:: for details).

   If autoscaling is on, the ranges will be adjusted to include the
error bars.

   See *Note using::, *Note with::, and *Note style:: for more
information.


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2.11.4 parametric
-----------------

When in parametric mode (`set parametric`) mathematical expressions
must be given in pairs for `plot` and in triplets for `splot`.

   Examples:
           plot sin(t),t**2
           splot cos(u)*cos(v),cos(u)*sin(v),sin(u)

   Data files are plotted as before, except any preceding parametric
function must be fully specified before a data file is given as a plot.
In other words, the x parametric function (`sin(t)` above) and the y
parametric function (`t**2` above) must not be interrupted with any
modifiers or data functions; doing so will generate a syntax error
stating that the parametric function is not fully specified.

   Other modifiers, such as *Note with:: and `title`, may be specified
only after the parametric function has been completed:

           plot sin(t),t**2 title 'Parametric example' with linespoints

   See also Parametric Mode Demos.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/param.html)


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2.11.5 ranges
-------------

The optional ranges specify the region of the graph that will be
displayed.

   Syntax:
           [{<dummy-var>=}{{<min>}:{<max>}}]
           [{{<min>}:{<max>}}]

   The first form applies to the independent variable (*Note xrange::
or *Note trange::, if in parametric mode).  The second form applies to
the dependent variable *Note yrange:: (and *Note xrange::, too, if in
parametric mode).  <dummy-var> is a new name for the independent
variable.  (The defaults may be changed with *Note dummy::.)  The
optional <min> and <max> terms can be constant expressions or *.

   In non-parametric mode, the order in which ranges must be given is
*Note xrange:: and *Note yrange::.

   In parametric mode, the order for the `plot` command is *Note
trange::, *Note xrange::, and *Note yrange::.  The following `plot`
command shows setting the *Note trange:: to [-pi:pi], the *Note
xrange:: to [-1.3:1.3] and the *Note yrange:: to [-1:1] for the
duration of the graph:

           plot [-pi:pi] [-1.3:1.3] [-1:1] sin(t),t**2

   Note that the x2range and y2range cannot be specified here--*Note
x2range:: and *Note y2range:: must be used.

   Ranges are interpreted in the order listed above for the appropriate
mode.  Once all those needed are specified, no further ones must be
listed, but unneeded ones cannot be skipped--use an empty range `[]` as
a placeholder.

   `*` can be used to allow autoscaling of either of min and max.  See
also *Note autoscale::.

   Ranges specified on the `plot` or `splot` command line affect only
that graph; use the *Note xrange::, *Note yrange::, etc., commands to
change the default ranges for future graphs.

   With time data, you must provide the range (in the same manner as
the time appears in the datafile) within quotes.  `gnuplot` uses the
*Note timefmt:: string to read the value--see *Note timefmt::.

   Examples:

   This uses the current ranges:
           plot cos(x)

   This sets the x range only:
           plot [-10:30] sin(pi*x)/(pi*x)

   This is the same, but uses t as the dummy-variable:
           plot [t = -10 :30]  sin(pi*t)/(pi*t)

   This sets both the x and y ranges:
           plot [-pi:pi] [-3:3]  tan(x), 1/x

   This sets only the y range, and turns off autoscaling on both axes:
           plot [ ] [-2:sin(5)*-8] sin(x)**besj0(x)

   This sets xmax and ymin only:
           plot [:200] [-pi:]  exp(sin(x))

   This sets the x range for a timeseries:
           set timefmt "%d/%m/%y %H:%M"
           plot ["1/6/93 12:00":"5/6/93 12:00"] 'timedata.dat'

   See also ranges demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/ranges.html)


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2.11.6 title
------------

A line title for each function and data set appears in the key,
accompanied by a sample of the line and/or symbol used to represent it.
It can be changed by using the `title` option.

   Syntax:
           title "<title>" | notitle

   where <title> is the new title of the line and must be enclosed in
quotes.  The quotes will not be shown in the key.  A special character
may be given as a backslash followed by its octal value ("\345").  The
tab character "\t" is understood.  Note that backslash processing
occurs only for strings enclosed in double quotes--use single quotes to
prevent such processing.  The newline character "\n" is not processed
in key entries in either type of string.

   The line title and sample can be omitted from the key by using the
keyword `notitle`.  A null title (`title "`) is equivalent to
`notitle`.  If only the sample is wanted, use one or more blanks
(`title ' '`).

   If `key autotitles` is set (which is the default) and neither
`title` nor `notitle` are specified the line title is the function name
or the file name as it appears on the `plot` command.  If it is a file
name, any datafile modifiers specified will be included in the default
title.

   The layout of the key itself (position, title justification, etc.)
can be controlled by *Note key::.  Please see *Note key:: for details.

   Examples:

   This plots y=x with the title 'x':
           plot x

   This plots x squared with title "x^2" and file "data.1" with title
"measured data":
           plot x**2 title "x^2", 'data.1' t "measured data"

   This puts an untitled circular border around a polar graph:
           set polar; plot my_function(t), 1 notitle


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2.11.7 with
-----------

Functions and data may be displayed in one of a large number of styles.
The *Note with:: keyword provides the means of selection.

   Syntax:
           with <style> { {linestyle | ls <line_style>}
                          | {{linetype  | lt <line_type>}
                             {linewidth | lw <line_width>}
                             {pointtype | pt <point_type>}
                             {pointsize | ps <point_size>}
                             {fill | fs <fillstyle>}
                             {palette}}
                        }

   where <style> is either `lines`, `points`, `linespoints`, `impulses`,
`dots`, `steps`, `fsteps`, `histeps`, *Note errorbars::, `xerrorbars`,
`yerrorbars`, `xyerrorbars`, *Note errorlines::, `xerrorlines`,
`yerrorlines`, `xyerrorlines`, `boxes`, `filledcurves`, `boxerrorbars`,
`boxxyerrorbars`, `financebars`, `candlesticks`, `vectors` or *Note
pm3d::. Some of these styles require additional information. See
`plotting styles` for details of each style.  `fill` is relevant only
to certain 2D plots (currently `boxes` `boxxyerrorbars` and
`candlesticks`).  Note that `filledcurves` and *Note pm3d:: can take an
additional option not listed above (the latter only when used in the
`splot` command)--see their help or examples below for more details.

   Default styles are chosen with the `set style function` and `set
style data` commands.

   By default, each function and data file will use a different line
type and point type, up to the maximum number of available types.  All
terminal drivers support at least six different point types, and re-use
them, in order, if more are required.  The LaTeX driver supplies an
additional six point types (all variants of a circle), and thus will
only repeat after 12 curves are plotted with points.  The PostScript
drivers (*Note postscript::) supplies a total of 64.

   If you wish to choose the line or point type for a single plot,
<line_type> and <point_type> may be specified.  These are positive
integer constants (or expressions) that specify the line type and point
type to be used for the plot.  Use *Note test:: to display the types
available for your terminal.

   You may also scale the line width and point size for a plot by using
<line_width> and <point_size>, which are specified relative to the
default values for each terminal.  The pointsize may also be altered
globally--see *Note pointsize:: for details.  But note that both
<point_size> as set here and  as set by *Note pointsize:: multiply the
default point size--their effects are  not cumulative.  That is, `set
pointsize 2; plot x w p ps 3` will use points three times default size,
not six.

   If you have defined specific line type/width and point type/size
combinations with `set style line`, one of these may be selected by
setting <line_style> to the index of the desired style.

   If gnuplot was built with *Note pm3d:: support, the special keyword
*Note palette:: is allowed for smooth color change of lines, points and
dots in `splots`. The color is chosen from a smooth palette which was
set previously with the command *Note palette::. The color value
corresponds to the z-value of the point coordinates or to the color
coordinate if specified by the 4th parameter in *Note using::. The 2d
`plot` command ignores this option.

   The keywords may be abbreviated as indicated.

   Note that the `linewidth`, *Note pointsize:: and *Note palette::
options are not supported by all terminals.

   Examples:

   This plots sin(x) with impulses:
           plot sin(x) with impulses

   This plots x with points, x**2 with the default:
           plot x w points, x**2

   This plots tan(x) with the default function style, file "data.1"
with lines:
           plot [ ] [-2:5] tan(x), 'data.1' with l

   This plots "leastsq.dat" with impulses:
           plot 'leastsq.dat' w i

   This plots the data file "population" with boxes:
           plot 'population' with boxes

   This plots "exper.dat" with errorbars and lines connecting the points
(errorbars require three or four columns):
           plot 'exper.dat' w lines, 'exper.dat' notitle w errorbars

   Another way to plot "exper.dat" with errorlines (errorbars require
three or four columns):
           plot 'exper.dat' w errorlines

   This plots sin(x) and cos(x) with linespoints, using the same line
type but different point types:
           plot sin(x) with linesp lt 1 pt 3, cos(x) with linesp lt 1 pt 4

   This plots file "data" with points of type 3 and twice usual size:
           plot 'data' with points pointtype 3 pointsize 2

   This plots two data sets with lines differing only by weight:
           plot 'd1' t "good" w l lt 2 lw 3, 'd2' t "bad" w l lt 2 lw 1

   This plots filled curve of x*x and a color stripe:
           plot x*x with filledcurve closed, 40 with filledcurve y1=10

   This plots x*x and a color box:
           plot x*x, (x>=-5 && x<=5 ? 40 : 1/0) with filledcurve y1=10 lt 8

   This plots a surface with color lines:
           splot x*x-y*y with line palette

   This plots two color surfaces at different altitudes:
           splot x*x-y*y with pm3d, x*x+y*y with pm3d at t

   See *Note style:: to change the default styles. See also styles
demos. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/styles.html)


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2.12 print
==========

The `print` command prints the value of <expression> to the screen.  It
is synonymous with `pause 0`.  <expression> may be anything that
`gnuplot` can evaluate that produces a number, or it can be a string.

   Syntax:
           print <expression> {, <expression>, ...}

   See `expressions`.  The output file can be set with `set print`.


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2.13 pwd
========

The *Note pwd:: command prints the name of the working directory to the
screen.


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2.14 quit
=========

The *Note exit:: and *Note quit:: commands and END-OF-FILE character
will exit `gnuplot`.  Each of these commands will clear the output
device (as does the *Note clear:: command) before exiting.


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2.15 replot
===========

The *Note replot:: command without arguments repeats the last `plot` or
`splot` command.  This can be useful for viewing a plot with different
`set` options, or when generating the same plot for several devices.

   Arguments specified after a *Note replot:: command will be added
onto the last `plot` or `splot` command (with an implied ',' separator)
before it is repeated.  *Note replot:: accepts the same arguments as
the `plot` and `splot` commands except that ranges cannot be specified.
Thus you can use *Note replot:: to plot a function against the second
axes if the previous command was `plot` but not if it was `splot`, and
similarly you can use *Note replot:: to add a plot from a binary file
only if the previous command was `splot`.

   N.B.--use of

           plot '-' ; ... ; replot

   is not recommended.  `gnuplot` does not store the inline data
internally, so since *Note replot:: appends new information to the
previous `plot` and then executes the modified command, the `'-'` from
the initial `plot` will expect to read inline data again.

   Note that *Note replot:: does not work in *Note multiplot:: mode,
since it reproduces only the last plot rather than the entire screen.

   See also `command-line-editing` for ways to edit the last `plot`
(`splot`) command.

   See also `show plot` to show the whole current plotting command, and
the possibility to copy it into the `history`.


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2.16 reread
===========

The *Note reread:: command causes the current `gnuplot` command file,
as specified by a `load` command or on the command line, to be reset to
its starting point before further commands are read from it.  This
essentially implements an endless loop of the commands from the
beginning of the command file to the *Note reread:: command.  (But this
is not necessarily a disaster--*Note reread:: can be very useful when
used in conjunction with *Note if::.  See *Note if:: for details.)  The
*Note reread:: command has no effect if input from standard input.

   Examples:

   Suppose the file "looper" contains the commands
           a=a+1
           plot sin(x*a)
           pause -1
           if(a<5) reread

   and from within `gnuplot` you submit the commands
           a=0
           load 'looper'

   The result will be four plots (separated by the *Note pause::
message).

   Suppose the file "data" contains six columns of numbers with a total
yrange from 0 to 10; the first is x and the next are five different
functions of x.  Suppose also that the file "plotter" contains the
commands
           c_p = c_p+1
           plot "$0" using 1:c_p with lines linetype c_p
           if(c_p <  n_p) reread

   and from within `gnuplot` you submit the commands
           n_p=6
           c_p=1
           unset key
           set yrange [0:10]
           set multiplot
           call 'plotter' 'data'
           unset multiplot

   The result is a single graph consisting of five plots.  The yrange
must be set explicitly to guarantee that the five separate graphs
(drawn on top of each other in multiplot mode) will have exactly the
same axes.  The linetype must be specified; otherwise all the plots
would be drawn with the same type.  See also Reread Animation Demo
(animate.dem). (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/animate.html)


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2.17 reset
==========

The *Note reset:: command causes all graph-related options that can be
set with the `set` command to take on their default values.  This
command is useful, e.g., to restore the default graph settings at the
end of a command file, or to return to a defined state after lots of
settings have been changed within a command file.  Please refer to the
`set` command to see the default values that the various options take.

   The following `set` commands do not change the graph status and are
thus left unchanged: the terminal set with `set term`, the output file
set with *Note output:: and directory paths set with *Note loadpath::
and *Note fontpath::.


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2.18 save
=========

^ <a name="save set"></a> 

   The *Note save:: command saves user-defined functions, variables,
the `set term` status, all `set` options, or all of these, plus the
last `plot` (`splot`) command to the specified file.

   Syntax:
           save  {<option>} '<filename>'

   where <option> is `functions`, *Note variables::, *Note terminal::
or `set`. If no option is used, `gnuplot` saves functions, variables,
`set` options and the last `plot` (`splot`) command.

   *Note save::d files are written in text format and may be read by the
`load` command. For *Note save:: with the `set` option or without any
option, the *Note terminal:: choice and the *Note output:: filename are
written out as a comment, to get an output file that works in other
installations of gnuplot, without changes and without risk of
unwillingly overwriting files.

   *Note terminal:: will write out just the *Note terminal:: status,
without the comment marker in front of it. This is mainly useful for
switching the *Note terminal:: setting for a short while, and getting
back to the previously set terminal, afterwards, by loading the saved
*Note terminal:: status. Note that for a single gnuplot session you may
rather use the other method of saving and restoring current terminal by
the commands `set term push` and `set term pop`, see `set term`.

   The filename must be enclosed in quotes.

   The special filename "-" may be used to *Note save:: commands to
standard output.  On systems which support a popen function (Unix), the
output of save can be piped through an external program by starting the
file name with a '|'.  This provides a consistent interface to
`gnuplot`'s internal settings to programs which communicate with
`gnuplot` through a pipe.  Please see "help batch/interactive" for more
details.

   Examples:
           save 'work.gnu'
           save functions 'func.dat'
           save var 'var.dat'
           save set 'options.dat'
           save term 'myterm.gnu'
           save '-'
           save '|grep title >t.gp'


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2.19 set-show
=============

The `set` command can be used to set _lots_ of options.  No screen is
drawn, however, until a `plot`, `splot`, or *Note replot:: command is
given.

   The `show` command shows their settings;  `show all` shows all the
settings.

   Options changed using `set` can be returned to the default state by
giving the corresponding *Note unset:: command.  See also the *Note
reset:: command, which returns all settable parameters to default
values.

   If a variable contains time/date data, `show` will display it
according to the format currently defined by *Note timefmt::, even if
that was not in effect when the variable was initially defined.

* Menu:

* angles::
* arrow::
* autoscale::
* bars::
* bmargin::
* border::
* boxwidth::
* clabel::
* clip::
* cntrparam::
* color_box::
* contour::
* data_style::
* datafile_::
* decimalsign::
* dgrid3d::
* dummy::
* encoding::
* fit_::
* fontpath::
* format::
* function_style::
* functions::
* grid::
* hidden3d::
* historysize::
* isosamples::
* key::
* label::
* lmargin::
* loadpath::
* locale::
* logscale::
* mapping::
* margin::
* mouse::
* multiplot::
* mx2tics::
* mxtics::
* my2tics::
* mytics::
* mztics::
* offsets::
* origin::
* output::
* parametric_::
* plot_::
* pm3d::
* palette::
* pointsize::
* polar::
* print_::
* rmargin::
* rrange::
* samples::
* size::
* style::
* surface::
* terminal::
* tics::
* ticslevel::
* ticscale::
* timestamp::
* timefmt::
* title_::
* tmargin::
* trange::
* urange::
* variables::
* version::
* view::
* vrange::
* x2data::
* x2dtics::
* x2label::
* x2mtics::
* x2range::
* x2tics::
* x2zeroaxis::
* xdata::
* xdtics::
* xlabel::
* xmtics::
* xrange::
* xtics::
* xzeroaxis::
* y2data::
* y2dtics::
* y2label::
* y2mtics::
* y2range::
* y2tics::
* y2zeroaxis::
* ydata::
* ydtics::
* ylabel::
* ymtics::
* yrange::
* ytics::
* yzeroaxis::
* zdata::
* zdtics::
* cbdata::
* cbdtics::
* zero::
* zeroaxis::
* zlabel::
* zmtics::
* zrange::
* ztics::
* cblabel::
* cbmtics::
* cbrange::
* cbtics::


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2.19.1 angles
-------------

By default, `gnuplot` assumes the independent variable in polar graphs
is in units of radians.  If `set angles degrees` is specified before
`set polar`, then the default range is [0:360] and the independent
variable has units of degrees.  This is particularly useful for plots
of data files.  The angle setting also applies to 3-d mapping as set
via the *Note mapping:: command.

   Syntax:
           set angles {degrees | radians}
           show angles

   The angle specified in `set grid polar` is also read and displayed
in the units specified by *Note angles::.

   *Note angles:: also affects the arguments of the machine-defined
functions sin(x), cos(x) and tan(x), and the outputs of asin(x),
acos(x), atan(x), atan2(x), and arg(x).  It has no effect on the
arguments of hyperbolic functions or Bessel functions.  However, the
output arguments of inverse hyperbolic functions of complex arguments
are affected; if these functions are used, `set angles radians` must be
in effect to maintain consistency between input and output arguments.

           x={1.0,0.1}
           set angles radians
           y=sinh(x)
           print y         #prints {1.16933, 0.154051}
           print asinh(y)  #prints {1.0, 0.1}

   but
           set angles degrees
           y=sinh(x)
           print y         #prints {1.16933, 0.154051}
           print asinh(y)  #prints {57.29578, 5.729578}

   See also poldat.dem: polar plot using *Note angles:: demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/poldat.html)


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2.19.2 arrow
------------

Arbitrary arrows can be placed on a plot using the *Note arrow::
command.

   Syntax:
           set arrow {<tag>} {from <position>} {to|rto <position>}
                     { {arrowstyle | as <arrow_style>}
                       | {nohead | head | heads}
                         {size <length>,<angle>}
                         {filled | nofilled}
                         {front | back}
                         { {linestyle | ls <line_style>}
                           | {linetype | lt <line_type>}
                             {linewidth | lw <line_width} } }
           unset arrow {<tag>}
           show arrow {<tag>}

   <tag> is an integer that identifies the arrow.  If no tag is given,
the lowest unused tag value is assigned automatically.  The tag can be
used to delete or change a specific arrow.  To change any attribute of
an existing arrow, use the *Note arrow:: command with the appropriate
tag and specify the parts of the arrow to be changed.

   The <position>s are specified by either x,y or x,y,z, and may be
preceded by `first`, `second`, `graph`, or `screen` to select the
coordinate system.  Unspecified coordinates default to 0.  The
endpoints can be specified in one of four coordinate systems--`first`
or `second` axes, `graph` or `screen`.  See `coordinates` for details.
A coordinate system specifier does not carry over from the "from"
position to the "to" position.  Arrows outside the screen boundaries
are permitted but may cause device errors.  If the endpoint is
specified by "rto" instead of "to" it is drawn relatively to the start
point.

   Specifying `nohead` produces an arrow drawn without a head--a line
segment.  This gives you yet another way to draw a line segment on the
plot.  By default, arrows have heads. Specifying `heads` draws arrow
heads on both ends of the line.

   Head size can be controlled by `size <length>,<angle>`, where
<length> defines length of each branch of the arrow head and <angle>
the angle (in degrees) they make with the arrow. <Length> is in x-axis
units; this can be changed by `first`, `second`, `graph` or `screen`
before the <length>; see `coordinates` for details.

   Specifying `filled` produces filled arrow heads (if heads are used).
Filling is supported on filled-polygon capable terminals, see help of
*Note pm3d:: for their list, otherwise the arrow heads are closed but
not filled.  Further, filling is obviously not supported on terminals
drawing arrows by their own specific routines, like `fig`, `metafont`,
`metapost`, `latex` or `tgif`.

   The line style may be selected from a user-defined list of line
styles (see `set style line`) or may be defined here by providing
values for <line_type> (an index from the default list of styles)
and/or <line_width> (which is a  multiplier for the default width).

   Note, however, that if a user-defined line style has been selected,
its properties (type and width) cannot be altered merely by issuing
another *Note arrow:: command with the appropriate index and `lt` or
`lw`.

   If `front` is given, the arrow is written on top of the graphed
data. If `back` is given (the default), the arrow is written underneath
the graphed data.  Using `front` will prevent an arrow from being
obscured by dense data.

   Examples:

   To set an arrow pointing from the origin to (1,2) with user-defined
style 5, use:
           set arrow to 1,2 ls 5

   To set an arrow from bottom left of plotting area to (-5,5,3), and
tag the arrow number 3, use:
           set arrow 3 from graph 0,0 to -5,5,3

   To change the preceding arrow to end at 1,1,1, without an arrow head
and double its width, use:
           set arrow 3 to 1,1,1 nohead lw 2

   To draw a vertical line from the bottom to the top of the graph at
x=3, use:
           set arrow from 3, graph 0 to 3, graph 1 nohead

   To draw a vertical arrow with T-shape ends, use:
           set arrow 3 from 0,-5 to 0,5 heads size screen 0.1,90

   To draw an arrow relatively to the start point, where the relative
distances are given in graph coordinates, use:
           set arrow from 0,-5 rto graph 0.1,0.1

   To delete arrow number 2, use:
           unset arrow 2

   To delete all arrows, use:
           unset arrow

   To show all arrows (in tag order), use:
           show arrow

   See also arrows demos. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/arrows.html)


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2.19.3 autoscale
----------------

Autoscaling may be set individually on the x, y or z axis or globally
on all axes. The default is to autoscale all axes.

   Syntax:
           set autoscale {<axes>{|min|max|fixmin|fixmax|fix} | fix | keepfix}
           unset autoscale {<axes>}
           show autoscale

   where <axes> is either `x`, `y`, `z`, `cb`, `x2`, `y2` or `xy`.  A
keyword with `min` or `max` appended (this cannot be done with `xy`)
tells `gnuplot` to autoscale just the minimum or maximum of that axis.
If no keyword is given, all axes are autoscaled.

   A keyword with `fixmin`, `fixmax` or `fix` appended tells gnuplot to
disable extension of the axis range to the next tic mark position, for
autoscaled axes using equidistant tics; `set autoscale fix` sets this
for all axes.  Command `set autoscale keepfix` autoscales all axes
while keeping the fix settings.

   When autoscaling, the axis range is automatically computed and the
dependent axis (y for a `plot` and z for `splot`) is scaled to include
the range of the function or data being plotted.

   If autoscaling of the dependent axis (y or z) is not set, the
current y or z range is used.

   Autoscaling the independent variables (x for `plot` and x,y for
`splot`) is a request to set the domain to match any data file being
plotted.  If there are no data files, autoscaling an independent
variable has no effect.  In other words, in the absence of a data file,
functions alone do not affect the x range (or the y range if plotting z
= f(x,y)).

   Please see *Note xrange:: for additional information about ranges.

   The behavior of autoscaling remains consistent in parametric mode,
(see `set parametric`).  However, there are more dependent variables
and hence more control over x, y, and z axis scales.  In parametric
mode, the independent or dummy variable is t for `plot`s and u,v for
`splot`s.  *Note autoscale:: in parametric mode, then, controls all
ranges (t, u, v, x, y, and z) and allows x, y, and z to be fully
autoscaled.

   Autoscaling works the same way for polar mode as it does for
parametric mode for `plot`, with the extension that in polar mode *Note
dummy:: can be used to change the independent variable from t (see
*Note dummy::).

   When tics are displayed on second axes but no plot has been
specified for those axes, x2range and y2range are inherited from xrange
and yrange.  This is done _before_ xrange and yrange are autoextended
to a whole number of tics, which can cause unexpected results.  You can
use the `fixmin` or `fixmax` options to avoid this.

   Examples:

   This sets autoscaling of the y axis (other axes are not affected):
           set autoscale y

   This sets autoscaling only for the minimum of the y axis (the
maximum of the y axis and the other axes are not affected):
           set autoscale ymin

   This disables extension of the x2 axis tics to the next tic mark,
thus keeping the exact range as found in the plotted data and functions:
           set autoscale x2fixmin
           set autoscale x2fixmax

   This sets autoscaling of the x and y axes:
           set autoscale xy

   This sets autoscaling of the x, y, z, x2 and y2 axes:
           set autoscale

   This disables autoscaling of the x, y, z, x2 and y2 axes:
           unset autoscale

   This disables autoscaling of the z axis only:
           unset autoscale z

* Menu:

* parametric_mode::
* polar_mode::


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2.19.3.1 parametric mode
........................

When in parametric mode (`set parametric`), the xrange is as fully
scalable as the y range.  In other words, in parametric mode the x axis
can be automatically scaled to fit the range of the parametric function
that is being plotted.  Of course, the y axis can also be automatically
scaled just as in the non-parametric case.  If autoscaling on the x
axis is not set, the current x range is used.

   Data files are plotted the same in parametric and non-parametric
mode.  However, there is a difference in mixed function and data plots:
in non-parametric mode with autoscaled x, the x range of the datafile
controls the x range of the functions; in parametric mode it has no
influence.

   For completeness a last command `set autoscale t` is accepted.
However, the effect of this "scaling" is very minor.  When `gnuplot`
determines that the t range would be empty, it makes a small adjustment
if autoscaling is true.  Otherwise, `gnuplot` gives an error.  Such
behavior may, in fact, not be very useful and the command `set
autoscale t` is certainly questionable.

   `splot` extends the above ideas as you would expect.  If autoscaling
is set, then x, y, and z ranges are computed and each axis scaled to
fit the resulting data.


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2.19.3.2 polar mode
...................

When in polar mode (`set polar`), the xrange and the yrange are both
found from the polar coordinates, and thus they can both be
automatically scaled.  In other words, in polar mode both the x and y
axes can be automatically scaled to fit the ranges of the polar
function that is being plotted.

   When plotting functions in polar mode, the rrange may be autoscaled.
When plotting data files in polar mode, the trange may also be
autoscaled.  Note that if the trange is contained within one quadrant,
autoscaling will produce a polar plot of only that single quadrant.

   Explicitly setting one or two ranges but not others may lead to
unexpected results.  See also polar demos.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/poldat.html)


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2.19.4 bars
-----------

The *Note bars:: command controls the tics at the ends of error bars,
and also the width of the boxes in plot styles candlesticks and
financebars.

   Syntax:
           set bars {small | large | <size>}
           unset bars
           show bars

   `small` is a synonym for 0.0, and `large` for 1.0.  The default is
1.0 if no size is given.


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2.19.5 bmargin
--------------

The command *Note bmargin:: sets the size of the bottom margin.  Please
see *Note margin:: for details.


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2.19.6 border
-------------

The *Note border:: and *Note border:: commands control the display of
the graph borders for the `plot` and `splot` commands.  Note that the
borders do not necessarily coincide with the axes; with `plot` they
often do, but with `splot` they usually do not.

   Syntax:
           set border {<integer> { {linestyle | ls <line_style>}
                                   | {linetype | lt <line_type> }
                                     {linewidth | lw <line_width>} } }
           unset border
           show border

   With a `splot` displayed in an arbitrary orientation, like `set view
56,103`, the four corners of the x-y plane can be referred to as
"front", "back", "left" and "right".  A similar set of four corners
exist for the top surface, of course.  Thus the border connecting, say,
the back and right corners of the x-y plane is the "bottom right back"
border, and the border connecting the top and bottom front corners is
the "front vertical".  (This nomenclature is defined solely to allow
the reader to figure out the table that follows.)

   The borders are encoded in a 12-bit integer: the bottom four bits
control the border for `plot` and the sides of the base for `splot`;
the next four bits control the verticals in `splot`; the top four bits
control the edges on top of the `splot`.  In detail, `<integer>` should
be the sum of the appropriate entries from the following table:

                 Bit     plot        splot
                   1   bottom      bottom left front
                   2   left        bottom left back
                   4   top         bottom right front
                   8   right       bottom right back
                  16   no effect   left vertical
                  32   no effect   back vertical
                  64   no effect   right vertical
                 128   no effect   front vertical
                 256   no effect   top left back
                 512   no effect   top right back
                1024   no effect   top left front
                2048   no effect   top right front

   Various bits or combinations of bits may be added together in the
command.

   The default is 31, which is all four sides for `plot`, and base and
z axis for `splot`.

   Using the optional <line_style>, <line_type> and <line_width>
specifiers, the way the border lines are drawn can be influenced
(limited by what the current terminal driver supports).

   For `plot`, tics may be drawn on edges other than bottom and left by
enabling the second axes - see *Note xtics:: for details.

   If a `splot` draws only on the base, as is the case with "`unset
surface; set contour base`", then the verticals and the top are not
drawn even if they are specified.

   The `set grid` options 'back', 'front' and 'layerdefault' also
control the order in which the border lines are drawn with respect to
the output of the plotted data.

   Examples:

   Draw default borders:
           set border

   Draw only the left and bottom (`plot`) or both front and back bottom
left (`splot`) borders:
           set border 3

   Draw a complete box around a `splot`:
           set border 4095

   Draw a topless box around a `splot`, omitting the front vertical:
           set border 127+256+512 # or set border 1023-128

   Draw only the top and right borders for a `plot` and label them as
axes:
           unset xtics; unset ytics; set x2tics; set y2tics; set border 12

   See also borders demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/borders.html)


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2.19.7 boxwidth
---------------

The *Note boxwidth:: command is used to set the default width of boxes
in the `boxes`, `boxerrorbars` and `candlesticks` styles.

   Syntax:
           set boxwidth {<width>} {absolute|relative}
           show boxwidth

   If a data file is plotted without the width being specified in the
third, fourth, or fifth column (or *Note using:: entry), or if a
function is plotted, the width of each box is set by the *Note
boxwidth:: command.  (If a width is given both in the file and by the
*Note boxwidth:: command, the one in the file is used.)  If the width
is not specified in one of these ways, the width of each box will be
calculated automatically so that it touches the adjacent boxes.
`relative` indicates, that the specified boxwidth is a scaling factor
for the automatically calculated boxwidth, otherwise the boxwidth is
taken as an `absolute` value (which is the default). In a four-column
data set, the fourth column will be interpreted as the box width unless
the width is set to -2.0, in which case the width will be calculated
automatically.  See `set style boxerrorbars` for more details.

   To set the box width to automatic use the command
           set boxwidth

   or, for four-column data,
           set boxwidth -2

   The same effect can be achieved with the *Note using:: keyword in
`plot`:
           plot 'file' using 1:2:3:4:(-2)

   To set the box width to half of the automatic size use
           set boxwidth 0.5 relative

   To set the box width to an absolute value of 2 use
           set boxwidth 2 absolute

   or, if you didn't specify a relative boxwidth before,
           set boxwidth 2


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2.19.8 clabel
-------------

`gnuplot` will vary the linetype used for each contour level when
clabel is set.  When this option on (the default), a legend labels each
linestyle with the z level it represents.  It is not possible at
present to separate the contour labels from the surface key.

   Syntax:
           set clabel {'<format>'}
           unset clabel
           show clabel

   The default for the format string is %8.3g, which gives three
decimal places.  This may produce poor label alignment if the key is
altered from its default configuration.

   The first contour linetype, or only contour linetype when clabel is
off, is the surface linetype +1; contour points are the same style as
surface points.

   See also *Note contour::.


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2.19.9 clip
-----------

`gnuplot` can clip data points and lines that are near the boundaries
of a graph.

   Syntax:
           set clip <clip-type>
           unset clip <clip-type>
           show clip

   Three clip types for points and lines are supported by `gnuplot`:
`points`, `one`, and `two`. One, two, or all three clip types may be
active for a single graph.  Note that clipping of color filled
quadrangles drawn by *Note pm3d:: maps and surfaces is not controlled
by this command, but by `set pm3d clip1in` and `set pm3d clip4in`.

   The `points` clip type forces `gnuplot` to clip (actually, not plot
at all) data points that fall within but too close to the boundaries.
This is done so that large symbols used for points will not extend
outside the boundary lines.  Without clipping points near the
boundaries, the plot may look bad.  Adjusting the x and y ranges may
give similar results.

   Setting the `one` clip type causes `gnuplot` to draw a line segment
which has only one of its two endpoints within the graph.  Only the
in-range portion of the line is drawn.  The alternative is to not draw
any portion of the line segment.

   Some lines may have both endpoints out of range, but pass through
the graph.  Setting the `two` clip-type allows the visible portion of
these lines to be drawn.

   In no case is a line drawn outside the graph.

   The defaults are `noclip points`, `clip one`, and `noclip two`.

   To check the state of all forms of clipping, use
           show clip

   For backward compatibility with older versions, the following forms
are also permitted:
           set clip
           unset clip

   *Note clip:: is synonymous with `set clip points`; *Note clip::
turns off all three types of clipping.


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2.19.10 cntrparam
-----------------

*Note cntrparam:: controls the generation of contours and their
smoothness for a contour plot. *Note contour:: displays current
settings of *Note cntrparam:: as well as *Note contour::.

   Syntax:
           set cntrparam { { linear
                           | cubicspline
                           | bspline
                           | points <n>
                           | order <n>
                           | levels { auto {<n>} | <n>
                                      | discrete <z1> {,<z2>{,<z3>...}}
                                      | incremental <start>, <incr> {,<end>}
                                    }
                           }
                         }
           show contour

   This command has two functions.  First, it sets the values of z for
which contour points are to be determined (by linear interpolation
between data points or function isosamples.)  Second, it controls the
way contours are drawn between the points determined to be of equal z.
<n> should be an integral constant expression and <z1>, <z2> ... any
constant expressions.  The parameters are:

   `linear`, `cubicspline`, `bspline`--Controls type of approximation or
interpolation.  If `linear`, then straight line segments connect points
of equal z magnitude.  If `cubicspline`, then piecewise-linear contours
are interpolated between the same equal z points to form somewhat
smoother contours, but which may undulate.  If `bspline`, a
guaranteed-smoother curve is drawn, which only approximates the
position of the points of equal-z.

   `points`--Eventually all drawings are done with piecewise-linear
strokes.  This number controls the number of line segments used to
approximate the `bspline` or `cubicspline` curve.  Number of
cubicspline or bspline segments (strokes) = `points` * number of linear
segments.

   `order`--Order of the bspline approximation to be used.  The bigger
this order is, the smoother the resulting contour.  (Of course, higher
order bspline curves will move further away from the original piecewise
linear data.)  This option is relevant for `bspline` mode only.
Allowed values are integers in the range from 2 (linear) to 10.

   `levels`-- Selection of contour levels,  controlled by `auto`
(default), `discrete`, `incremental`, and <n>, number of contour
levels, limited to
      MAX_DISCRETE_LEVELS as defined in plot.h (30 is standard.)

   For `auto`, <n> specifies a nominal number of levels; the actual
number will be adjusted to give simple labels. If the surface is
bounded by zmin and zmax, contours will be generated at integer
multiples of dz between zmin and zmax, where dz is 1, 2, or 5 times
some power of ten (like the step between two tic marks).

   For `levels discrete`, contours will be generated at z = <z1>, <z2>
... as specified; the number of discrete levels sets the number of
contour levels.  In `discrete` mode, any `set cntrparam levels <n>` are
ignored.

   For `incremental`, contours are generated at values of z beginning
at <start> and increasing by <increment>, until the number of contours
is reached. <end> is used to determine the number of contour levels,
which will be changed by any subsequent `set cntrparam levels <n>`.

   If the command *Note cntrparam:: is given without any arguments
specified,  the defaults are used: linear, 5 points, order 4, 5 auto
levels.

   Examples:
           set cntrparam bspline
           set cntrparam points 7
           set cntrparam order 10

   To select levels automatically, 5 if the level increment criteria
are met:
           set cntrparam levels auto 5

   To specify discrete levels at .1, .37, and .9:
           set cntrparam levels discrete .1,1/exp(1),.9

   To specify levels from 0 to 4 with increment 1:
           set cntrparam levels incremental  0,1,4

   To set the number of levels to 10 (changing an incremental end or
possibly the number of auto levels):
           set cntrparam levels 10

   To set the start and increment while retaining the number of levels:
           set cntrparam levels incremental 100,50

   See also *Note contour:: for control of where the contours are
drawn, and *Note clabel:: for control of the format of the contour
labels and linetypes.

   See also contours demo (contours.dem)
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/contours.html) and contours with user
defined levels demo (discrete.dem).
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/discrete.html)


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2.19.11 color box
-----------------

The color scheme, i.e. the gradient of the smooth color with min_z and
max_z values of *Note pm3d::'s *Note palette::, is drawn in a color box
unless `unset colorbox`.

           set colorbox
           set colorbox {
                      { vertical | horizontal }
                      { default | user }
                      { origin x, y }
                      { size x, y }
                      { noborder | bdefault | border [line style] }
                    }
           show colorbox
           unset colorbox

   Colorbox position can be `default` or `user`.  If the latter is
specified the values as given with the *Note origin:: and *Note size::
subcommands are used.

   `vertical` and `horizontal` switches the orientation of the color
gradient.

   `origin x, y` and `size x, y` are used only in combination with the
`user` option. The x and y values must be given in screen coordinates
(as everything else did not seem to make sense) that is between [0 -
1]. Try for example:
         set colorbox horiz user origin .1,.02 size .8,.04

   which will draw a horizontal gradient somewhere at the bottom of the
graph.

   *Note border:: turns the border on (this is the default). `noborder`
turns the border off. If an positive integer argument is given after
*Note border::, it is used as a line style tag which is used for
drawing the border, e.g.:
         set style line 2604 linetype -1 linewidth .4
         set colorbox border 2604

   will use line style `2604`, a thin line with the default border
color (-1) for drawing the border. `bdefault` (which is the default)
will use the default border line style for drawing the border of the
color box.

   The axis of the color box is called `cb` and it is controlled by
means of the usual axes commands, i.e. `set/unset/show` with *Note
cbrange::, `[m]cbtics`, `format cb`, `grid [m]cb`, *Note cblabel::, and
perhaps even *Note cbdata::, `[no]cbdtics`, `[no]cbmtics`.

   `set colorbox` without any parameter switches the position to
default.  `unset colorbox` resets the default parameters for the
colorbox and switches the colorbox off.

   See also help for *Note pm3d::, *Note palette::, *Note pm3d::, and
`set style line`.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: contour,  Next: data_style,  Prev: color_box,  Up: set-show

2.19.12 contour
---------------

*Note contour:: enables contour drawing for surfaces. This option is
available for `splot` only.

   Syntax:
           set contour {base | surface | both}
           unset contour
           show contour

   The three options specify where to draw the contours: `base` draws
the contours on the grid base where the x/ytics are placed, *Note
surface:: draws the contours on the surfaces themselves, and `both`
draws the contours on both the base and the surface.  If no option is
provided, the default is `base`.

   See also *Note cntrparam:: for the parameters that affect the
drawing of contours, and *Note clabel:: for control of labelling of the
contours.

   The surface can be switched off (see *Note surface::), giving a
contour-only graph.  Though it is possible to use *Note size:: to
enlarge the plot to fill the screen, more control over the output
format can be obtained by writing the contour information to a file,
and rereading it as a 2-d datafile plot:

           unset surface
           set contour
           set cntrparam ...
           set term table
           set out 'filename'
           splot ...
           set out
           # contour info now in filename
           set term <whatever>
           plot 'filename'

   In order to draw contours, the data should be organized as "grid
data".  In such a file all the points for a single y-isoline are
listed, then all the points for the next y-isoline, and so on.  A
single blank line (a line containing no characters other than blank
spaces and a carriage return and/or a line feed) separates one
y-isoline from the next.  See also `splot datafile`.

   If contours are desired from non-grid data, *Note dgrid3d:: can be
used to create an appropriate grid.  See *Note dgrid3d:: for more
information.  See also contours demo (contours.dem)
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/contours.html) and contours with user
defined levels demo (discrete.dem).
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/discrete.html)


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2.19.13 data style
------------------

This form of the command is deprecated. Please see `set style data`.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: datafile_,  Next: decimalsign,  Prev: data_style,  Up: set-show

2.19.14 datafile
----------------

The `set datafile` command options control interpretation of fields
read from input data files by the `plot`, `splot`, and `fit` commands.
Three such options are currently implemented.

* Menu:

* set_datafile_missing::
* set_datafile_separator::
* set_datafile_commentschars::


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2.19.14.1 set datafile missing
..............................

The `set datafile missing` command allows you to tell `gnuplot` what
character string is used in a data file to denote missing data.
Exactly how this missing value will be treated depends on the *Note
using:: specifier of the `plot` or `splot` command.

   Syntax:
           set datafile missing {"<string>"}
           show datafile missing
           unset datafile

   Example:
           # Ignore entries containing IEEE NaN ("Not a Number") code
           set datafile missing "NaN"

   Example:
           set datafile missing "?"
           set style data lines
           plot '-'
              1 10
              2 20
              3 ?
              4 40
              5 50
              e
           plot '-' using 1:2
              1 10
              2 20
              3 ?
              4 40
              5 50
              e
           plot '-' using 1:($2)
              1 10
              2 20
              3 ?
              4 40
              5 50
              e

   The first `plot` will recognize only the first datum in the "3 ?"
line.  It will use the single-datum-on-a-line convention that the line
number is "x" and the datum is "y", so the point will be plotted (in
this case erroneously) at (2,3).

   The second `plot` will correctly ignore the middle line.  The
plotted line will connect the points at (2,20) and (4,40).

   The third `plot` will also correctly ignore the middle line, but the
plotted line will not connect the points at (2,20) and (4,40).

   There is no default character for `missing`, but in many cases any
non-parsible string of characters found where a numerical value is
expected will be treated as missing data.


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2.19.14.2 set datafile separator
................................

The command `set datafile separator "<char>"` tells `gnuplot` that data
fields in subsequent input files are separated by <char> rather than by
whitespace.  The most common use is to read in csv (comma-separated
value) files written by spreadsheet or database programs. By default
data fields are separated by whitespace.

   Syntax:
           set datafile separator {"<char>" | whitespace}

   Examples:
           # Input file contains tab-separated fields
           set datafile separator "\t"

           # Input file contains comma-separated values fields
           set datafile separator ","


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2.19.14.3 set datafile commentschars
....................................

The `set datafile commentschars` command allows you to tell `gnuplot`
what characters are used in a data file to denote comments.  Gnuplot
will ignore rest of the line behind the specified characters if either
of them is the first non-blank character on the line.

   Syntax:
           set datafile commentschars {"<string>"}
           show datafile commentschars
           unset commentschars

   Default value of the string is "#!" on VMS and "#" otherwise.

   Then, the following line in a data file is completely ignored
         # 1 2 3 4

   but the following
         1 # 3 4

   produces rather unexpected plot unless
         set datafile missing '#'

   is specified as well.

   Example:
           set datafile commentschars "#!%"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: decimalsign,  Next: dgrid3d,  Prev: datafile_,  Up: set-show

2.19.15 decimalsign
-------------------

The *Note decimalsign:: command selects a decimal sign for numbers
printed into tic labels or *Note label:: strings.

   Syntax:
           set decimalsign {<value>}
           unset decimalsign
           show decimalsign

   The argument <value> is the string to be used in place of the usual
decimal point. Typical choices include the period, '.', and the comma,
',', but others may be useful, too.  If you omit the <value> argument,
the decimal separator is not modified from the usual default, which is
a period.  Unsetting decimalsign has the same effect as omitting
<value>.

   Example:

   Correct typesetting in most European countries requires:
           set decimalsign ','


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2.19.16 dgrid3d
---------------

The *Note dgrid3d:: command enables, and can set parameters for,
non-grid to grid data mapping.

   Syntax:
           set dgrid3d {<row_size>} {,{<col_size>} {,<norm>}}
           unset dgrid3d
           show dgrid3d

   By default *Note dgrid3d:: is disabled.  When enabled, 3-d data read
from a file are always treated as a scattered data set.  A grid with
dimensions derived from a bounding box of the scattered data and size
as specified by the row/col_size parameters is created for plotting and
contouring.  The grid is equally spaced in x (rows) and in y (columns);
the z values are computed as weighted averages of the scattered points'
z values.

   The third parameter, norm, controls the weighting:  Each data point
is weighted inversely by its distance from the grid point raised to the
norm power.  (Actually, the weights are given by the inverse of dx^norm
+ dy^norm, where dx and dy are the components of the separation of the
grid point from each data point.  For some norms that are powers of
two, specifically 4, 8, and 16, the computation is optimized by using
the Euclidean distance in the weight calculation, (dx^2+dy^2)^norm/2.
However, any non-negative integer can be used.)

   The closer the data point is to a grid point, the more effect it has
on that grid point and the larger the value of norm the less effect more
distant data points have on that grid point.

   The *Note dgrid3d:: option is a simple low pass filter that converts
scattered data to a grid data set.  More sophisticated approaches to
this problem exist and should be used to preprocess the data outside
`gnuplot` if this simple solution is found inadequate.

   (The z values are found by weighting all data points, not by
interpolating between nearby data points;  also edge effects may
produce unexpected and/or undesired results.  In some cases, small norm
values produce a grid point reflecting the average of distant data
points rather than a local average, while large values of norm may
produce "steps" with several grid points having the same value as the
closest data point, rather than making a smooth transition between
adjacent data points.  Some areas of a grid may be filled by
extrapolation, to an arbitrary boundary condition.  The variables are
not normalized; consequently the units used for x and y will affect the
relative weights of points in the x and y directions.)

   Examples:
           set dgrid3d 10,10,1     # defaults
           set dgrid3d ,,4

   The first specifies that a grid of size 10 by 10 is to be
constructed using a norm value of 1 in the weight computation.  The
second only modifies the norm, changing it to 4.  See also scatter.dem:
dgrid3d demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/scatter.html)


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2.19.17 dummy
-------------

The *Note dummy:: command changes the default dummy variable names.

   Syntax:
           set dummy {<dummy-var>} {,<dummy-var>}
           show dummy

   By default, `gnuplot` assumes that the independent, or "dummy",
variable for the `plot` command is "t" if in parametric or polar mode,
or "x" otherwise.  Similarly the independent variables for the `splot`
command are "u" and "v" in parametric mode (`splot` cannot be used in
polar mode), or "x" and "y" otherwise.

   It may be more convenient to call a dummy variable by a more
physically meaningful or conventional name.  For example, when plotting
time functions:

           set dummy t
           plot sin(t), cos(t)

   At least one dummy variable must be set on the command; *Note
dummy:: by itself will generate an error message.

   Examples:
           set dummy u,v
           set dummy ,s

   The second example sets the second variable to s.


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2.19.18 encoding
----------------

The *Note encoding:: command selects a character encoding.  Syntax:
           set encoding {<value>}
           show encoding

   Valid values are
        default     - tells a terminal to use its default encoding
        iso_8859_1  - the most common Western European font used by many
                      Unix workstations and by MS-Windows. This encoding is
                      known in the PostScript world as 'ISO-Latin1'.
        iso_8859_2  - used in Central and Eastern Europe
        iso_8859_15 - a variant of iso_8859_1 that includes the Euro symbol
        cp850       - codepage for OS/2
        cp852       - codepage for OS/2
        cp437       - codepage for MS-DOS
        koi8r       - popular Unix cyrillic encoding

   Generally you must set the encoding before setting the terminal type.
Note that encoding is not supported by all terminal drivers and that
the device must be able to produce the desired non-standard characters.
The PostScript and X11 terminals support all encodings. OS/2
Presentation Manager switches automatically to codepage 912 for
`iso_8859_2`.


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2.19.19 fit
-----------

The `fit` setting defines where the `fit` command writes its output.
If this option was built into your version of gnuplot, it also controls
whether parameter errors from the fit will be written into variables.

   Syntax:
           set fit {logfile {"<filename>"}} {{no}errorvariables}
           unset fit
           show fit

   The <filename> argument must be enclosed in single or double quotes.

   If no filename is given or `unset fit` is used the log file is reset
to its default value "fit.log" or the value of the environmental
variable `FIT_LOG`.

   Users of DOS-like platforms should note that the \ character has
special significance in double-quoted strings, so single-quotes should
be used for filenames in different directories, or you have to write \\
for each \.  Or you can just use forward slashes, even though this is
DOS.

   If the given logfile name ends with a / or \, it is interpreted to be
a directory name, and the actual filename will be "fit.log" in that
directory.

   If the `errorvariables` option is turned on, the error of each fitted
parameter computed by `fit` will be copied to a user-defined variable
whose name is formed by appending "_err" to the name of the parameter
itself.  This is useful mainly to put the parameter and its error onto
a plot of the data and the fitted function, for reference, as in:

            set fit errorvariables
            fit f(x) 'datafile' using 1:2 via a, b
            print "error of a is:", a_err
            set label 'a=%6.2f', a, '+/- %6.2f', a_err
            plot 'datafile' using 1:2, f(x)


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2.19.20 fontpath
----------------

The *Note fontpath:: setting defines additional locations for font files
searched when including font files. Currently only the postscript
terminal supports *Note fontpath::. If a file cannot be found in the
current directory, the directories in *Note fontpath:: are tried.
Further documentation concerning the supported file formats is included
in the *Note postscript:: section of the documentation.

   Syntax:
           set fontpath {"pathlist1" {"pathlist2"...}}
           show fontpath

   Path names may be entered as single directory names, or as a list of
path names separated by a platform-specific path separator, eg. colon
(':') on Unix, semicolon (';') on DOS/Windows/OS/2/Amiga platforms.
The *Note fontpath::, *Note save:: and `save set` commands replace the
platform-specific separator with a space character (' ') for maximum
portability. If a directory name ends with an exclamation mark ('!')
also the subdirectories of this directory are searched for font files.

   If the environmental variable GNUPLOT_FONTPATH is set, its contents
are appended to *Note fontpath::.  If it is not set, a system dependent
default value is used. It is set by testing several directories for
existence when using the fontpath the first time. Thus, the first call
of *Note fontpath::, *Note fontpath::, *Note fontpath::, `plot`, or
`splot` with embedded font files takes a little more time. If you want
to save this time you may set the environmental variable
GNUPLOT_FONTPATH since probing is switched off, then. You can find out
which is the default fontpath by using *Note fontpath::.

   However, *Note fontpath:: prints the contents of user defined
fontpath and system fontpath separately.  Also, the *Note save:: and
`save set` commands save only the user specified parts of *Note
fontpath::, for portability reasons.

   Many other terminal drivers access TrueType fonts via the gd library.
For these drivers the font search path is controlled by the
environmental variable GDFONTPATH.


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2.19.21 format
--------------

The format of the tic-mark labels can be set with the `set format`
command.

   Syntax:
           set format {<axes>} {"<format-string>"}
           set format {<axes>} {'<format-string>'}
           show format

   where <axes> is either `x`, `y`, `z`, `cb`, `xy`, `x2`, `y2` or
nothing (which is the same as `xy`).  The length of the string
representing a tic mark (after formatting with 'printf') is restricted
to 100 characters.  If the format string is omitted, the format will be
returned to the default "%g".  For LaTeX users, the format "$%g$" is
often desirable.  If the empty string "" is used, no label will be
plotted with each tic, though the tic mark will still be plotted.  To
eliminate all tic marks, use *Note xtics:: or *Note ytics::.

   Newline (\n) is accepted in the format string.  Use double-quotes
rather than single-quotes to enable such interpretation.  See also
`syntax`.

   The default format for both axes is "%g", but other formats such as
"%.2f" or "%3.0em" are often desirable.  Anything accepted by 'printf'
when given a double precision number, and accepted by the terminal,
will work.  Some other options have been added.  If the format string
looks like a floating point format, then `gnuplot` tries to construct a
reasonable format.

   Characters not preceded by "%" are printed verbatim.  Thus you can
include spaces and labels in your format string, such as "%g m", which
will put " m" after each number.  If you want "%" itself, double it:
"%g %%".

   See also *Note xtics:: for more information about tic labels, and
*Note decimalsign:: for how to use non-default decimal separators in
numbers printed this way.  See also electron demo (electron.dem).
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/electron.html)

* Menu:

* format_specifiers::
* time/date_specifiers::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: format_specifiers,  Next: time/date_specifiers,  Prev: format,  Up: format

2.19.21.1 format specifiers
...........................

The acceptable formats (if not in time/date mode) are:

           Format       Explanation
           %f           floating point notation
           %e or %E     exponential notation; an "e" or "E" before the power
           %g or %G     the shorter of %e (or %E) and %f
           %x or %X     hex
           %o or %O     octal
           %t           mantissa to base 10
           %l           mantissa to base of current logscale
           %s           mantissa to base of current logscale; scientific power
           %T           power to base 10
           %L           power to base of current logscale
           %S           scientific power
           %c           character replacement for scientific power
           %P           multiple of pi

   A 'scientific' power is one such that the exponent is a multiple of
three.  Character replacement of scientific powers (`"%c"`) has been
implemented for powers in the range -18 to +18.  For numbers outside of
this range the format reverts to exponential.

   Other acceptable modifiers (which come after the "%" but before the
format specifier) are "-", which left-justifies the number; "+", which
forces all numbers to be explicitly signed; "#", which places a decimal
point after floats that have only zeroes following the decimal point; a
positive integer, which defines the field width; "0" (the digit, not
the letter) immediately preceding the field width, which indicates that
leading zeroes are to be used instead of leading blanks; and a decimal
point followed by a non-negative integer, which defines the precision
(the minimum number of digits of an integer, or the number of digits
following the decimal point of a float).

   Some releases of 'printf' may not support all of these modifiers but
may also support others; in case of doubt, check the appropriate
documentation and then experiment.

   Examples:
           set format y "%t"; set ytics (5,10)          # "5.0" and "1.0"
           set format y "%s"; set ytics (500,1000)      # "500" and "1.0"
           set format y "+-12.3f"; set ytics(12345)     # "+12345.000  "
           set format y "%.2t*10^%+03T"; set ytic(12345)# "1.23*10^+04"
           set format y "%s*10^{%S}"; set ytic(12345)   # "12.345*10^{3}"
           set format y "%s %cg"; set ytic(12345)       # "12.345 kg"
           set format y "%.0P pi"; set ytic(6.283185)   # "2 pi"
           set format y "%.0f%%"; set ytic(50)          # "50%"

           set log y 2; set format y '%l'; set ytics (1,2,3)
           #displays "1.0", "1.0" and "1.5" (since 3 is 1.5 * 2^1)

   There are some problem cases that arise when numbers like 9.999 are
printed with a format that requires both rounding and a power.

   If the data type for the axis is time/date, the format string must
contain valid codes for the 'strftime' function (outside of `gnuplot`,
type "man strftime").  See *Note timefmt:: for a list of the allowed
input format codes.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: time/date_specifiers,  Prev: format_specifiers,  Up: format

2.19.21.2 time/date specifiers
..............................

In time/date mode, the acceptable formats are:

           Format       Explanation
           %a           abbreviated name of day of the week
           %A           full name of day of the week
           %b or %h     abbreviated name of the month
           %B           full name of the month
           %d           day of the month, 1--31
           %D           shorthand for "%m/%d/%y"
           %H or %k     hour, 0--24
           %I or %l     hour, 0--12
           %j           day of the year, 1--366
           %m           month, 1--12
           %M           minute, 0--60
           %p           "am" or "pm"
           %r           shorthand for "%I:%M:%S %p"
           %R           shorthand for "%H:%M"
           %S           second, 0--60
           %T           shorthand for "%H:%M:%S"
           %U           week of the year (week starts on Sunday)
           %w           day of the week, 0--6 (Sunday = 0)
           %W           week of the year (week starts on Monday)
           %y           year, 0-99
           %Y           year, 4-digit

   Except for the non-numerical formats, these may be preceded by a "0"
("zero", not "oh") to pad the field length with leading zeroes, and a
positive digit, to define the minimum field width (which will be
overridden if the specified width is not large enough to contain the
number).  There is a 24-character limit to the length of the printed
text; longer strings will be truncated.

   Examples:

   Suppose the text is "76/12/25 23:11:11".  Then
           set format x                 # defaults to "12/25/76" \n "23:11"
           set format x "%A, %d %b %Y"  # "Saturday, 25 Dec 1976"
           set format x "%r %D"         # "11:11:11 pm 12/25/76"

   Suppose the text is "98/07/06 05:04:03".  Then
           set format x "%1y/%2m/%3d %01H:%02M:%03S"  # "98/ 7/  6 5:04:003"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: function_style,  Next: functions,  Prev: format,  Up: set-show

2.19.22 function style
----------------------

This form of the command is deprecated. Please see `set style function`.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: functions,  Next: grid,  Prev: function_style,  Up: set-show

2.19.23 functions
-----------------

The `show functions` command lists all user-defined functions and their
definitions.

   Syntax:
           show functions

   For information about the definition and usage of functions in
`gnuplot`, please see `expressions`.  See also splines as user defined
functions (spline.dem) (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/spline.html) and
use of functions and complex variables for airfoils (airfoil.dem).
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/airfoil.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: grid,  Next: hidden3d,  Prev: functions,  Up: set-show

2.19.24 grid
------------

The `set grid` command allows grid lines to be drawn on the plot.

   Syntax:
           set grid {{no}{m}xtics} {{no}{m}ytics} {{no}{m}ztics}
                    {{no}{m}x2tics} {{no}{m}y2tics}
                    {{no}{m}cbtics}
                    {polar {<angle>}}
                    {layerdefault | front | back}
                    { {linestyle <major_linestyle>}
                      | {linetype | lt <major_linetype>}
                        {linewidth | lw <major_linewidth>}
                      { , {linestyle | ls <minor_linestyle>}
                          | {linetype | lt <minor_linetype>}
                            {linewidth | lw <minor_linewidth>} } }
           unset grid
           show grid

   The grid can be enabled and disabled for the major and/or minor tic
marks on any axis, and the linetype and linewidth can be specified for
major and minor grid lines, also via a predefined linestyle, as far as
the active terminal driver supports this.

   Additionally, a polar grid can be selected for 2-d plots--circles
are drawn to intersect the selected tics, and radial lines are drawn at
definable intervals.  (The interval is given in degrees or radians,
depending on the *Note angles:: setting.)  Note that a polar grid is no
longer automatically generated in polar mode.

   The pertinent tics must be enabled before `set grid` can draw them;
`gnuplot` will quietly ignore instructions to draw grid lines at
non-existent tics, but they will appear if the tics are subsequently
enabled.

   If no linetype is specified for the minor gridlines, the same
linetype as the major gridlines is used.  The default polar angle is 30
degrees.

   If `front` is given, the grid is drawn on top of the graphed data. If
`back` is given, the grid is drawn underneath the graphed data. Using
`front` will prevent the grid from being obscured by dense data. The
default setup, `layerdefault`, is equivalent to `back` for 2d plots.
In 3D plots the default is to split up the grid and the graph box into
two layers: one behind, the other in front of the plotted data and
functions. Since *Note hidden3d:: mode does its own sorting, it ignores
all grid drawing order options and passes the grid lines through the
hidden line removal machinery instead. These options actually affect
not only the grid, but also the lines output by *Note border:: and the
various ticmarks (see *Note xtics::).

   Z grid lines are drawn on the bottom of the plot.  This looks better
if a partial box is drawn around the plot--see *Note border::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hidden3d,  Next: historysize,  Prev: grid,  Up: set-show

2.19.25 hidden3d
----------------

The *Note hidden3d:: command enables hidden line removal for surface
plotting (see `splot`).  Some optional features of the underlying
algorithm can also be controlled using this command.

   Syntax:
           set hidden3d {defaults} |
                        { {{offset <offset>} | {nooffset}}
                          {trianglepattern <bitpattern>}
                          {{undefined <level>} | {noundefined}}
                          {{no}altdiagonal}
                          {{no}bentover} }
           unset hidden3d
           show hidden3d

   In contrast to the usual display in gnuplot, hidden line removal
actually treats the given function or data grids as real surfaces that
can't be seen through, so parts behind the surface will be hidden by
it.  For this to be possible, the surface needs to have 'grid
structure' (see `splot datafile` about this), and it has to be drawn
`with lines` or `with linespoints`.

   When *Note hidden3d:: is set, both the hidden portion of the surface
and possibly its contours drawn on the base (see *Note contour::) as
well as the grid will be hidden.  Each surface has its hidden parts
removed with respect to itself and to other surfaces, if more than one
surface is plotted.  Contours drawn on the surface (*Note surface::)
don't work.  Labels and arrows are always visible and are unaffected.
The key is also never hidden by the surface.

   Functions are evaluated at isoline intersections.  The algorithm
interpolates linearly between function points or data points when
determining the visible line segments.  This means that the appearance
of a function may be different when plotted with *Note hidden3d:: than
when plotted with `nohidden3d` because in the latter case functions are
evaluated at each sample.  Please see *Note samples:: and *Note
isosamples:: for discussion of the difference.

   The algorithm used to remove the hidden parts of the surfaces has
some additional features controllable by this command.  Specifying
`defaults` will set them all to their default settings, as detailed
below.  If `defaults` is not given, only explicitly specified options
will be influenced: all others will keep their previous values, so you
can turn on/off hidden line removal via `set {no}hidden3d`, without
modifying the set of options you chose.

   The first option, `offset`, influences the linestyle used for lines
on the 'back' side.  Normally, they are drawn in a linestyle one index
number higher than the one used for the front, to make the two sides of
the surface distinguishable.  You can specify a different line style
offset to add instead of the default 1, by `offset <offset>`.  Option
`nooffset` stands for `offset 0`, making the two sides of the surface
use the same linestyle.

   Next comes the option `trianglepattern <bitpattern>`.  <bitpattern>
must be a number between 0 and 7, interpreted as a bit pattern.  Each
bit determines the visibility of one edge of the triangles each surface
is split up into.  Bit 0 is for the 'horizontal' edges of the grid, Bit
1 for the 'vertical' ones, and Bit 2 for the diagonals that split each
cell of the original grid into two triangles.  The default pattern is
3, making all horizontal and vertical lines visible, but not the
diagonals.  You may want to choose 7 to see those diagonals as well.

   The `undefined <level>` option lets you decide what the algorithm is
to do with data points that are undefined (missing data, or undefined
function values), or exceed the given x-, y- or z-ranges.  Such points
can either be plotted nevertheless, or taken out of the input data set.
All surface elements touching a point that is taken out will be taken
out as well, thus creating a hole in the surface.  If <level> = 3,
equivalent to option `noundefined`, no points will be thrown away at
all.  This may produce all kinds of problems elsewhere, so you should
avoid this.  <level> = 2 will throw away undefined points, but keep the
out-of-range ones.  <level> = 1, the default, will get rid of
out-of-range points as well.

   By specifying `noaltdiagonal`, you can override the default handling
of a special case can occur if `undefined` is active (i.e. <level> is
not 3).  Each cell of the grid-structured input surface will be divided
in two triangles along one of its diagonals.  Normally, all these
diagonals have the same orientation relative to the grid.  If exactly
one of the four cell corners is excluded by the `undefined` handler,
and this is on the usual diagonal, both triangles will be excluded.
However if the default setting of `altdiagonal` is active, the other
diagonal will be chosen for this cell instead, minimizing the size of
the hole in the surface.

   The `bentover` option controls what happens to another special case,
this time in conjunction with the `trianglepattern`.  For rather
crumply surfaces, it can happen that the two triangles a surface cell
is divided into are seen from opposite sides (i.e. the original
quadrangle is 'bent over'), as illustrated in the following ASCII art:

                                                                   C----B
         original quadrangle:  A--B      displayed quadrangle:     |\   |
           ("set view 0,0")    | /|    ("set view 75,75" perhaps)  | \  |
                               |/ |                                |  \ |
                               C--D                                |   \|
                                                                   A    D

   If the diagonal edges of the surface cells aren't generally made
visible by bit 2 of the <bitpattern> there, the edge CB above wouldn't
be drawn at all, normally, making the resulting display hard to
understand.  Therefore, the default option of `bentover` will turn it
visible in this case.  If you don't want that, you may choose
`nobentover` instead.  See also hidden line removal demo (hidden.dem)
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/hidden.html) and complex hidden line demo
(singulr.dem). (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/singulr.html)


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2.19.26 historysize
-------------------

Note: the command *Note historysize:: is only available when compiled
with the gnu readline.

   Syntax:
           set historysize <int>
           unset historysize

   When leaving gnuplot, the value of historysize is used for
truncating the history to at most that much lines. The default is 500.
*Note historysize:: will disable history truncation and thus allow an
infinite number of lines to be written to the history file.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: isosamples,  Next: key,  Prev: historysize,  Up: set-show

2.19.27 isosamples
------------------

The isoline density (grid) for plotting functions as surfaces may be
changed by the *Note isosamples:: command.

   Syntax:
           set isosamples <iso_1> {,<iso_2>}
           show isosamples

   Each function surface plot will have <iso_1> iso-u lines and <iso_2>
iso-v lines.  If you only specify <iso_1>, <iso_2> will be set to the
same value as <iso_1>.  By default, sampling is set to 10 isolines per
u or v axis.  A higher sampling rate will produce more accurate plots,
but will take longer.  These parameters have no effect on data file
plotting.

   An isoline is a curve parameterized by one of the surface parameters
while the other surface parameter is fixed.  Isolines provide a simple
means to display a surface.  By fixing the u parameter of surface
s(u,v), the iso-u lines of the form c(v) = s(u0,v) are produced, and by
fixing the v parameter, the iso-v lines of the form c(u) = s(u,v0) are
produced.

   When a function surface plot is being done without the removal of
hidden lines, *Note samples::  controls the number of points sampled
along each isoline;  see *Note samples:: and *Note hidden3d::. The
contour algorithm assumes that a function sample occurs at each isoline
intersection, so change in *Note samples:: as well as *Note
isosamples:: may be desired when changing the resolution of a function
surface/contour.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: key,  Next: label,  Prev: isosamples,  Up: set-show

2.19.28 key
-----------

The *Note key:: enables a key (or legend) describing plots on a plot.

   The contents of the key, i.e., the names given to each plotted data
set and function and samples of the lines and/or symbols used to
represent them, are determined by the `title` and *Note with:: options
of the {`s`}`plot` command.  Please see `plot title` and *Note with::
for more information.

   Syntax:
           set key {on|off} {default}
                   {left | right | top | bottom | outside | below | <position>}
                   {Left | Right} {{no}reverse}
                   {samplen <sample_length>} {spacing <vertical_spacing>}
                   {width <width_increment>}
                   {height <height_increment>}
                   {{no}autotitles}
                   {title "<text>"} {{no}enhanced}
                   {{no}box { {linestyle | ls <line_style>}
                              | {linetype | lt <line_type>}
                                {linewidth | lw <line_width>}}}
           unset key
           show key

   By default the key is placed in the upper right corner of the graph.
The keywords `left`, `right`, `top`, `bottom`, `outside` and `below`
may be used to place the key in the other corners inside the graph or
to the right (outside) or below the graph.  They may be given alone or
combined.

   Plots may be drawn with no visible key by requesting `set key off` or
*Note key::.

   Justification of the labels within the key is controlled by `Left`
or `Right` (default is `Right`).  The text and sample can be reversed
(`reverse`) and a box can be drawn around the key (`box {...}`) in a
specified `linetype` and `linewidth`, or a user-defined `linestyle`.
Note that not all terminal drivers support linewidth selection, though.

   The length of the sample line can be controlled by `samplen`.  The
sample length is computed as the sum of the tic length and
<sample_length> times the character width.  `samplen` also affects the
positions of point samples in the key since these are drawn at the
midpoint of the sample line, even if the sample line itself is not
drawn.

   The vertical spacing between lines is controlled by `spacing`.  The
spacing is set equal to the product of the pointsize, the vertical tic
size, and <vertical_spacing>.  The program will guarantee that the
vertical spacing is no smaller than the character height.

   The <width_increment> is a number of character widths to be added to
or subtracted from the length of the string.  This is useful only when
you are putting a box around the key and you are using control
characters in the text.  `gnuplot` simply counts the number of
characters in the string when computing the box width; this allows you
to correct it.

   The <height_increment> is a number of character heights to be added
to or subtracted from the height of the key box.  This is useful mainly
when you are putting a box around the key, otherwise it can be used to
adjust the vertical shift of automatically chosen key position by
<height_increment>/2.

   All plotted curves of `plot`s and `splot`s are titled according to
the default option `autotitles`. The automatic generation of titles can
be suppressed by `noautotitles`; then only those titles explicitly
defined by `(s)plot ... title ...` will be drawn.

   A title can be put on the key (`title "<text>"`)--see also `syntax`
for the distinction between text in single- or double-quotes.  The key
title uses the same justification as do the plot titles.

   An explicitly given title is typeset using enhanced text properties
on terminals supporting this, see `enhanced text` for more details.
This default behavior can be switched off by the `noenhanced` option.

   The defaults for *Note key:: are `on`, `right`, `top`, `Right`,
`noreverse`, `samplen 4`, `spacing 1.25`, `title ""`, and `nobox`.  The
default <linetype> is the same as that used for the plot borders.
Entering `set key default` returns the key to its default configuration.

   The <position> can be a simple x,y,z as in previous versions, but
these can be preceded by one of four keywords (`first`, `second`,
`graph`, `screen`) which selects the coordinate system in which the
position of the first sample line is specified.  See `coordinates` for
more details.

   The key is drawn as a sequence of lines, with one plot described on
each line.  On the right-hand side (or the left-hand side, if `reverse`
is selected) of each line is a representation that attempts to mimic
the way the curve is plotted.  On the other side of each line is the
text description (the line title), obtained from the `plot` command.
The lines are vertically arranged so that an imaginary straight line
divides the left- and right-hand sides of the key.  It is the
coordinates of the top of this line that are specified with the *Note
key:: command.  In a `plot`, only the x and y coordinates are used to
specify the line position.  For a `splot`, x, y and z are all used as a
3-d location mapped using the same mapping as the graph itself to form
the required 2-d screen position of the imaginary line.

   Some or all of the key may be outside of the graph boundary,
although this may interfere with other labels and may cause an error on
some devices.  If you use the keywords `outside` or `below`, `gnuplot`
makes space for the keys and the graph becomes smaller.  Putting keys
outside to the right, they occupy as few columns as possible, and
putting them below, as many columns as possible (depending of the
length of the labels), thus stealing as little space from the graph as
possible.

   When using the TeX or PostScript drivers, or similar drivers where
formatting information is embedded in the string, `gnuplot` is unable
to calculate correctly the width of the string for key positioning.  If
the key is to be positioned at the left, it may be convenient to use
the combination  `set key left Left reverse`.  The box and gap in the
grid will be the width of the literal string.

   If `splot` is being used to draw contours, the contour labels will
be listed in the key.  If the alignment of these labels is poor or a
different number of decimal places is desired, the label format can be
specified.  See *Note clabel:: for details.

   Examples:

   This places the key at the default location:
           set key default

   This disables the key:
           unset key

   This places a key at coordinates 2,3.5,2 in the default (first)
coordinate system:
           set key 2,3.5,2

   This places the key below the graph:
           set key below

   This places the key in the bottom left corner, left-justifies the
text, gives it a title, and draws a box around it in linetype 3:
           set key left bottom Left title 'Legend' box 3


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: label,  Next: lmargin,  Prev: key,  Up: set-show

2.19.29 label
-------------

Arbitrary labels can be placed on the plot using the *Note label::
command.

   Syntax:
           set label {<tag>}
                     { {"<label text>"{,<value>}} {, ...}} }
                     {at <position>}
                     {left | center | right}
                     {norotate | rotate {by <degrees>}}
                     {font "<name>{,<size>}"}
                     {front | back}
                     {textcolor <colorspec>}
                     {point <pointstyle> {offset x, y} | nopoint}
           unset label {<tag>}
           show label

   The <position> is specified by either x,y or x,y,z, and may be
preceded by `first`, `second`, `graph`, or `screen` to select the
coordinate system.  See `coordinates` for details.

   The tag is an integer that is used to identify the label. If no <tag>
is given, the lowest unused tag value is assigned automatically.  The
tag can be used to delete or modify a specific label.  To change any
attribute of an existing label, use the *Note label:: command with the
appropriate tag, and specify the parts of the label to be changed.

   The <label text> can optionally contain numbers, generated by
replacement of printf()-like format specifiers contained in <label
text>.  The number to be used is given by the <value> following the
text.  The same formatting capabilities as for tic labels are
available.  See the help on `format specifiers` for details. To display
more than one distinct <value> with a single label, several pairs of
<label text> and <value> may be given. Note that <value> is treated as
a constant expression, i.e. if it contains variables, the label text
will not change if the variable values are modified, later on.  The
*Note decimalsign:: option, if active, overrides the decimal separator
character of numbers entered into label texts.

   By default, the text is placed flush left against the point x,y,z.
To adjust the way the label is positioned with respect to the point
x,y,z, add the justification parameter, which may be `left`, `right` or
`center`, indicating that the point is to be at the left, right or
center of the text.  Labels outside the plotted boundaries are
permitted but may interfere with axis labels or other text.

   If `rotate` is given, the label is written vertically (if the
terminal can do so, of course).  If `rotate by <degrees>` is given,
conforming terminals will try to write the text at the specified angle;
non-conforming terminals will treat this as vertical text.

   Font and its size can be chosen explicitly by `font
"<name>{,<size>}"` if the terminal supports font settings.  Otherwise
the default font of the terminal will be used.

   If `front` is given, the label is written on top of the graphed
data. If `back` is given (the default), the label is written underneath
the graphed data.  Using `front` will prevent a label from being
obscured by dense data.

   `Textcolor <colorspec>` changes the color of the label text.
`<colorspec>` is either a linetype or a mapping onto the pm3d color
palette (available only in `splot`), see help for *Note palette::.
        `textcolor` may be abbreviated `tc`.
        `tc default` resets the text color to its default state.
        `tc lt <n>` sets the text color to that of line type <n>.
        `tc palette z` selects a palette color corresponding to the label z position.
        `tc palette cb <val>` selects a color corresponding to <val> on the colorbar.
        `tc palette fraction <val>`, with 0<=val<=1, selects a color corresponding to
            the mapping [0:1] to grays/colors of the *Note palette::.

   If a <pointstyle> is given, using keywords `lt`, `pt` and `ps`, see
*Note style::, a point with the given style and color of the given line
type is plotted at the label position and the text of the label is
displaced slightly.  The displacement defaults to 1, 1 in *Note
pointsize:: units and can be controlled by the optional `offset x, y`.
Example: `offset 2, -3` would displace the labels 2 * pointsize
horizontally and -3 * pointsize vertically from the actual coordinate
point as given by `position`.  The size of the point depends also on
the setting of *Note pointsize::.  This option is used by default for
placing labels in `mouse` enhanced terminals.  Use `nopoint` to turn
off the drawing of a point near the label (this is the default).

   If one (or more) axis is timeseries, the appropriate coordinate
should be given as a quoted time string according to the *Note
timefmt:: format string.  See *Note xdata:: and *Note timefmt::.

   The EEPIC, Imagen, LaTeX, and TPIC drivers allow \\ in a string to
specify a newline.

   Examples:

   To set a label at (1,2) to "y=x", use:
           set label "y=x" at 1,2

   To set a Sigma of size 24, from the Symbol font set, at the center of
the graph, use:
           set label "S" at graph 0.5,0.5 center font "Symbol,24"

   To set a label "y=x^2" with the right of the text at (2,3,4), and
tag the label as number 3, use:
           set label 3 "y=x^2" at 2,3,4 right

   To change the preceding label to center justification, use:
           set label 3 center

   To delete label number 2, use:
           unset label 2

   To delete all labels, use:
           unset label

   To show all labels (in tag order), use:
           show label

   To set a label on a graph with a timeseries on the x axis, use, for
example:
           set timefmt "%d/%m/%y,%H:%M"
           set label "Harvest" at "25/8/93",1

   To display a freshly fitted parameter on the plot with the data and
the fitted function, do this after the `fit`, but before the `plot`:
           set label 'a = %3.5g',par_a     at 30, 15
           set label 'b = %s*10^%S',par_b  at 30, 20

   To set a label displaced a little bit from a small point:
           set label 'origin' at 0,0 point lt 1 pt 2 ps 3 offset 1,-1

   To set a label whose color matches the z value (in this case 5.5) of
some point on a 3D splot colored using pm3d:
           set label 'text' at 0,0,5.5 tc palette z


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: lmargin,  Next: loadpath,  Prev: label,  Up: set-show

2.19.30 lmargin
---------------

The command *Note lmargin:: sets the size of the left margin.  Please
see *Note margin:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: loadpath,  Next: locale,  Prev: lmargin,  Up: set-show

2.19.31 loadpath
----------------

The *Note loadpath:: setting defines additional locations for data and
command files searched by the *Note call::, `load`, `plot` and `splot`
commands.  If a file cannot be found in the current directory, the
directories in *Note loadpath:: are tried.

   Syntax:
           set loadpath {"pathlist1" {"pathlist2"...}}
           show loadpath

   Path names may be entered as single directory names, or as a list of
path names separated by a platform-specific path separator, eg. colon
(':') on Unix, semicolon (';') on DOS/Windows/OS/2/Amiga platforms.
The *Note loadpath::, *Note save:: and `save set` commands replace the
platform-specific separator with a space character (' ') for maximum
portability.

   If the environment variable GNUPLOT_LIB is set, its contents are
appended to *Note loadpath::.  However, *Note loadpath:: prints the
contents of user defined loadpath and system loadpath separately.
Also, the *Note save:: and `save set` commands save only the user
specified parts of *Note loadpath::, for portability reasons.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: locale,  Next: logscale,  Prev: loadpath,  Up: set-show

2.19.32 locale
--------------

The *Note locale:: setting determines the language with which
`{x,y,z}{d,m}tics` will write the days and months.

   Syntax:
           set locale {"<locale>"}

   <locale> may be any language designation acceptable to your
installation.  See your system documentation for the available options.
The default value is determined from the LANG environment variable.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: logscale,  Next: mapping,  Prev: locale,  Up: set-show

2.19.33 logscale
----------------

Log scaling may be set on the x, y, z, x2 and/or y2 axes.

   Syntax:
           set logscale <axes> <base>
           unset logscale <axes>
           show logscale

   where <axes> may be any combinations of `x`, `y`, `z`, and `cb` in
any order, or `x2` or `y2` and where <base> is the base of the log
scaling.  If <base> is not given, then 10 is assumed.  If <axes> is not
given, then all axes are assumed.  *Note logscale:: turns off log
scaling for the specified axes.

   Examples:

   To enable log scaling in both x and z axes:
           set logscale xz

   To enable scaling log base 2 of the y axis:
           set logscale y 2

   To enable z and color log axes for a pm3d plot:
           set logscale zcb

   To disable z axis log scaling:
           unset logscale z


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mapping,  Next: margin,  Prev: logscale,  Up: set-show

2.19.34 mapping
---------------

If data are provided to `splot` in spherical or cylindrical coordinates,
the *Note mapping:: command should be used to instruct `gnuplot` how to
interpret them.

   Syntax:
           set mapping {cartesian | spherical | cylindrical}

   A cartesian coordinate system is used by default.

   For a spherical coordinate system, the data occupy two or three
columns (or *Note using:: entries).  The first two are interpreted as
the azimuthal and polar angles theta and phi (or "longitude" and
"latitude"), in the units specified by *Note angles::.  The radius r is
taken from the third column if there is one, or is set to unity if
there is no third column.  The mapping is:

           x = r * cos(theta) * cos(phi)
           y = r * sin(theta) * cos(phi)
           z = r * sin(phi)

   Note that this is a "geographic" spherical system, rather than a
"polar" one (that is, phi is measured from the equator, rather than the
pole).

   For a cylindrical coordinate system, the data again occupy two or
three columns.  The first two are interpreted as theta (in the units
specified by *Note angles::) and z.  The radius is either taken from
the third column or set to unity, as in the spherical case.  The
mapping is:

           x = r * cos(theta)
           y = r * sin(theta)
           z = z

   The effects of *Note mapping:: can be duplicated with the *Note
using:: filter on the `splot` command, but *Note mapping:: may be more
convenient if many data files are to be processed.  However even if
*Note mapping:: is used, *Note using:: may still be necessary if the
data in the file are not in the required order.

   *Note mapping:: has no effect on `plot`.  world.dem: mapping demos.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/world.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: margin,  Next: mouse,  Prev: mapping,  Up: set-show

2.19.35 margin
--------------

The computed margins can be overridden by the *Note margin:: commands.
*Note margin:: shows the current settings.

   Syntax:
           set bmargin {<margin>}
           set lmargin {<margin>}
           set rmargin {<margin>}
           set tmargin {<margin>}
           show margin

   The units of <margin> are character heights or widths, as
appropriate.  A positive value defines the absolute size of the margin.
A negative value (or none) causes `gnuplot` to revert to the computed
value.  For 3D plots, only the left margin setting has any effect so
far.

   Normally the margins of a plot are automatically calculated based on
tics, tic labels, axis labels, the plot title, the timestamp and the
size of the key if it is outside the borders.  If, however, tics are
attached to the axes (`set xtics axis`, for example), neither the tics
themselves nor their labels will be included in either the margin
calculation or the calculation of the positions of other text to be
written in the margin.  This can lead to tic labels overwriting other
text if the axis is very close to the border.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mouse,  Next: multiplot,  Prev: margin,  Up: set-show

2.19.36 mouse
-------------

The command `set mouse` enables mouse actions. Currently the pm, x11,
ggi and windows terminals are mouse enhanced. There are two mouse
modes. The 2d-graph mode works for 2d graphs and for maps (i.e. splots
with *Note view:: having z-rotation 0, 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees) and
it allows tracing the position over graph, zooming, annotating graph
etc. For 3d graphs `splot`, the view and scaling of the graph can be
changed with mouse buttons 1 and 2. If additionally to these buttons
the modifier <ctrl> is hold down, the coordinate system only is rotated
which is useful for large data sets. A vertical motion of Button 2 with
the shift key hold down changes the ticslevel.

   Mousing is not available in multiplot mode. If multiplot is disabled
using *Note multiplot:: though,  the mouse will be turned on again and
acts on the last plot (like replot does).

   Syntax:
           set mouse [doubleclick <ms>] [nodoubleclick] \
                     [[no]zoomcoordinates] \
                     [[no]polardistance] \
                     [format <string>] \
                     [clipboardformat <int>/<string>] \
                     [mouseformat <int>/<string>] \
                     [[no]labels] [labeloptions <string>] \
                     [[no]zoomjump] [[no]verbose]
           unset mouse

   The doubleclick resolution is given in milliseconds and used for
Button 1 which copies the current mouse position to the `clipboard`. If
you want that to be done by single clicking a value of 0 ms can be
used. The default value is 300 ms.

   The option `zoomcoordinates` determines if the coordinates of the
zoom box are drawn at the edges while zooming. This is on by default.

   The option `polardistance` determines if the distance to the ruler
is also shown in polar coordinates. This corresponds to the default key
binding '5'.

   The `format` option takes a fprintf like format string which
determines how floating point numbers are printed to the drivers window
and the clipboard.  The default is "% #g".

   `clipboardformat` and `mouseformat` are used for formatting the text
on Button1 and Button2 actions - copying the coordinates to the
clipboard and temporarily annotating the mouse position. This
corresponds to the key bindings '1', '2', '3', '4' (see the drivers's
help window). If the argument is a string this string is used as c
format specifier and should contain two float specifiers, e.g. `set
mouse mouseformat "mouse = %5.2g, %10.2f"`. Use `set mouse mouseformat
""` to turn this string off again.

   The following formats are available (format 6 may only be selected
if the format string was specified already):

      0   real coordinates in  brackets e.g. [1.23, 2.45]
      1   real coordinates w/o brackets e.g.  1.23, 2.45
      2   x == timefmt                       [(as set by *Note timefmt::), 2.45]
      3   x == date                          [31. 12. 1999, 2.45]
      4   x == time                          [23:59, 2.45]
      5   x == date / time                   [31. 12. 1999 23:59, 2.45]
      6   alt. format, specified as string   ""

   Choose the option `labels` to get real gnuplot labels on Button 2.
(The default is `nolabels` which makes Button 2 drawing only temporary
annotations at the mouse positions). The labels are drawn with the
current setting of `mouseformat`. `labeloptions` controls which options
are passed to the *Note label:: command. The default is "pointstyle 1"
which will plot a small plus at the label position.  Note that the
pointsize is taken from the *Note pointsize:: command.  Labels can be
removed by holding the Ctrl-Key down while clicking with Button 2 on
the label's point. The threshold for how close you must be to the label
is also determined by the *Note pointsize::.

   If the option `zoomjump` is on, the mouse pointer will be
automatically offset a small distance after starting a zoom region with
button 3. This can be useful to avoid a tiny (or even empty) zoom
region. `zoomjump` is off by default.

   If the option `verbose` is turned on the communication commands are
shown during execution. This option can also be toggled by hitting `6`
in the driver's window. `verbose` is off by default.

   Press 'h' in the driver's window for a short summary of the mouse
and key bindings.  This will also display user defined bindings or
`hotkeys` which can be defined using the *Note bind:: command, see help
for *Note bind::.  Note, that user defined `hotkeys` may override the
default bindings.

   Press 'q' in the driver's window to close the window. This key
cannot be overridden with the *Note bind:: command.

   See also help for *Note bind:: and *Note label::.

* Menu:

* x11_mouse::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x11_mouse,  Prev: mouse,  Up: mouse

2.19.36.1 x11_mouse
...................

X11 mouse support is turned on by default if standard input comes from a
terminal (tty). Mouse support is turned off if standard input does not
come from a tty, e.g. a pipe. If you want to use mouse support while
writing to gnuplot from a pipe, the mouse must be turned on *before*
starting the x11 driver, e.g. immediately after startup with the
explicit command `set mouse`.  Beware: on some UNIX flavours, special
input devices as /dev/null might not be `select-able`; turning on the
mouse when using such devices will hang gnuplot.

   If multiple X11 plot windows have been opened using the `set term
x11 <n>` terminal option, then only the current plot window supports
the entire range of mouse commands and hotkeys.  The other windows
will, however, continue to display mouse coordinates at the lower left.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: multiplot,  Next: mx2tics,  Prev: mouse,  Up: set-show

2.19.37 multiplot
-----------------

The command *Note multiplot:: places `gnuplot` in the multiplot mode,
in which several plots are placed on the same page, window, or screen.

   Syntax:
           set multiplot
           unset multiplot

   For some terminals, no plot is displayed until the command *Note
multiplot:: is given, which causes the entire page to be drawn and then
returns `gnuplot` to its normal single-plot mode.  For other terminals,
each separate `plot` command produces a plot, but the screen may not be
cleared between plots.

   Any labels or arrows that have been defined will be drawn for each
plot according to the current size and origin (unless their coordinates
are defined in the `screen` system).  Just about everything else that
can be `set` is applied to each plot, too.  If you want something to
appear only once on the page, for instance a single time stamp, you'll
need to put a `set time`/`unset time` pair around one of the `plot`,
`splot` or *Note replot:: commands within the *Note multiplot::/*Note
multiplot:: block.

   The commands *Note origin:: and *Note size:: must be used to
correctly position each plot; see *Note origin:: and *Note size:: for
details of their usage.

   Example:
           set size 0.7,0.7
           set origin 0.1,0.1
           set multiplot
           set size 0.4,0.4
           set origin 0.1,0.1
           plot sin(x)
           set size 0.2,0.2
           set origin 0.5,0.5
           plot cos(x)
           unset multiplot

   displays a plot of cos(x) stacked above a plot of sin(x).  Note the
initial *Note size:: and *Note origin::.  While these are not always
required, their inclusion is recommended.  Some terminal drivers
require that bounding box information be available before any plots can
be made, and the form given above guarantees that the bounding box will
include the entire plot array rather than just the bounding box of the
first plot.

   *Note size:: and *Note origin:: refer to the entire plotting area
used for each plot.  If you want to have the axes themselves line up,
you can guarantee that the margins are the same size with the *Note
margin:: commands.  See *Note margin:: for their use.  Note that the
margin settings are absolute, in character units, so the appearance of
the graph in the remaining space will depend on the screen size of the
display device, e.g., perhaps quite different on a video display and a
printer.  See also multiplot demo (multiplt.dem).
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/multiplot.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mx2tics,  Next: mxtics,  Prev: multiplot,  Up: set-show

2.19.38 mx2tics
---------------

Minor tic marks along the x2 (top) axis are controlled by *Note
mx2tics::.  Please see *Note mxtics::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mxtics,  Next: my2tics,  Prev: mx2tics,  Up: set-show

2.19.39 mxtics
--------------

Minor tic marks along the x axis are controlled by *Note mxtics::.
They can be turned off with *Note mxtics::.  Similar commands control
minor tics along the other axes.

   Syntax:
           set mxtics {<freq> | default}
           unset mxtics
           show mxtics

   The same syntax applies to *Note mytics::, *Note mztics::, *Note
mx2tics::, *Note my2tics:: and `mcbtics`.

   <freq> is the number of sub-intervals (NOT the number of minor tics)
between major tics (the default for a linear axis is either two or five
depending on the major tics, so there are one or four minor tics
between major tics). Selecting `default` will return the number of minor
ticks to its default value.

   If the axis is logarithmic, the number of sub-intervals will be set
to a reasonable number by default (based upon the length of a decade).
This will be overridden if <freq> is given.  However the usual minor
tics (2, 3, ..., 8, 9 between 1 and 10, for example) are obtained by
setting <freq> to 10, even though there are but nine sub-intervals.

   Minor tics can be used only with uniformly spaced major tics.  Since
major tics can be placed arbitrarily by `set {x|x2|y|y2|z}tics`, minor
tics cannot be used if major tics are explicitly `set`.

   By default, minor tics are off for linear axes and on for
logarithmic axes.  They inherit the settings for `axis|border` and
`{no}mirror` specified for the major tics.  Please see *Note xtics::
for information about these.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: my2tics,  Next: mytics,  Prev: mxtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.40 my2tics
---------------

Minor tic marks along the y2 (right-hand) axis are controlled by *Note
my2tics::.  Please see *Note mxtics::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mytics,  Next: mztics,  Prev: my2tics,  Up: set-show

2.19.41 mytics
--------------

Minor tic marks along the y axis are controlled by *Note mytics::.
Please see *Note mxtics::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mztics,  Next: offsets,  Prev: mytics,  Up: set-show

2.19.42 mztics
--------------

Minor tic marks along the z axis are controlled by *Note mztics::.
Please see *Note mxtics::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: offsets,  Next: origin,  Prev: mztics,  Up: set-show

2.19.43 offsets
---------------

Offsets provide a mechanism to put a boundary around the data inside of
an autoscaled graph.

   Syntax:
           set offsets <left>, <right>, <top>, <bottom>
           unset offsets
           show offsets

   Each offset may be a constant or an expression.  Each defaults to 0.
Left and right offsets are given in units of the x axis, top and
bottom offsets in units of the y axis.  A positive offset expands the
graph in the specified direction, e.g., a positive bottom offset makes
ymin more negative.  Negative offsets, while permitted, can have
unexpected interactions with autoscaling and clipping.

   Offsets are ignored in `splot`s.

   Example:
           set offsets 0, 0, 2, 2
           plot sin(x)

   This graph of sin(x) will have a y range [-3:3] because the function
will be autoscaled to [-1:1] and the vertical offsets are each two.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: origin,  Next: output,  Prev: offsets,  Up: set-show

2.19.44 origin
--------------

The *Note origin:: command is used to specify the origin of a plotting
surface (i.e., the graph and its margins) on the screen.  The
coordinates are given in the `screen` coordinate system (see
`coordinates` for information about this system).

   Syntax:
           set origin <x-origin>,<y-origin>


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: output,  Next: parametric_,  Prev: origin,  Up: set-show

2.19.45 output
--------------

By default, screens are displayed to the standard output. The *Note
output:: command redirects the display to the specified file or device.

   Syntax:
           set output {"<filename>"}
           show output

   The filename must be enclosed in quotes.  If the filename is
omitted, any output file opened by a previous invocation of *Note
output:: will be closed and new output will be sent to STDOUT.  (If you
give the command `set output "STDOUT"`, your output may be sent to a
file named "STDOUT"!  ["May be", not "will be", because some terminals,
like `x11`, ignore *Note output::.])

   MSDOS users should note that the \ character has special
significance in double-quoted strings, so single-quotes should be used
for filenames in different directories.

   When both *Note terminal:: and *Note output:: are used together, it
is safest to give *Note terminal:: first, because some terminals set a
flag which is needed in some operating systems.  This would be the
case, for example, if the operating system needs to know whether or not
a file is to be formatted in order to open it properly.

   On machines with popen functions (Unix), output can be piped through
a shell command if the first non-whitespace character of the filename
is '|'.  For instance,

           set output "|lpr -Plaser filename"
           set output "|lp -dlaser filename"

   On MSDOS machines, `set output "PRN"` will direct the output to the
default printer.  On VMS, output can be sent directly to any spooled
device.  It is also possible to send the output to DECnet transparent
tasks, which allows some flexibility.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: parametric_,  Next: plot_,  Prev: output,  Up: set-show

2.19.46 parametric
------------------

The `set parametric` command changes the meaning of `plot` (`splot`)
from normal functions to parametric functions.  The command `unset
parametric` restores the plotting style to normal, single-valued
expression plotting.

   Syntax:
           set parametric
           unset parametric
           show parametric

   For 2-d plotting, a parametric function is determined by a pair of
parametric functions operating on a parameter.  An example of a 2-d
parametric function would be `plot sin(t),cos(t)`, which draws a circle
(if the aspect ratio is set correctly--see *Note size::).  `gnuplot`
will display an error message if both functions are not provided for a
parametric `plot`.

   For 3-d plotting, the surface is described as x=f(u,v), y=g(u,v),
z=h(u,v).  Therefore a triplet of functions is required.  An example of
a 3-d parametric function would be
`cos(u)*cos(v),cos(u)*sin(v),sin(u)`, which draws a sphere.  `gnuplot`
will display an error message if all three functions are not provided
for a parametric `splot`.

   The total set of possible plots is a superset of the simple f(x)
style plots, since the two functions can describe the x and y values to
be computed separately.  In fact, plots of the type t,f(t) are
equivalent to those produced with f(x) because the x values are
computed using the identity function.  Similarly, 3-d plots of the type
u,v,f(u,v) are equivalent to f(x,y).

   Note that the order the parametric functions are specified is
xfunction, yfunction (and zfunction) and that each operates over the
common parametric domain.

   Also, the `set parametric` function implies a new range of values.
Whereas the normal f(x) and f(x,y) style plotting assume an xrange and
yrange (and zrange), the parametric mode additionally specifies a
trange, urange, and vrange.  These ranges may be set directly with
*Note trange::, *Note urange::, and *Note vrange::, or by specifying
the range on the `plot` or `splot` commands.  Currently the default
range for these parametric variables is [-5:5].  Setting the ranges to
something more meaningful is expected.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: plot_,  Next: pm3d,  Prev: parametric_,  Up: set-show

2.19.47 plot
------------

The `show plot` command shows the current plotting command as it results
from the last `plot` and/or `splot` and possible subsequent *Note
replot:: commands.

   In addition, the `show plot add2history` command adds this current
plot command into the `history`. It is useful if you have used *Note
replot:: to add more curves to the current plot and you want to edit
the whole command now.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: pm3d,  Next: palette,  Prev: plot_,  Up: set-show

2.19.48 pm3d
------------

pm3d is an `splot` style for drawing palette-mapped 3d and 4d data as
color/gray maps and surfaces.  It uses a pm3d algorithm which allows
plotting gridded as well as non-gridded data without preprocessing,
even when the data scans do not have the same number of points.

   Drawing of color surfaces is available on terminals supporting
filled colored polygons with color mapping specified by *Note
palette::. Currently supported terminals include

       Screen terminals:
         OS/2 Presentation Manager
         X11
         Linux VGA (vgagl)
         GGI
         Windows
         AquaTerm (Mac OS X)
       Files:
         PostScript
         pslatex, pstex, epslatex
         gif, png, jpeg
         (x)fig
         tgif
         cgm
         pdf
         svg

   Let us first describe how a map/surface is drawn.  The input data
come from an evaluated function or from an *Note file::.  Each surface
consists of a sequence of separate scans (isolines).  The pm3d
algorithm fills the region between two neighbouring points in one scan
with another two points in the next scan by a gray (or color) according
to z-values (or according to an additional 'color' column, see help for
*Note using::) of these 4 corners; by default the 4 corner values are
averaged, but this can be changed by the option `corners2color`.  In
order to get a reasonable surface, the neighbouring scans should not
cross and the number of points in the neighbouring scans should not
differ too much; of course, the best plot is with scans having same
number of points.  There are no other requirements (e.g. the data need
not be gridded).  Another advantage is that the pm3d algorithm does not
draw anything outside of the input (measured or calculated) region.

   Surface coloring works with the following input data:

   1. splot of function or of data file with one or three data columns:
The gray/color scale is obtained by mapping the averaged (or
`corners2color`) z-coordinate of the four corners of the
above-specified quadrangle into the range [min_color_z,max_color_z] of
*Note zrange:: or *Note cbrange:: providing a gray value in the range
[0:1].  This value can be used directly as the gray for gray maps.  The
normalized gray value can be further mapped into a color--see *Note
palette:: for the complete description.

   2. splot of data file with two or four data columns: The gray/color
value is obtained by using the last-column coordinate instead of the
z-value, thus allowing the color and the z-coordinate be mutually
independent.  This can be used for 4d data drawing.

   Other notes:

   1. The term 'scan' referenced above is used more among physicists
than the term 'iso_curve' referenced in gnuplot documentation and
sources.  You measure maps recorded one scan after another scan, that's
why.

   2. The 'gray' or 'color' scale is a linear mapping of a continuous
variable onto a smoothly varying palette of colors. The mapping is
shown in a rectangle next to the main plot. This documentation refers
to this as a "colorbox", and refers to the indexing variable as lying
on the colorbox axis.  See `set colorbox`, *Note cbrange::.

   3. To use pm3d coloring to generate a two-dimensional plot rather
than a 3D surface, use `set view map` or `set pm3d map`.

   Syntax:
           set pm3d
           set pm3d {
                      { at <bst combination> }
                      { scansautomatic | scansforward | scansbackward }
                      { flush { begin | center | end } }
                      { ftriangles | noftriangles }
                      { clip1in | clip4in }
                      { corners2color { mean|geomean|median|c1|c2|c3|c4 } }
                      { hidden3d <linestyle> | nohidden3d }
                      { implicit | explicit }
                      { map }
                    }
           show pm3d
           unset pm3d

   Setting *Note pm3d:: (i.e. without options) sets up the default
values.  Otherwise, the options can be given in any order.

   Color surface can be drawn at the base or top (then it is a
gray/color planar map) or at z-coordinates of surface points
(gray/color surface).  This is defined by the `at` option with a string
of up to 6 combinations of `b`, `t` and `s`. For instance, `at b` plots
at bottom only, `at st` plots firstly surface and then top map, while
`at bstbst` will never by seriously used.

   Colored quadrangles are plotted one after another.  When plotting
surfaces (`at s`), the later quadrangles overlap (overdraw) the
previous ones.  (Gnuplot is not virtual reality tool to calculate
intersections of filled polygon meshes.)  You may try to switch between
`scansforward` and `scansbackward` to force the first scan of the data
to be plotted first or last.  The default is `scansautomatic` where
gnuplot makes a guess about scans order.

   If two subsequent scans do not have same number of points, then it
has to be decided whether to start taking points for quadrangles from
the beginning of both scans (`flush begin`), from their ends (`flush
end`) or to center them (`flush center`).  Note, that `flush
(center|end)` are incompatible with `scansautomatic`: if you specify
`flush center` or `flush end` and `scansautomatic` is set, it is
silently switched to `scansforward`.

   If two subsequent scans do not have the same number of points, the
option `ftriangles` specifies whether color triangles are drawn at the
scan tail(s) where there are not enough points in either of the scan.
This can be used to draw a smooth map boundary.

   Clipping with respect to x, y coordinates of quadrangles can be done
in two ways.  `clip1in`: all 4 points of each quadrangle must be
defined and at least 1 point of the quadrangle must lie in the x and y
ranges.  `clip4in`: all 4 points of each quadrangle must lie in the x
and y ranges.

   There is a single gray/color value associated to each drawn pm3d
quadrangle (no smooth color change among vertices).  The value is
calculated from z-coordinates from the surrounding corners according to
`corners2color <option>`.  The options 'mean' (default), 'geomean' and
'median' produce various kinds of surface color smoothing.  This may
not be desired for pixel images or for maps with sharp and intense
peaks, in which case the options 'c1', 'c2', 'c3' or 'c4' can be used
instead to assign the quadrangle color based on the z-coordinate of
only one corner.  Some experimentation may be needed to determine which
corner corresponds to 'c1', as the orientation depends on the drawing
direction.  Because the pm3d algorithm does not extend the colored
surface outside the range of the input data points, the 'c<j>' coloring
options will result in pixels along two edges of the grid not
contributing to the color of any quadrangle.  For example, applying the
pm3d algorithm to the 4x4 grid of data points in script `demo/pm3d.dem`
(please have a look) produces only (4-1)x(4-1)=9 colored rectangles.

   Another drawing algorithm, which would draw quadrangles around a
given node by taking corners from averaged (x,y)-coordinates of its
surrounding 4 nodes while using node's color, could be implemented in
the future.

   Notice that ranges of z-values and color-values for surfaces are
adjustable independently by *Note zrange::, *Note cbrange::, as well as
`set log` for z or cb.  Maps can be adjusted by the cb-axis only; see
also `set view map` and `set colorbox`.

   The option *Note hidden3d:: takes as the argument a linestyle which
must be created by `set style line ...`. (The style need not to be
present when setting pm3d, but it must be present when plotting).  If
set, lines are drawn using the specified line style, taking into
account hidden line removal.  This is by far more efficient than using
the command *Note hidden3d:: as it doesn't really calculate hidden line
removal, but just draws the filled polygons in the correct order. So
the recommended choice when using pm3d is
           set pm3d at s hidden3d 100
           set style line 100 lt 5 lw 0.5
           unset hidden3d
           unset surf
           splot x*x+y*y

   There used to be an option {transparent|solid} to this command.  Now
you get the same effect from `set grid {front|layerdefault}`,
respectively.

   The `set pm3d map` is an abbreviation for `set pm3d at b`; `set view
map`; *Note pm3d::; *Note pm3d::;.  It is used for backwards
compatibility, when `set view map` was not available.  Take care that
you properly use *Note zrange:: and *Note cbrange:: for input data point
filtering and color range scaling, respectively; and also `set
(no)surface` seems to have a (side?) effect.

   The coloring setup as well as the color box drawing are determined by
*Note palette::.  There can be only one palette for the current plot.
Drawing of several surfaces with different palettes can be achieved by
*Note multiplot:: with fixed *Note origin:: and *Note size::; don't
forget to use `set palette maxcolors` when your terminal is running out
of available colors.

   If the option `implicit` is on (which is the default), all surface
plots will be plotted additionally to the default type, e.g.
           splot 'fred.dat' with lines, 'lola.dat' with lines

   would give both plots additionally to a pm3d surface.  If the option
`implicit` is off (or `explicit` is on) only plots specified by the
*Note pm3d:: attribute are plotted with a pm3d surface, e.g.:
           splot 'fred.dat' with lines, 'lola.dat' with pm3d

   would plot 'fred.dat' with lines (and only lines) and 'lola.dat' with
a pm3d surface.  If `explicit` is on, you can also switch to the
default style *Note pm3d::, e.g.:
           set style data pm3d

   Note that when plotting several plots, they are plotted in the order
given on the command line. This can be of interest especially for
filled surfaces which can overwrite and therefore hide part of earlier
plots.

   If *Note pm3d:: is specified in the `splot` command line, then it
accepts the 'at' option.  The following plots draw three color surfaces
at different altitudes:
           set border 4095
           set pm3d at s
           splot 10*x with pm3d at b, x*x-y*y, x*x+y*y with pm3d at t

   See also help for *Note palette::, *Note cbrange::, `set colorbox`,
*Note pm3d:: and definitely the demo file `demo/pm3d.dem`.


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2.19.49 palette
---------------

Palette is a color storage for use by *Note pm3d::, filled color
contours or polygons, color histograms, color gradient background, and
whatever it is or it will be implemented...  Here it stands for a
palette of smooth "continuous" colors or grays, but let's call it just
a palette.

   Color palettes require terminal entries for filled color polygons and
palettes of smooth colors, are currently available for terminals listed
in help for *Note pm3d::. The range of color values are adjustable
independently by *Note cbrange:: and `set log cb`. The whole color
palette is visualized in the `colorbox`.

   Syntax:
           set palette
           set palette {
                      { gray | color }
                      { gamma <gamma> }
                      {   rgbformulae <r>,<g>,<b>
                        | defined { ( <gray1> <color1> {, <grayN> <colorN>}... ) }
                        | file '<filename>' {datafile-modifiers}
                        | functions <R>,<G>,<B>
                      }
                      { model { RGB | HSV | CMY | YIQ | XYZ } }
                      { positive | negative }
                      { nops_allcF | ps_allcF }
                      { maxcolors <maxcolors> }
                    }
           show palette
           show palette palette <n> {{float | int}}
           show palette gradient
           show palette fit2rgbformulae
           show palette rgbformulae
           show palette colornames

   *Note palette:: (i.e. without options) sets up the default values.
Otherwise, the options can be given in any order.  *Note palette::
shows the current palette properties.

   `show palette gradient` displays the gradient defining the palette
(if appropriate).  *Note rgbformulae:: prints the available fixed gray
-> color transformation formulae.  `show palette colornames` prints the
implemented color names.

   `show palette palette <n>` prints to screen or to the file given by
*Note output:: table of RGB triplets calculated for the current palette
settings and a palette having <n> discrete colors.  The default wide
table can be limited to 3 columns of r,g,b float values [0..1] or
integer values [0..255] by options float or int, respectively.  This
way, the current gnuplot color palette can be loaded into other imaging
applications, for example Octave.  Additionally to this textual list of
RGB table, you can enjoy command *Note palette:: to draw graphically
the R,G,B profiles for the current palette.

   The following options determine the coloring properties.

   Figure using this palette can be `gray` or `color`.  For instance,
in *Note pm3d:: color surfaces the gray of each small spot is obtained
by mapping the averaged z-coordinate of the 4 corners of surface
quadrangles into the range [min_z,max_z] providing range of grays
[0:1]. This value can be used directly as the gray for gray maps. The
color map requires a transformation gray -> (R,G,B), i.e. a mapping
[0:1] -> ([0:1],[0:1],[0:1]).

   Basically two different types of mappings can be used:  Analytic
formulae to convert gray to color, or discrete mapping tables which are
interpolated.  *Note rgbformulae:: and `functions` use analytic
formulae whereas `defined` and *Note file:: use interpolated tables.
*Note rgbformulae:: reduces the size of postscript output to a minimum.

   The command `show palette fit2rgbformulae` finds the best matching
*Note rgbformulae:: for the current *Note palette::. Naturally, it
makes sense to use it for non-rgbformulae palettes. This command can be
found useful mainly for external programs using the same rgbformulae
definition of palettes as gnuplot, like zimg.

   `set palette gray` switches to a gray only palette.  *Note
rgbformulae::, `defined`, *Note file:: and `functions` switch to a
color mapping.  `set palette color` is an easy way to switch back from
the gray palette to the last color mapping.

   Automatic gamma correction via `set palette gamma <gamma>` can be
done for gray maps only (`set palette gray`).  Linear mapping to gray
is for gamma equals 1, see *Note palette::.  Gamma is ignored for color
mappings.

   Most terminals support only discrete number of colors (e.g. 256
colors in gif).  All entries of the palette remaining after the default
gnuplot linetype colors declaration are allocated for pm3d by default.
Then *Note multiplot:: could fail if there are no more color positions
in the terminal available.  Then you should use `set palette maxcolors
<maxcolors>` with a reasonably small value.  This option can also be
used to separate levels of z=constant in discrete steps, thus to
emulate filled contours. Default value of 0 stays for allocating all
remaining entries in the terminal palette or for to use exact mapping
to RGB.

   RGB color space might not be the most useful color space to work in.
For that reason you may change the color space with `model` to one of
`RGB`, `HSV`, `CMY`, `YIQ` and `XYZ`.  Using color names for `defined`
tables and a color space other than RGB will result in funny colors.
All explanation have been written for RGB color space, so please note,
that `R` can be `H`, `C`, `Y`, or `X`, depending on the actual color
space (`G` and `B` accordingly).

   All values for all color spaces are limited to [0,1].

   RGB stands for Red, Green and Blue;  CMY stands for Cyan, Magenta
and Yellow; HSV stands for Hue, Saturation, and Value;  YIQ is the
color model used by the U.S. Commercial Color Television Broadcasting,
it is basically an RGB recoding with downward compatibility for black
and white television; XYZ are the three primary colors of the color
model defined by the 'Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage' (CIE).
For more information on color models see:
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ncs/color/glossary.htm
(http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ncs/color/glossary.htm) and
http://cs.fit.edu/wds/classes/cse5255/cse5255/davis/index.html
(http://cs.fit.edu/wds/classes/cse5255/cse5255/davis/index.html)

* Menu:

* rgbformulae::
* defined_::
* functions_::
* file::
* gamma-correction::
* postscript::


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2.19.49.1 rgbformulae
.....................

For *Note rgbformulae:: three suitable mapping functions have to be
chosen.  This is done via `rgbformulae <r>,<g>,<b>`.  The available
mapping functions are listed by *Note rgbformulae::.  Default is
`7,5,15`, some other examples are `3,11,6`, `21,23,3` or `3,23,21`.
Negative numbers, like `3,-11,-6`, mean inverted color (i.e.  1-gray
passed into the formula, see also `positive` and `negative` options
below).

   Some nice schemes in RGB color space
        7,5,15   ... traditional pm3d (black-blue-red-yellow)
        3,11,6   ... green-red-violet
        23,28,3  ... ocean (green-blue-white); try also all other permutations
        21,22,23 ... hot (black-red-yellow-white)
        30,31,32 ... color printable on gray (black-blue-violet-yellow-white)
        33,13,10 ... rainbow (blue-green-yellow-red)
        34,35,36 ... AFM hot (black-red-yellow-white)

   A full color palette in HSV color space
        3,2,2    ... red-yellow-green-cyan-blue-magenta-red

   Please note that even if called *Note rgbformulae:: the formulas
might actually determine the <H>,<S>,<V> or <X>,<Y>,<Z> or ... color
components as usual.

   Use `positive` and `negative` to invert the figure colors.  ^ <a
name="positive"></a> ^ <a name="negative"></a>

   Note that it is possible to find a set of the best matching
rgbformulae for any other color scheme by the command
        show palette fit2rgbformulae


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2.19.49.2 defined
.................

Gray-to-rgb mapping can be manually set by use of `defined`:  A color
gradient is defined and used to give the rgb values.  Such a  gradient
is a piecewise linear mapping from gray values in [0,1] to the RGB
space [0,1]x[0,1]x[0,1].  You have to specify the gray values and the
corresponding RGB values in between a linear interpolation shall take
place:

   Syntax:
           set palette  defined { ( <gray1> <color1> {, <grayN> <colorN>}... ) }

   <grayX> are gray values which are mapped to [0,1] and <colorX> are
the corresponding rgb colors.  The color can be specified in three
different ways:

          <color> :=  { <r> <g> <b> | '<color-name>' | '#rrggbb' }

   Either by three numbers (each in [0,1]) for red, green and blue,
separated by whitespace, or the name of the color in quotes or X style
color specifiers also in quotes.  You may freely mix the three types in
a gradient definition, but the named color "red" will be something
strange if RGB is not selected as color space.  Use `show palette
colornames` for a list of known color names.

   Please note, that even if written as <r>, this might actually be the
<H> component in HSV color space or <X> in CIE-XYZ space, or ...
depending on the selected color model.

   The <gray> values have to form an ascending sequence of real
numbers; the sequence will be automatically rescaled to [0,1].

   `set palette defined` (without a gradient definition in braces)
switches to RGB color space and uses a preset full-spectrum color
gradient.  Use `show palette gradient` to display the gradient.

   Examples:

   To produce a gray palette (useless but instructive) use:
          set palette model RGB
          set palette defined ( 0 "black", 1 "white" )

   To produce a blue yellow red palette use (all equivalent):
           set palette defined ( 0 "blue", 1 "yellow", 2 "red" )
           set palette defined ( 0 0 0 1, 1 1 1 0, 2 1 0 0 )
           set palette defined ( 0 "#0000ff", 1 "#ffff00", 2 "ff0000" )

   To produce some rainbow-like palette use:
           set palette defined ( 0 "blue", 3 "green", 6 "yellow", 10 "red" )

   Full color spectrum within HSV color space:
           set palette model HSV
           set palette defined ( 0 0 1 1, 1 1 1 1 )
           set palette defined ( 0 0 1 0, 1 0 1 1, 6 0.8333 1 1, 7 0.8333 0 1)

   To produce a palette with few colors only use:
           set palette model RGB maxcolors 4
           set palette defined ( 0 "blue", 1 "green", 2 "yellow", 3 "red" )

   'Traffic light' palette (non-smooth color jumps at gray = 1/3 and
2/3).
           set palette model RGB
           set palette defined (0 "dark-green", 1 "green", 1 "yellow", \
                                2 "dark-yellow", 2 "red", 3 "dark-red" )


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2.19.49.3 functions
...................

Use `set palette functions <Rexpr>, <Gexpr>, <Bexpr>` to define three
formulae for the R(gray), G(gray) and B(gray) mapping.  The three
formulae may depend on the variable `gray` which will take values in
[0,1] and should also produce values in [0,1].  Please note that
<Rexpr> might be a formula for the H-value if HSV color space has been
chosen (same for all other formulae and color spaces).

   Examples:

   To produce a full color palette use:
           set palette model HSV functions gray, 1, 1

   A nice black to gold palette:
           set palette model XYZ functions gray**0.35, gray**0.5, gray**0.8

   A gamma-corrected black and white palette
           gamma = 2.2
           color(gray) = gray**(1./gamma)
           set palette model RGB functions color(gray), color(gray), color(gray)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: file,  Next: gamma-correction,  Prev: functions_,  Up: palette

2.19.49.4 file
..............

*Note file:: is basically a `set palette defined (<gradient>)` where
<gradient> is read from a datafile.  Either 4 columns (gray,R,G,B) or
just three columns (R,G,B) have to be selected via the *Note using::
data file modifier.  In the three column case, the line number will be
used as gray.  The gray range is automatically rescaled to [0,1].  The
file is read as a normal data file, so all datafile modifiers can be
used.  Please note, that `R` might actually be e.g. `H` if HSV color
space is selected.

   As usual <filename> may be `'-'` which means that the data follow
the command inline and are terminated by a single `e` on a line of its
own.

   Use `show palette gradient` to display the gradient.

   Examples:

   Read in a palette of RGB triples each in range [0,255]:
           set palette file 'some-palette' using ($1/255):($2/255):($3/255)

   Equidistant rainbow (blue-green-yellow-red) palette:
           set palette model RGB file "-"
           0 0 1
           0 1 0
           1 1 0
           1 0 0
           e


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2.19.49.5 gamma-correction
..........................

For gray mappings gamma correction can be turned on by `set palette
gamma <gamma>`.  <gamma> defaults to 1.5 which is quite suitable for
most terminals.

   For color mappings no automatic gamma correction is done by gnuplot.
But you may easily implement gamma correction, here an example for a
gray scale image by use of explicit functions for the red, green and
blue component with slightly different values of gamma

   Example:
           set palette model RGB
           set palette functions gray**0.64, gray**0.67, gray**0.70

   To use gamma correction with interpolated gradients specify
intermediate gray values with appropriate colors.  Instead of

           set palette defined ( 0 0 0 0, 1 1 1 1 )

   use e.g.

          set palette defined ( 0 0 0 0, 0.5 .73 .73 .73, 1 1 1 1 )

   or even more intermediate points until the linear interpolation fits
the "gamma corrected" interpolation well enough.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: postscript,  Prev: gamma-correction,  Up: palette

2.19.49.6 postscript
....................

In order to reduce the size of postscript files, the gray value and not
all three calculated r,g,b values are written to the file.  Therefore
the analytical formulae are coded directly in the postscript language
as a header just before the pm3d drawing, see /g and /cF definitions.
Usually, it makes sense to write therein definitions of only the 3
formulae used.  But for multiplot or any other reason you may want to
manually edit the transformations directly in the postscript file.
This is the default option `nops_allcF`.  Using the option `ps_allcF`
writes postscript definitions of all formulae.  This you may find
interesting if you want to edit the postscript file in order to have
different palettes for different surfaces in one graph.  Well, you can
achieve this functionality by *Note multiplot:: with fixed *Note
origin:: and *Note size::.

   If pm3d map has been plotted from gridded or almost regular data
with an output to a postscript file, then it is possible to reduce the
size of this postscript file up to at about 50% by the enclosed awk
script `pm3dCompress.awk`.  This you may find  interesting if you
intend to keep the file for including it into your publication or
before downloading a very large file into a slow printer. Usage:
         awk -f pm3dCompress.awk thefile.ps >smallerfile.ps

   If pm3d map has been plotted from rectangular gridded data with an
output to a postscript file, then it is possible to reduce the file
size even more by the enclosed awk script `pm3dConvertToImage.awk`.
Usage:
         awk -f pm3dConvertToImage.awk <thefile.ps >smallerfile.ps

   You may manually change the postscript output from gray to color and
vice versa and change the definition of <maxcolors>.


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2.19.50 pointsize
-----------------

The *Note pointsize:: command scales the size of the points used in
plots.

   Syntax:
           set pointsize <multiplier>
           show pointsize

   The default is a multiplier of 1.0.  Larger pointsizes may be useful
to make points more visible in bitmapped graphics.

   The pointsize of a single plot may be changed on the `plot` command.
See *Note with:: for details.

   Please note that the pointsize setting is not supported by all
terminal types.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: polar,  Next: print_,  Prev: pointsize,  Up: set-show

2.19.51 polar
-------------

The `set polar` command changes the meaning of the plot from rectangular
coordinates to polar coordinates.

   Syntax:
           set polar
           unset polar
           show polar

   There have been changes made to polar mode in version 3.7, so that
scripts for `gnuplot` versions 3.5 and earlier will require
modification.  The main change is that the dummy variable t is used for
the angle so that the x and y ranges can be controlled independently.
Other changes are: 1) tics are no longer put along the zero axes
automatically --use `set xtics axis nomirror`; `set ytics axis
nomirror`; 2) the grid, if selected, is not automatically polar --use
`set grid polar`; 3) the grid is not labelled with angles --use *Note
label:: as necessary.

   In polar coordinates, the dummy variable (t) is an angle.  The
default range of t is [0:2*pi], or, if degree units have been selected,
to [0:360] (see *Note angles::).

   The command `unset polar` changes the meaning of the plot back to
the default rectangular coordinate system.

   The `set polar` command is not supported for `splot`s.  See the
*Note mapping:: command for similar functionality for `splot`s.

   While in polar coordinates the meaning of an expression in t is
really r = f(t), where t is an angle of rotation.  The trange controls
the domain (the angle) of the function, and the x and y ranges control
the range of the graph in the x and y directions.  Each of these
ranges, as well as the rrange, may be autoscaled or set explicitly.
See *Note xrange:: for details of all the *Note ranges:: commands.

   Example:
           set polar
           plot t*sin(t)
           plot [-2*pi:2*pi] [-3:3] [-3:3] t*sin(t)

   The first `plot` uses the default polar angular domain of 0 to 2*pi.
The radius and the size of the graph are scaled automatically.  The
second `plot` expands the domain, and restricts the size of the graph
to [-3:3] in both directions.

   You may want to `set size square` to have `gnuplot` try to make the
aspect ratio equal to unity, so that circles look circular.  See also
polar demos (polar.dem) (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/polar.html) and
polar data plot (poldat.dem). (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/poldat.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: print_,  Next: rmargin,  Prev: polar,  Up: set-show

2.19.52 print
-------------

The `set print` command redirects the output of the `print` command to
a file.

   Syntax:
           set print
           set print "-"
           set print "<filename>"
           set print "<filename>" append
           set print "|<shell_command>"

   Without "<filename>", the output file is restored to <STDERR>.  The
<filename> "-" means <STDOUT>. The `append` flag causes the file to be
opened in append mode.  A <filename> starting with "|" is opened as a
pipe to the <shell_command> on platforms that support piping.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: rmargin,  Next: rrange,  Prev: print_,  Up: set-show

2.19.53 rmargin
---------------

The command *Note rmargin:: sets the size of the right margin.  Please
see *Note margin:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: rrange,  Next: samples,  Prev: rmargin,  Up: set-show

2.19.54 rrange
--------------

The *Note rrange:: command sets the range of the radial coordinate for a
graph in polar mode.  Please see *Note xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: samples,  Next: size,  Prev: rrange,  Up: set-show

2.19.55 samples
---------------

The sampling rate of functions, or for interpolating data, may be
changed by the *Note samples:: command.

   Syntax:
           set samples <samples_1> {,<samples_2>}
           show samples

   By default, sampling is set to 100 points.  A higher sampling rate
will produce more accurate plots, but will take longer.  This parameter
has no effect on data file plotting unless one of the
interpolation/approximation options is used.  See *Note smooth:: re 2-d
data and *Note cntrparam:: and *Note dgrid3d:: re 3-d data.

   When a 2-d graph is being done, only the value of <samples_1> is
relevant.

   When a surface plot is being done without the removal of hidden
lines, the value of samples specifies the number of samples that are to
be evaluated for the isolines.  Each iso-v line will have <sample_1>
samples and each iso-u line will have <sample_2> samples.  If you only
specify <samples_1>, <samples_2> will be set to the same value as
<samples_1>.  See also *Note isosamples::.


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2.19.56 size
------------

The *Note size:: command scales the displayed size of the plot.

   Syntax:
           set size {{no}square | ratio <r> | noratio} {<xscale>,<yscale>}
           show size

   The <xscale> and <yscale> values are the scaling factors for the
size of the plot, which includes the graph and the margins.

   `ratio` causes `gnuplot` to try to create a graph with an aspect
ratio of <r> (the ratio of the y-axis length to the x-axis length)
within the portion of the plot specified by <xscale> and <yscale>.

   The meaning of a negative value for <r> is different.  If <r>=-1,
gnuplot tries to set the scales so that the unit has the same length on
both the x and y axes (suitable for geographical data, for instance).
If <r>=-2, the unit on y has twice the length of the unit on x, and so
on.

   The success of `gnuplot` in producing the requested aspect ratio
depends on the terminal selected.  The graph area will be the largest
rectangle of aspect ratio <r> that will fit into the specified portion
of the output (leaving adequate margins, of course).

   `square` is a synonym for `ratio 1`.

   Both `noratio` and `nosquare` return the graph to the default aspect
ratio of the terminal, but do not return <xscale> or <yscale> to their
default values (1.0).

   `ratio` and `square` have no effect on 3-d plots.

   *Note size:: is relative to the default size, which differs from
terminal to terminal.  Since `gnuplot` fills as much of the available
plotting area as possible by default, it is safer to use *Note size::
to decrease the size of a plot than to increase it.  See *Note
terminal:: for the default sizes.

   On some terminals, changing the size of the plot will result in text
being misplaced.

   Examples:

   To set the size to normal size use:
           set size 1,1

   To make the graph half size and square use:
           set size square 0.5,0.5

   To make the graph twice as high as wide use:
           set size ratio 2

   See also airfoil demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/airfoil.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: style,  Next: surface,  Prev: size,  Up: set-show

2.19.57 style
-------------

^ <a name="set style <style>"></a> Default plotting styles are chosen
with the `set style data` and `set style function` commands.  See *Note
with:: for information about how to override the default plotting style
for individual functions and data sets.  See `plotting styles` for a
complete list of styles.

   Syntax:
           set style function <style>
           set style data <style>
           show style function
           show style data

   Default styles for specific plotting elements may also be set.

   Syntax:
           set style arrow <n> <arrowstyle>
           set style fill <fillstyle>
           set style line <n> <linestyle>

* Menu:

* set_style_arrow::
* set_style_data::
* set_style_fill::
* set_style_function::
* set_style_line::
* plotting_styles::


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2.19.57.1 set style arrow
.........................

^ <a name="arrowtype"></a> ^ <a name="arrowwidth"></a> Each terminal
has a default set of arrow and point types, which can be seen by using
the command *Note test::.  *Note arrow:: defines a set of arrow types
and widths and point types and sizes so that you can refer to them
later by an index instead of repeating all the information at each
invocation.

   Syntax:
           set style arrow <index> {nohead | head | heads}
                                   {size <length>,<angle>{,<backangle>}}
                                   {filled | empty | nofilled}
                                   {front | back}
                                   { {linestyle | ls <line_style>}
                                     | {linetype | lt <line_type>}
                                       {linewidth | lw <line_width} }
           unset style arrow
           show style arrow

   <index> is an integer that identifies the arrowstyle.

   Specifying `nohead` produces arrows drawn without a head--a line
segment.  This gives you yet another way to draw a line segment on the
plot.  By default, arrows have one head. Specifying `heads` draws arrow
heads on both ends of the line.

   Head size can be controlled by `size <length>,<angle>` or `size
<length>,<angle>,<backangle>` where `<length>` defines length of each
branch of the arrow head and `<angle>` the angle (in degrees) they make
with the arrow. `<Length>` is in x-axis units; this can be changed by
`first`, `second`, `graph` or `screen` before the `<length>`; see
`coordinates` for details.  `<Backangle>` only takes effect when
`filled` or `empty` is also used. Then, `<backangle>` is the angle (in
degrees) the back branches make with the arrow (in the same direction
as `<angle>`).  The `fig` terminal has a restricted backangle function.
It supports three different angles. There are two thresholds: Below 70
degrees, the arrow head gets an indented back angle. Above 110 degrees,
the arrow head has an acute back angle. Between these thresholds, the
back line is straight.

   Specifying `filled` produces filled arrow heads (if heads are used).
Filling is supported on filled-polygon capable terminals, see help of
*Note pm3d:: for their list, otherwise the arrow heads are closed but
not filled.  The same result (closed but not filled arrow head) is
reached by specifying `empty`.  Further, filling and outline is
obviously not supported on terminals drawing arrows by their own
specific routines, like `metafont`, `metapost`, `latex` or `tgif`.

   The line style may be selected from a user-defined list of line
styles (see `set style line`) or may be defined here by providing
values for `<line_type>` (an index from the default list of styles)
and/or `<line_width>` (which is a  multiplier for the default width).

   Note, however, that if a user-defined line style has been selected,
its properties (type and width) cannot be altered merely by issuing
another *Note arrow:: command with the appropriate index and `lt` or
`lw`.

   If `front` is given, the arrows are written on top of the graphed
data. If `back` is given (the default), the arrow is written underneath
the graphed data.  Using `front` will prevent a arrow from being
obscured by dense data.

   Examples:

   To draw an arrow without an arrow head and double width, use:
           set style arrow 1 nohead lw 2
           set arrow arrowstyle 1

      See also *Note arrow:: for further examples.


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2.19.57.2 set style data
........................

The `set style data` command changes the default plotting style for data
plots.

   Syntax:
           set style data <plotting-style>
           show style data

   See `plotting styles` for the choices.  If no choice is given, the
choices are listed.  `show style data` shows the current default data
plotting style.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: set_style_fill,  Next: set_style_function,  Prev: set_style_data,  Up: style

2.19.57.3 set style fill
........................

The `set style fill` command is used to set the style of boxes or
candlesticks.

   Syntax:
           set style fill {empty | solid {<density>} | pattern {<n>}}
                          {border {<linetype>} | noborder}

   The default fillstyle is `empty`.

   The `solid` option causes filling with a solid color, if the terminal
supports that. The <density> parameter specifies the intensity of the
fill color. At a <density> of 0.0, the box is empty, at <density> of
1.0, the inner area is of the same color as the current linetype.  Some
terminal types can vary the density continuously; others implement only
a few levels of partial fill.  If no <density> parameter is given, it
defaults to 1.

   The `pattern` option causes filling to be done with a fill pattern
supplied by the terminal driver.  The kind and number of available fill
patterns depend on the terminal driver.  If multiple datasets using
filled boxes are plotted, the pattern cycles through all available
pattern types, starting from pattern <n>, much as the line type cycles
for multiple line plots.

   The `empty` option causes filled boxes not to be filled. This is the
default.  It is equivalent to the `solid` option with a <density>
parameter of zero.

   By default, *Note border::, the box is bounded by a solid line of
the current linetype. `border <lt>` specifies that a border is to be
drawn using linetype <lt>. `noborder` specifies that no bounding lines
are drawn.


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2.19.57.4 set style function
............................

The `set style function` command changes the default plotting style for
function plots.

   Syntax:
           set style function <plotting-style>
           show style function

   See `plotting styles` for the choices.  If no choice is given, the
choices are listed.  `show style function` shows the current default
function plotting style.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: set_style_line,  Next: plotting_styles,  Prev: set_style_function,  Up: style

2.19.57.5 set style line
........................

^ <a name="linetype"></a> ^ <a name="linewidth"></a> Each terminal has
a default set of line and point types, which can be seen by using the
command *Note test::.  `set style line` defines a set of line types and
widths and point types and sizes so that you can refer to them later by
an index instead of repeating all the information at each invocation.

   Syntax:
           set style line <index> {linetype  | lt <line_type>}
                                  {linewidth | lw <line_width>}
                                  {pointtype | pt <point_type>}
                                  {pointsize | ps <point_size>}
                                  {palette}
           unset style line
           show style line

   The line and point types are taken from the default types for the
terminal currently in use.  The line width and point size are
multipliers for the default width and size (but note that <point_size>
here is unaffected by the multiplier given on *Note pointsize::).

   The defaults for the line and point types is the index.  The
defaults for the width and size are both unity.

   Linestyles created by this mechanism do not replace the default
styles; both may be used.

   Not all terminals support the `linewidth` and *Note pointsize::
features; if not supported, the option will be ignored.

   Note that this feature is not completely implemented; linestyles
defined by this mechanism may be used with `plot`, `splot`, *Note
replot::, and *Note arrow::, but not by other commands that allow the
default index to be used, such as `set grid`.

   If gnuplot was built with pm3d support, the special keyword *Note
palette:: is allowed as `linetype` for splots (the 2d `plot` command
ignores *Note palette::).  In this case the line color is chosen from a
smooth palette which was set previously with the command *Note
palette::.  The color value corresponds to the z-value (elevation) of
the splot.

   Example: Suppose that the default lines for indices 1, 2, and 3 are
red, green, and blue, respectively, and the default point shapes for
the same indices are a square, a cross, and a triangle, respectively.
Then

           set style line 1 lt 2 lw 2 pt 3 ps 0.5

   defines a new linestyle that is green and twice the default width
and a new pointstyle that is a half-sized triangle.  The commands

           set style function lines
           plot f(x) lt 3, g(x) ls 1

   will create a plot of f(x) using the default blue line and a plot of
g(x) using the user-defined wide green line.  Similarly the commands

           set style function linespoints
           plot p(x) lt 1 pt 3, q(x) ls 1

   will create a plot of p(x) using the default triangles connected by
a red line and q(x) using small triangles connected by a green line.

           splot sin(sqrt(x*x+y*y))/sqrt(x*x+y*y) w l pal

   creates a surface plot using smooth colors according to *Note
palette::. Note, that this works only on some terminals.

   See also *Note palette::, *Note pm3d::.


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2.19.57.6 plotting styles
.........................

The commands `set style data` and `set style function` change the
default plotting style for subsequent `plot` and `splot` commands.

   The types used for all line and point styles (i.e., solid, dash-dot,
color, etc. for lines; circles, squares, crosses, etc. for points) will
be either those specified on the `plot` or `splot` command or will be
chosen sequentially from the types available to the terminal in use.
Use the command *Note test:: to see what is available.

   None of the styles requiring more than two columns of information
(e.g., *Note errorbars:: or *Note errorlines::) can be used with
`splot`s or function `plot`s. Neither `boxes`, `filledcurves` nor any
of the `steps` styles can be used with `splot`s. If an inappropriate
style is specified, it will be changed to `points`.

   For 2-d data with more than two columns, `gnuplot` is picky about the
allowed *Note errorbars:: and *Note errorlines:: styles. The *Note
using:: option on the `plot` command can be used to set up the correct
columns for the style you want. (In this discussion, "column" will be
used to refer both to a column in the data file and an entry in the
*Note using:: list.)

   For three columns, only `xerrorbars`, `yerrorbars` (or *Note
errorbars::), `xerrorlines`, `yerrorlines` (or *Note errorlines::),
`boxes` and `boxerrorbars` are allowed. If another plot style is used,
the style will be changed to `yerrorbars`. The `boxerrorbars` style will
calculate the boxwidth automatically.

   For four columns, only `xerrorbars`, `yerrorbars` (or *Note
errorbars::), `xyerrorbars`, `xerrorlines`, `yerrorlines` (or *Note
errorlines::), `xyerrorlines`, `boxxyerrorbars`, and `boxerrorbars` are
allowed.  An illegal style will be changed to `yerrorbars`.

   Five-column data allow only the `boxerrorbars`, `financebars`, and
`candlesticks` styles.  An illegal style will be changed to
`boxerrorbars` before plotting.

   Six- and seven-column data only allow the `xyerrorbars`,
`xyerrorlines`, and `boxxyerrorbars` styles. Illegal styles will be
changed to `xyerrorbars` before plotting.

   For more information about error bars with and without lines, please
see *Note errorlines:: and *Note errorbars::.

-- BOXERRORBARS --

   The `boxerrorbars` style is only relevant to 2-d data plotting.  It
is a combination of the `boxes` and `yerrorbars` styles.  The boxwidth
will come from the fourth column if the y errors are in the form of
"ydelta" and the boxwidth was not previously set equal to -2.0 (`set
boxwidth -2.0`) or from the fifth column if the y errors are in the
form of "ylow yhigh".  The special case  `boxwidth = -2.0` is for
four-column data with y errors in the form "ylow yhigh".  In this case
the boxwidth will be calculated so that each box touches the adjacent
boxes.  The width will also be calculated in cases where three-column
data are used.

   The box height is determined from the y error in the same way as it
is for the `yerrorbars` style--either from y-ydelta to y+ydelta or from
ylow to yhigh, depending on how many data columns are provided.  See
also errorbar demo. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/errorbar.html)

-- BOXES --

   The `boxes` style is only relevant to 2-d plotting.  It draws a box
centered about the given x coordinate from the x axis (not the graph
border) to the given y coordinate.  The width of the box is obtained in
one of three ways.  If it is a data plot and the data file has a third
column, this will be used to set the width of the box.  If not, if a
width has been set using the *Note boxwidth:: command, this will be
used.  If neither of these is available, the width of each box will be
calculated automatically so that it touches the adjacent boxes.

   The interior of the boxes is drawn according to the current
fillstyle.  See `set style fill` for details.  Alternatively a new
fillstyle may be specified in the plot command.

   For fillstyle `empty` the box is filled with the background color.

   For fillstyle `solid` the box is filled with a solid rectangle of the
current drawing color. There is an optional parameter <density> that
controls the fill density; it runs from 0 (background color) to 1
(current drawing color).

   For fillstyle `pattern` the box is filled in the current drawing
color with a pattern, if supported by the terminal driver.

   Examples:

   To plot a data file with solid filled boxes with a small vertical
space separating them (bargraph):

           set boxwidth 0.9 relative
           set style fill solid 1.0
           plot 'file.dat' with boxes

   To plot a sine and a cosine curve in pattern-filled boxes style:

           set style fill pattern
           plot sin(x) with boxes, cos(x) with boxes

   The sin plot will use pattern 0; the cos plot will use pattern 1.
Any additional plots would cycle through the patterns supported by the
terminal driver.

   To specify explicit fillstyles for each dataset:

          plot 'file1' with boxes fs solid 0.25, \
               'file2' with boxes fs solid 0.50, \
               'file3' with boxes fs solid 0.75, \
               'file4' with boxes fill pattern 1, \
               'file5' with boxes fill empty

   Currently only the following terminal drivers support fillstyles
other than `empty`: x11, windows, pm, postscript, fig, pbm, png, gif,
hpdj, hppj, hpljii, hp500c, jpeg, nec_cp6, epson_180dpi, epson_60dpi,
epson_lx800, okidata, starc and tandy_60dpi. The BeOS driver (`be`) is
untested.

-- FILLEDCURVES --

   The `filledcurves` style is only relevant to 2-d plotting. It draws
either the current curve closed and filled, or the region between the
current curve and a given axis, horizontal or vertical line, or a
point, filled with the current drawing color.

   Syntax:

         set style [data | function] filledcurves [option]
         plot ... with filledcurves [option]

   where the option can be

         [closed | {x1 | x2 | y1 | y2}[=<a>] | xy=<x>,<y>]

   The area is filled between the current curve and
         filledcurves closed   ... just filled closed curve,
         filledcurves x1       ... x1 axis,
         filledcurves x2       ... x2 axis, etc for y1 and y2 axes,
         filledcurves y1=0     ... line y=0 (at y1 axis) ie parallel to x1 axis,
         filledcurves y2=42    ... line y=42 (at y2 axis) ie parallel to x2, etc,
         filledcurves xy=10,20 ... point 10,20 of x1,y1 axes (arc-like shape).

   Note: filling is supported on filled-polygon capable terminals, see
help of *Note pm3d:: for their list.

   Zoom of a filled curve drawn from a datafile may produce empty or
incorrect area because gnuplot is clipping points and lines, and not
areas.

   If the values of <a>, <x>, <y> are out of the drawing boundary, then
they are moved to the graph boundary. Then the actually filled area in
the case of option xy=<x>,<y> will depend on xrange and yrange.

-- BOXXYERRORBARS --

   The `boxxyerrorbars` style is only relevant to 2-d data plotting.
It is a combination of the `boxes` and `xyerrorbars` styles.

   The box width and height are determined from the x and y errors in
the same way as they are for the `xyerrorbars` style--either from xlow
to xhigh and from ylow to yhigh, or from x-xdelta to x+xdelta and from
y-ydelta to y+ydelta , depending on how many data columns are provided.

   If filled-box support is present, then the interior of the boxes is
drawn according to the current fillstyle.  See `set style fill` and
`boxes` for details.  Alternatively a new fillstyle may be specified in
the plot command.

-- CANDLESTICKS --

   The `candlesticks` style can be used for 2-d data plotting of
financial data or for generating box-and-whisker plots of statistical
data.  Five columns of data are required; in order, these should be the
x coordinate (most likely a date) and the opening, low, high, and
closing prices.  The symbol is a rectangular box, centered horizontally
at the x coordinate and limited vertically by the opening and closing
prices.  A vertical line segment at the x coordinate extends up from
the top of the rectangle to the high price and another down to the low.
The vertical line will be unchanged if the low and high prices are
interchanged.

   The width of the rectangle can be controlled by the *Note boxwidth::
command.  For backwards compatibility with earlier gnuplot versions,
when the boxwidth parameter has not been set then the width of the
candlestick rectangle is controlled by `set bars <width>`.

   By default the rectangle is empty if (open > close), and filled with
three vertical bars if (close > open). If filled-boxes support is
present, then the rectangle is colored according to `set style fill
<fillstyle>`.  See *Note bars:: and `financebars`.  See also finance
demos. (http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/finance.html)

   Note: To place additional symbols, such as the median value, on a
box-and-whisker plot requires additional plot commands as in this
example:

       # Data columns: X Min 1stQuartile Median 3rdQuartile Max
       set bars 4.0
       set style fill empty
       plot 'stat.dat' using 1:3:2:6:5 with candlesticks title 'Quartiles', \
            ''         using 1:4:4:4:4 with candlesticks lt -1 notitle

      See *Note boxwidth::, *Note bars:: and `set style fill`.

-- DOTS --

   The `dots` style plots a tiny dot at each point; this is useful for
scatter plots with many points.

-- FINANCEBARS --

   The `financebars` style is only relevant for 2-d data plotting of
financial data.  Five columns of data are required; in order, these
should be the x coordinate (most likely a date) and the opening, low,
high, and closing prices.  The symbol is a vertical line segment,
located horizontally at the x coordinate and limited vertically by the
high and low prices.  A horizontal tic on the left marks the opening
price and one on the right marks the closing price.  The length of
these tics may be changed by *Note bars::.  The symbol will be
unchanged if the high and low prices are interchanged.  See *Note
bars:: and `candlesticks`, and also the finance demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/finance.html)

-- FSTEPS --

   The `fsteps` style is only relevant to 2-d plotting.  It connects
consecutive points with two line segments: the first from (x1,y1) to
(x1,y2) and the second from (x1,y2) to (x2,y2).  See also steps demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/steps.html)

-- HISTEPS --

   The `histeps` style is only relevant to 2-d plotting.  It is
intended for plotting histograms.  Y-values are assumed to be centered
at the x-values; the point at x1 is represented as a horizontal line
from ((x0+x1)/2,y1) to ((x1+x2)/2,y1).  The lines representing the end
points are extended so that the step is centered on at x.  Adjacent
points are connected by a vertical line at their average x, that is,
from ((x1+x2)/2,y1) to ((x1+x2)/2,y2).

   If *Note autoscale:: is in effect, it selects the xrange from the
data rather than the steps, so the end points will appear only half as
wide as the others.  See also steps demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/steps.html)

   `histeps` is only a plotting style; `gnuplot` does not have the
ability to create bins and determine their population from some data
set.

-- IMPULSES --

   The `impulses` style displays a vertical line from the x axis (not
the graph border), or from the grid base for `splot`, to each point.

-- LINES --

   The `lines` style connects adjacent points with straight line
segments.  See also `linetype`, `linewidth`, and `linestyle`.

-- LINESPOINTS --

   The `linespoints` style does both `lines` and `points`, that is, it
draws a small symbol at each point and then connects adjacent points
with straight line segments.  The command *Note pointsize:: may be used
to change the size of the points.  See *Note pointsize:: for its usage.

   `linespoints` may be abbreviated `lp`.

-- POINTS --

   The `points` style displays a small symbol at each point.  The
command *Note pointsize:: may be used to change the size of the points.
See *Note pointsize:: for its usage.

-- STEPS --

   The `steps` style is only relevant to 2-d plotting.  It connects
consecutive points with two line segments: the first from (x1,y1) to
(x2,y1) and the second from (x2,y1) to (x2,y2).  See also steps demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/steps.html)

-- VECTORS --

   The `vectors` style draws a vector from (x,y) to
(x+xdelta,y+ydelta).  Thus it requires four columns of data.  It also
draws a small arrowhead at the end of the vector.

   Example:
           plot 'file.dat' using 1:2:3:4 with vectors head filled lt 2

   `set clip one` and `set clip two` affect drawing vectors.  Please
see *Note clip:: and `arrowstyle`.

-- XERRORBARS --

   The `xerrorbars` style is only relevant to 2-d data plots.
`xerrorbars` is like `dots`, except that a horizontal error bar is also
drawn.  At each point (x,y), a line is drawn from (xlow,y) to (xhigh,y)
or from (x-xdelta,y) to (x+xdelta,y), depending on how many data
columns are provided.  A tic mark is placed at the ends of the error
bar (unless *Note bars:: is used--see *Note bars:: for details).

-- XYERRORBARS --

   The `xyerrorbars` style is only relevant to 2-d data plots.
`xyerrorbars` is like `dots`, except that horizontal and vertical error
bars are also drawn.  At each point (x,y), lines are drawn from
(x,y-ydelta) to (x,y+ydelta) and from (x-xdelta,y) to (x+xdelta,y) or
from (x,ylow) to (x,yhigh) and from (xlow,y) to (xhigh,y), depending
upon the number of data columns provided.  A tic mark is placed at the
ends of the error bar (unless *Note bars:: is used--see *Note bars::
for details).

   If data are provided in an unsupported mixed form, the *Note using::
filter on the `plot` command should be used to set up the appropriate
form.  For example, if the data are of the form
(x,y,xdelta,ylow,yhigh), then you can use

           plot 'data' using 1:2:($1-$3):($1+$3):4:5 with xyerrorbars

-- YERRORBARS --

   The `yerrorbars` (or *Note errorbars::) style is only relevant to
2-d data plots.  `yerrorbars` is like `points`, except that a vertical
error bar is also drawn.  At each point (x,y), a line is drawn from
(x,y-ydelta) to (x,y+ydelta) or from (x,ylow) to (x,yhigh), depending
on how many data columns are provided.  A tic mark is placed at the
ends of the error bar (unless *Note bars:: is used--see *Note bars::
for details).  See also errorbar demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/errorbar.html)

-- XERRORLINES --

   The `xerrorlines` style is only relevant to 2-d data plots.
`xerrorlines` is like `linespoints`, except that a horizontal error
line is also drawn. At each point (x,y), a line is drawn from (xlow,y)
to (xhigh,y) or from (x-xdelta,y) to (x+xdelta,y), depending on how
many data columns are provided. A tic mark is placed at the ends of the
error bar (unless *Note bars:: is used--see *Note bars:: for details).

-- XYERRORLINES --

   The `xyerrorlines` style is only relevant to 2-d data plots.
`xyerrorlines` is like `linespoints`, except that horizontal and
vertical error bars are also drawn. At each point (x,y), lines are
drawn from (x,y-ydelta) to (x,y+ydelta) and from (x-xdelta,y) to
(x+xdelta,y) or from (x,ylow) to (x,yhigh) and from (xlow,y) to
(xhigh,y), depending upon the number of data columns provided. A tic
mark is placed at the ends of the error bar (unless *Note bars:: is
used--see *Note bars:: for details).

   If data are provided in an unsupported mixed form, the *Note using::
filter on the `plot` command should be used to set up the appropriate
form.  For example, if the data are of the form
(x,y,xdelta,ylow,yhigh), then you can use

           plot 'data' using 1:2:($1-$3):($1+$3):4:5 with xyerrorlines

-- YERRORLINES --

   The `yerrorlines` (or *Note errorlines::) style is only relevant to
2-d data plots. `yerrorlines` is like `linespoints`, except that a
vertical error line is also drawn. At each point (x,y), a line is drawn
from (x,y-ydelta) to (x,y+ydelta) or from (x,ylow) to (x,yhigh),
depending on how many data columns are provided. A tic mark is placed
at the ends of the error bar (unless *Note bars:: is used--see *Note
bars:: for details).  See also errorbar demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/errorbar.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: surface,  Next: terminal,  Prev: style,  Up: set-show

2.19.58 surface
---------------

The command *Note surface:: controls the display of surfaces by `splot`.

   Syntax:
           set surface
           unset surface
           show surface

   The surface is drawn with the style specified by *Note with::, or
else the appropriate style, data or function.

   Whenever *Note surface:: is issued, `splot` will not draw points or
lines corresponding to the function or data file points.  Contours may
still be drawn on the surface, depending on the *Note contour:: option.
`unset surface; set contour base` is useful for displaying contours on
the grid base.  See also *Note contour::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: terminal,  Next: tics,  Prev: surface,  Up: set-show

2.19.59 terminal
----------------

`gnuplot` supports many different graphics devices.  Use *Note
terminal:: to tell `gnuplot` what kind of output to generate. Use *Note
output:: to redirect that output to a file or device.

   Syntax:
           set terminal {<terminal-type> | push | pop}
           show terminal

   If <terminal-type> is omitted, `gnuplot` will list the available
terminal types.  <terminal-type> may be abbreviated.

   If both *Note terminal:: and *Note output:: are used together, it is
safest to give *Note terminal:: first, because some terminals set a
flag which is needed in some operating systems.

   Several terminals have additional options.  For example, see `dumb`,
`iris4d`, `hpljii` or *Note postscript::.  The options used by a
previous invocation `set term <term> <options>` of a given `<term>` are
remembered, thus subsequent `set term <term>` does not reset them.
This helps in printing, for instance, when switching among different
terminals--previous options don't have to be repeated.

   The command `set term push` remembers the current terminal including
its settings while `set term pop` restores it. This is equivalent to
`save term` and `load term`, but without accessing the filesystem.
Therefore they can be used to achieve platform independent restoring of
the terminal after printing, for instance. After gnuplot's startup, the
default terminal or that from `startup` file is pushed automatically.
Therefore portable scripts can rely that `set term pop` restores the
default terminal on a given platform unless another terminal has been
pushed explicitly.

   This document may describe drivers that are not available to you
because they were not installed, or it may not describe all the drivers
that are available to you, depending on its output format.  @c <4 - all
terminal stuff is pulled from the .trm files

* Menu:

* aed767::
* aifm::
* amiga::
* apollo::
* aqua::
* atari_ST_(via_AES)::
* atari_ST_(via_VDI)::
* be::
* cgi::
* cgm::
* corel::
* debug::
* svga::
* dumb::
* dxf::
* dxy800a::
* eepic::
* emf::
* emxvga::
* epslatex::
* epson-180dpi::
* excl::
* hercules::
* fig::
* png_(NEW)::
* ggi::
* gif::
* Gnugraph(GNU_plotutils)::
* gpic::
* gpic_::
* gpr::
* grass::
* hp2623a::
* hp2648::
* hp500c::
* hpgl::
* hpljii::
* hppj::
* imagen::
* iris4d::
* kyo::
* latex::
* linux::
* linux_::
* macintosh::
* mf::
* mp::
* mgr::
* mif::
* mtos::
* next::
* Openstep_(next)::
* pbm::
* dospc::
* pdf::
* png_(OLD)::
* postscript_::
* pslatex_and_pstex::
* pstricks::
* qms::
* regis::
* regis_::
* rgip::
* sun::
* svg::
* tek410x::
* tek410x_::
* table::
* tek40::
* texdraw::
* tgif::
* tgif_::
* tkcanvas::
* tpic::
* unixpc::
* unixplot::
* vx384::
* vgagl::
* VWS::
* windows::
* x11::
* x11_::
* xlib::
* xlib_::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: aed767,  Next: aifm,  Prev: terminal,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.1 aed767
................

The `aed512` and `aed767` terminal drivers support AED graphics
terminals.  The two drivers differ only in their horizontal ranges,
which are 512 and 768 pixels, respectively.  Their vertical range is
575 pixels.  There are no options for these drivers."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: aifm,  Next: amiga,  Prev: aed767,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.2 aifm
..............

Several options may be set in `aifm`--the Adobe Illustrator 3.0+ driver.

   Syntax:
           set terminal aifm {<color>} {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   <color> is either `color` or `monochrome`; "<fontname>" is the name
of a valid PostScript font; <fontsize> is the size of the font in
PostScript points, before scaling by the *Note size:: command.
Selecting `default` sets all options to their default values:
`monochrome`, "Times-Roman", and 14pt.

   Since AI does not really support multiple pages, multiple graphs
will be drawn directly on top of one another.  However, each graph will
be grouped individually, making it easy to separate them inside AI
(just pick them up and move them).

   Examples:
           set term aifm
           set term aifm 22
           set size 0.7,1.4; set term aifm color "Times-Roman" 14"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: amiga,  Next: apollo,  Prev: aifm,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.3 amiga
...............

The `amiga` terminal, for Commodore Amiga computers, allows the user to
plot either to a screen (default), or, if Kickstart 3.0 or higher is
installed, to a window on the current public screen. The font and its
size can also be selected.

   Syntax:
           set terminal amiga {screen | window} {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   The default font is 8-point "topaz".

   The screen option uses a virtual screen, so it is possible that the
graph will be larger than the screen."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: apollo,  Next: aqua,  Prev: amiga,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.4 apollo
................

The `apollo` terminal driver supports the Apollo Graphics Primitive
Resource with rescaling after window resizing.  It has no options.

   If a fixed-size window is desired, the `gpr` terminal may be used
instead."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: aqua,  Next: atari_ST_(via_AES),  Prev: apollo,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.5 aqua
..............

This terminal relies on AquaTerm.app for display on Mac OS X.

   Syntax:
           set terminal aqua {<n>} {title "<wintitle>"} {size <x> <y>}
                             {fname "<fontface>"} {fsize <fontsize>}

   where <n> is the number of the window to draw in (default is 0),
<wintitle> is the name shown in the title bar (default "Figure <n>"),
<x> <y> is the size of the plot (default is 846x594 pt = 11.75x8.25 in).

   Use <fontface> to specify the font to use (default is "Times-Roman"),
<fontzise> sets the font size (default is 14.0 pt)."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: atari_ST_(via_AES),  Next: atari_ST_(via_VDI),  Prev: aqua,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.6 atari ST (via AES)
............................

The `atari` terminal has options to set the character size and the
screen colors.

   Syntax:
           set terminal atari {<fontsize>} {<col0> <col1> ... <col15>}

   The character size must appear if any colors are to be specified.
Each of the (up to 16) colors is given as a three-digit hex number,
where the digits represent RED, GREEN and BLUE (in that order).  The
range of 0-15 is scaled to whatever color range the screen actually
has.  On a normal ST screen, odd and even intensities are the same.

   Examples:
           set terminal atari 4    # use small (6x6) font
           set terminal atari 6 0  # set monochrome screen to white on black
           set terminal atari 13 0 fff f00 f0 f ff f0f
                      # set first seven colors to black, white, red, green,
                      # blue, cyan, and purple and use large font (8x16).

   Additionally, if an environment variable GNUCOLORS exists, its
contents are interpreted as an options string, but an explicit terminal
option takes precedence."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: atari_ST_(via_VDI),  Next: be,  Prev: atari_ST_(via_AES),  Up: terminal

2.19.59.7 atari ST (via VDI)
............................

The `vdi` terminal is the same as the `atari` terminal, except that it
sends output to the screen via the VDI and not into AES-Windows.

   The `vdi` terminal has options to set the character size and the
screen colors.

   Syntax:
           set terminal vdi {<fontsize>} {<col0> <col1> ... <col15>}

   The character size must appear if any colors are to be specified.
Each of the (up to 16) colors is given as a three-digit hex number,
where the digits represent RED, GREEN and BLUE (in that order).  The
range of 0-15 is scaled to whatever color range the screen actually
has.  On a normal ST screen, odd and even intensities are the same.

   Examples:
           set terminal vdi 4    # use small (6x6) font
           set terminal vdi 6 0  # set monochrome screen to white on black
           set terminal vdi 13 0 fff f00 f0 f ff f0f
                      # set first seven colors to black, white, red, green,
                      # blue, cyan, and purple and use large font (8x16).

   Additionally, if an environment variable GNUCOLORS exists, its
contents are interpreted as an options string, but an explicit terminal
option takes precedence."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: be,  Next: cgi,  Prev: atari_ST_(via_VDI),  Up: terminal

2.19.59.8 be
............

`gnuplot` provides the `be` terminal type for use with X servers.  This
terminal type is set automatically at startup if the `DISPLAY`
environment variable is set, if the `TERM` environment variable is set
to `xterm`, or if the `-display` command line option is used.

   Syntax:
               set terminal be {reset} {<n>}

   Multiple plot windows are supported: `set terminal be <n>` directs
the output to plot window number n.  If n>0, the terminal number will be
appended to the window title and the icon will be labeled `gplt <n>`.
The active window may distinguished by a change in cursor (from default
to crosshair.)

   Plot windows remain open even when the `gnuplot` driver is changed
to a different device.  A plot window can be closed by pressing the
letter q while that window has input focus, or by choosing `close` from
a window manager menu.  All plot windows can be closed by specifying
*Note reset::, which actually terminates the subprocess which maintains
the windows (unless `-persist` was specified).

   Plot windows will automatically be closed at the end of the session
unless the `-persist` option was given.

   The size or aspect ratio of a plot may be changed by resizing the
`gnuplot` window.

   Linewidths and pointsizes may be changed from within `gnuplot` with
`set linestyle`.

   For terminal type `be`, `gnuplot` accepts (when initialized) the
standard X Toolkit options and resources such as geometry, font, and
name from the command line arguments or a configuration file.  See the
X(1) man page (or its equivalent) for a description of such options.

   A number of other `gnuplot` options are available for the `be`
terminal.  These may be specified either as command-line options when
`gnuplot` is invoked or as resources in the configuration file
".Xdefaults".  They are set upon initialization and cannot be altered
during a `gnuplot` session.

-- COMMAND-LINE_OPTIONS --

   In addition to the X Toolkit options, the following options may be
specified on the command line when starting `gnuplot` or as resources
in your ".Xdefaults" file:

      `-mono`        forces monochrome rendering on color displays.
      `-gray`        requests grayscale rendering on grayscale or color displays.
                             (Grayscale displays receive monochrome rendering by default.)
      `-clear`   requests that the window be cleared momentarily before a
                             new plot is displayed.
      `-raise`   raises plot window after each plot
      `-noraise` does not raise plot window after each plot
      `-persist` plots windows survive after main gnuplot program exits

   The options are shown above in their command-line syntax.  When
entered as resources in ".Xdefaults", they require a different syntax.

   Example:
               gnuplot*gray: on

   `gnuplot` also provides a command line option (`-pointsize <v>`) and
a resource, `gnuplot*pointsize: <v>`, to control the size of points
plotted with the `points` plotting style.  The value `v` is a real
number (greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten) used as a scaling
factor for point sizes.  For example, `-pointsize 2` uses points twice
the default size, and `-pointsize 0.5` uses points half the normal size.

-- MONOCHROME_OPTIONS --

   For monochrome displays, `gnuplot` does not honor foreground or
background colors.  The default is black-on-white.  `-rv` or
`gnuplot*reverseVideo: on` requests white-on-black.

-- COLOR_RESOURCES --

   For color displays, `gnuplot` honors the following resources (shown
here with their default values) or the greyscale resources.  The values
may be color names as listed in the BE rgb.txt file on your system,
hexadecimal RGB color specifications (see BE documentation), or a color
name followed by a comma and an `intensity` value from 0 to 1.  For
example, `blue, 0.5` means a half intensity blue.

      gnuplot*background:  white
      gnuplot*textColor:   black
      gnuplot*borderColor: black
      gnuplot*axisColor:   black
      gnuplot*line1Color:  red
      gnuplot*line2Color:  green
      gnuplot*line3Color:  blue
      gnuplot*line4Color:  magenta
      gnuplot*line5Color:  cyan
      gnuplot*line6Color:  sienna
      gnuplot*line7Color:  orange
      gnuplot*line8Color:  coral

   The command-line syntax for these is, for example,

   Example:
               gnuplot -background coral

-- GRAYSCALE_RESOURCES --

   When `-gray` is selected, `gnuplot` honors the following resources
for grayscale or color displays (shown here with their default values).
Note that the default background is black.

      gnuplot*background: black
      gnuplot*textGray:   white
      gnuplot*borderGray: gray50
      gnuplot*axisGray:   gray50
      gnuplot*line1Gray:  gray100
      gnuplot*line2Gray:  gray60
      gnuplot*line3Gray:  gray80
      gnuplot*line4Gray:  gray40
      gnuplot*line5Gray:  gray90
      gnuplot*line6Gray:  gray50
      gnuplot*line7Gray:  gray70
      gnuplot*line8Gray:  gray30

-- LINE_RESOURCES --

   `gnuplot` honors the following resources for setting the width (in
pixels) of plot lines (shown here with their default values.)  0 or 1
means a minimal width line of 1 pixel width.  A value of 2 or 3 may
improve the appearance of some plots.

      gnuplot*borderWidth: 2
      gnuplot*axisWidth:   0
      gnuplot*line1Width:  0
      gnuplot*line2Width:  0
      gnuplot*line3Width:  0
      gnuplot*line4Width:  0
      gnuplot*line5Width:  0
      gnuplot*line6Width:  0
      gnuplot*line7Width:  0
      gnuplot*line8Width:  0

   `gnuplot` honors the following resources for setting the dash style
used for plotting lines.  0 means a solid line.  A two-digit number
`jk` (`j` and `k` are >= 1  and <= 9) means a dashed line with a
repeated pattern of `j` pixels on followed by `k` pixels off.  For
example, '16' is a "dotted" line with one pixel on followed by six
pixels off.  More elaborate on/off patterns can be specified with a
four-digit value.  For example, '4441' is four on, four off, four on,
one off.  The default values shown below are for monochrome displays or
monochrome rendering on color or grayscale displays.  For color
displays, the default for each is 0 (solid line) except for
`axisDashes` which defaults to a '16' dotted line.

      gnuplot*borderDashes:   0
      gnuplot*axisDashes:        16
      gnuplot*line1Dashes:        0
      gnuplot*line2Dashes:   42
      gnuplot*line3Dashes:   13
      gnuplot*line4Dashes:   44
      gnuplot*line5Dashes:   15
      gnuplot*line6Dashes: 4441
      gnuplot*line7Dashes:   42
      gnuplot*line8Dashes:   13


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cgi,  Next: cgm,  Prev: be,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.9 cgi
.............

The `cgi` and `hcgi` terminal drivers support SCO CGI drivers.  `hcgi`
is for printers; the environment variable CGIPRNT must be set.  `cgi`
may be used for either a display or hardcopy; if the environment
variable CGIDISP is set, then that display is used.  Otherwise CGIPRNT
is used.

   These terminals have no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cgm,  Next: corel,  Prev: cgi,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.10 cgm
..............

The `cgm` terminal generates a Computer Graphics Metafile, Version 1.
This file format is a subset of the ANSI X3.122-1986 standard entitled
"Computer Graphics - Metafile for the Storage and Transfer of Picture
Description Information".  Several options may be set in `cgm`.

   Syntax:
           set terminal cgm {<mode>} {<color>} {<rotation>} {solid | dashed}
                            {width <plot_width>} {linewidth <line_width>}
                            {"<font>"} {<fontsize>}
                            {<color0> <color1> <color2> ...}

   where <mode> is `landscape`, `portrait`, or `default`; <color> is
either `color` or `monochrome`; <rotation> is either `rotate` or
`norotate`; `solid` draws all curves with solid lines, overriding any
dashed patterns; <plot_width> is the assumed width of the plot in
points; <line_width> is the line width in points (default 1); <font> is
the name of a font; and <fontsize> is the size of the font in points
(default 12).

   By default, `cgm` uses rotated text for the Y axis label.

   The first six options can be in any order.  Selecting `default` sets
all options to their default values.

   Each color must be of the form 'xrrggbb', where x is the literal
character 'x' and 'rrggbb' are the red, green and blue components in
hex.  For example, 'x00ff00' is green.  The background color is set
first, then the plotting colors."

   Examples:
           set terminal cgm landscape color rotate dashed width 432 \\
                          linewidth 1  'Helvetica Bold' 12       # defaults
           set terminal cgm linewidth 2  14  # wider lines & larger font
           set terminal cgm portrait "Times Italic" 12
           set terminal cgm color solid      # no pesky dashes!

-- FONT --

   The first part of a Computer Graphics Metafile, the metafile
description, includes a font table.  In the picture body, a font is
designated by an index into this table.  By default, this terminal
generates a table with the following 35 fonts, plus six more with
`italic` replaced by `oblique`, or vice-versa (since at least the
Microsoft Office and Corel Draw CGM import filters treat `italic` and
`oblique` as equivalent):

           Helvetica
           Helvetica Bold
           Helvetica Oblique
           Helvetica Bold Oblique
           Times Roman
           Times Bold
           Times Italic
           Times Bold Italic
           Courier
           Courier Bold
           Courier Oblique
           Courier Bold Oblique
           Symbol
           Hershey/Cartographic_Roman
           Hershey/Cartographic_Greek
           Hershey/Simplex_Roman
           Hershey/Simplex_Greek
           Hershey/Simplex_Script
           Hershey/Complex_Roman
           Hershey/Complex_Greek
           Hershey/Complex_Script
           Hershey/Complex_Italic
           Hershey/Complex_Cyrillic
           Hershey/Duplex_Roman
           Hershey/Triplex_Roman
           Hershey/Triplex_Italic
           Hershey/Gothic_German
           Hershey/Gothic_English
           Hershey/Gothic_Italian
           Hershey/Symbol_Set_1
           Hershey/Symbol_Set_2
           Hershey/Symbol_Math
           ZapfDingbats
           Script
           15

   The first thirteen of these fonts are required for WebCGM.  The
Microsoft Office CGM import filter implements the 13 standard fonts
listed above, and also 'ZapfDingbats' and 'Script'.  However, the
script font may only be accessed under the name '15'.  For more on
Microsoft import filter font substitutions, check its help file which
you may find here:
       C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\Cgmimp32.hlp

   and/or its configuration file, which you may find here:
       C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Grphflt\\Cgmimp32.cfg

   In the `set term` command, you may specify a font name which does not
appear in the default font table.  In that case, a new font table is
constructed with the specified font as its first entry. You must ensure
that the spelling, capitalization, and spacing of the name are
appropriate for the application that will read the CGM file.  (Gnuplot
and any MIL-D-28003A compliant application ignore case in font names.)
If you need to add several new fonts, use several `set term` commands.

   Example:
           set terminal cgm 'Old English'
           set terminal cgm 'Tengwar'
           set terminal cgm 'Arabic'
           set output 'myfile.cgm'
           plot ...
           set output

   You cannot introduce a new font in a *Note label:: command."

-- FONTSIZE --

   Fonts are scaled assuming the page is 6 inches wide.  If the *Note
size:: command is used to change the aspect ratio of the page or the
CGM file is converted to a different width, the resulting font sizes
will be scaled up or down accordingly.  To change the assumed width,
use the `width` option.

-- LINEWIDTH --

   The `linewidth` option sets the width of lines in pt.  The default
width is 1 pt.  Scaling is affected by the actual width of the page, as
discussed under the `fontsize` and `width` options.

-- ROTATE --

   The `norotate` option may be used to disable text rotation.  For
example, the CGM input filter for Word for Windows 6.0c can accept
rotated text, but the DRAW editor within Word cannot.  If you edit a
graph (for example, to label a curve), all rotated text is restored to
horizontal.  The Y axis label will then extend beyond the clip boundary.
With `norotate`, the Y axis label starts in a less attractive location,
but the page can be edited without damage.  The `rotate` option confirms
the default behavior.

-- SOLID --

   The `solid` option may be used to disable dashed line styles in the
plots.  This is useful when color is enabled and the dashing of the
lines detracts from the appearance of the plot. The `dashed` option
confirms the default behavior, which gives a different dash pattern to
each curve.

-- SIZE --

   Default size of a CGM plot is 32599 units wide and 23457 units high
for landscape, or 23457 units wide by 32599 units high for portrait.

-- WIDTH --

   All distances in the CGM file are in abstract units.  The application
that reads the file determines the size of the final plot.  By default,
the width of the final plot is assumed to be 6 inches (15.24 cm).  This
distance is used to calculate the correct font size, and may be changed
with the `width` option.  The keyword should be followed by the width in
points.  (Here, a point is 1/72 inch, as in PostScript.  This unit is
known as a "big point" in TeX.)  Gnuplot `expressions` can be used to
convert from other units.

   Example:
           set terminal cgm width 432            # default
           set terminal cgm width 6*72           # same as above
           set terminal cgm width 10/2.54*72     # 10 cm wide

-- NOFONTLIST --

   The default font table includes the fonts recommended for WebCGM,
which are compatible with the Computer Graphics Metafile input filter
for Microsoft Office and Corel Draw.  Another application might use
different fonts and/or different font names, which may not be
documented.  As a workaround, the `nofontlist` option deletes the font
table from the CGM file.  In this case, the reading application should
use a default table.  Gnuplot will still use its own default font table
to select font indices.  Thus, 'Helvetica' will give you an index of 1,
which should get you the first entry in your application's default font
table. 'Helvetica Bold' will give you its second entry, etc.

   The former `winword6` option is now a deprecated synonym for
`nofontlist`.  The problems involving the color and font tables that
the `winword6` option was intended to work around turned out to be
gnuplot bugs which have now been fixed."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: corel,  Next: debug,  Prev: cgm,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.11 corel
................

The `corel` terminal driver supports CorelDraw.

   Syntax:
           set terminal corel {  default
                               | {monochrome | color
                                    {"<font>" {<fontsize>
                                       {<xsize> <ysize> {<linewidth> }}}}}

   where the fontsize and linewidth are specified in points and the
sizes in inches.  The defaults are monochrome, "SwitzerlandLight", 22,
8.2, 10 and 1.2."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: debug,  Next: svga,  Prev: corel,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.12 debug
................

This terminal is provided to allow for the debugging of `gnuplot`.  It
is likely to be of use only for users who are modifying the source
code."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: svga,  Next: dumb,  Prev: debug,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.13 svga
...............

The `svga` terminal driver supports PCs with SVGA graphics.  It can
only be used if it is compiled with DJGPP.  Its only option is the font.

   Syntax:
           set terminal svga {"<fontname>"}"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: dumb,  Next: dxf,  Prev: svga,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.14 dumb
...............

The `dumb` terminal driver has an optional size specification and
trailing linefeed control.

   Syntax:
           set terminal dumb {[no]feed} {<xsize> <ysize>}
                             {[no]enhanced}

   where <xsize> and <ysize> set the size of the dumb terminals.
Default is 79 by 24. The last newline is printed only if `feed` is
enabled.

   Examples:
           set term dumb nofeed
           set term dumb 79 49 # VGA screen---why would anyone do that?"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: dxf,  Next: dxy800a,  Prev: dumb,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.15 dxf
..............

The `dxf` terminal driver creates pictures that can be imported into
AutoCad (Release 10.x).  It has no options of its own, but some
features of its plots may be modified by other means.  The default size
is 120x80 AutoCad units, which can be changed by *Note size::.  `dxf`
uses seven colors (white, red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta),
which can be changed only by modifying the source file.  If a
black-and-white plotting device is used, the colors are mapped to
differing line thicknesses.  See the description of the AutoCad
print/plot command."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: dxy800a,  Next: eepic,  Prev: dxf,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.16 dxy800a
..................

This terminal driver supports the Roland DXY800A plotter.  It has no
options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: eepic,  Next: emf,  Prev: dxy800a,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.17 eepic
................

The `eepic` terminal driver supports the extended LaTeX picture
environment.  It is an alternative to the `latex` driver.

   The output of this terminal is intended for use with the "eepic.sty"
macro package for LaTeX.  To use it, you need "eepic.sty", "epic.sty"
and a printer driver that supports the "tpic" \\specials.  If your
printer driver doesn't support those \\specials, "eepicemu.sty" will
enable you to use some of them.  dvips and dvipdfm do support the
"tpic" \\specials.

   Syntax:
        set terminal eepic {color, dashed, rotate, small, tiny, default, <fontsize>}

   Options: You can give options in any order you wish.  'color' causes
gnuplot to produce \\color{...} commands so that the graphs are
colored. Using this option, you must include \\usepackage{color} in the
preambel of your latex document.  'dashed' will allow dashed line
types; without this option, only solid lines with varying thickness
will be used.  'dashed' and 'color' are mutually exclusive; if 'color'
is specified, then 'dashed' will be ignored.  'rotate' will enable true
rotated text (by 90 degrees). Otherwise, rotated text will be typeset
with letters stacked above each other. If you use this option you must
include \\usepackage{graphicx} in the preamble.  'small' will use
\\scriptsize symbols as point markers (Probably does not work with TeX,
only LaTeX2e). Default is to use the default math size.  'tiny' uses
\\scriptscriptstyle symbols.  'default' resets all options to their
defaults = no color, no dashed lines, pseudo-rotated (stacked) text,
large point symbols.  <fontsize> is a number which specifies the font
size inside the picture environment; the unit is pt (points), i.e., 10
pt equals approx. 3.5 mm.  If fontsize is not specified, then all text
inside the picture will be set in \\footnotesize.

   Notes: Remember to escape the # character (or other chars meaningful
to (La-)TeX) by \\\\ (2 backslashes).  It seems that dashed lines
become solid lines when the vertices of a plot are too close. (I do not
know if that is a general problem with the tpic specials, or if it is
caused by a bug in eepic.sty or dvips/dvipdfm.)  The default size of an
eepic plot is 5x3 inches, which can be scaled by 'set size a,b'.
Points, among other things, are drawn using the LaTeX commands
"\\Diamond", "\\Box", etc.  These commands no longer belong to the
LaTeX2e core; they are included in the latexsym package, which is part
of the base distribution and thus part of any LaTeX implementation.
Please do not forget to use this package.  Instead of latexsym, you can
also include the amssymb package."  All drivers for LaTeX offer a
special way of controlling text positioning: If any text string begins
with '{', you also need to include a '}' at the end of the text, and
the whole text will be centered both horizontally and vertically.  If
the text string begins with '[', you need to follow this with a
position specification (up to two out of t,b,l,r), ']{', the text
itself, and finally '}'.  The text itself may be anything LaTeX can
typeset as an LR-box.  '\\rule{}{}'s may help for best positioning.

   Examples: set term eepic
       output graphs as eepic macros inside a picture environment;
       \\input the resulting file in your LaTeX document.

   set term eepic color tiny rotate 8
       eepic macros with \\color macros, \\scripscriptsize point markers,
       true rotated text, and all text set with 8pt.

   About label positioning: Use gnuplot defaults (mostly sensible, but
sometimes not really best):
            set title '\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $'

   Force centering both horizontally and vertically:
            set label '{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}' at 0,0

   Specify own positioning (top here):
            set xlabel '[t]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}'

   The other label - account for long ticlabels:
            set ylabel '[r]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $\\rule{7mm}{0pt}}'"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: emf,  Next: emxvga,  Prev: eepic,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.18 emf
..............

The `emf` terminal generates an Enhanced Metafile Format file.  This
file format is the metafile standard on MS Win32 Systems"

   Syntax:
           set terminal emf {<color>} {solid | dashed}
                            {"<font>"} {<fontsize>}

   <color> is either `color` or `monochrome`; `solid` draws all curves
with solid lines, overriding any dashed patterns; <font> is the name of
a font; and `<fontsize>` is the size of the font in points.

   The first two options can be in any order.  Selecting `default` sets
all options to their default values.

   Examples:
           set terminal emf 'Times Roman Italic' 12
           set terminal emf color solid    # no pesky dashes!"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: emxvga,  Next: epslatex,  Prev: emf,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.19 emxvga
.................

The `emxvga`, `emxvesa` and `vgal` terminal drivers support PCs with
SVGA, vesa SVGA and VGA graphics boards, respectively.  They are
intended to be compiled with "emx-gcc" under either DOS or OS/2.  They
also need VESA and SVGAKIT maintained by Johannes Martin
(JMARTIN@GOOFY.ZDV.UNI-MAINZ.DE) with additions by David J. Liu
(liu@phri.nyu.edu).

   Syntax:
           set terminal emxvga
           set terminal emxvesa {vesa-mode}
           set terminal vgal

   The only option is the vesa mode for `emxvesa`, which defaults to
G640x480x256."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: epslatex,  Next: epson-180dpi,  Prev: emxvga,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.20 epslatex
...................

The `epslatex` driver generates output for further processing by LaTeX."

   Syntax:
           set terminal epslatex {default}
                                   {color | monochrome} {solid | dashed}
                                   {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   `default` mode sets all options to their defaults: `monochrome`,
`dashed`, "default" and 11pt.  Default size of a plot is 5 inches wide
and 3 inches high.

   `solid` draws all plots with solid lines, overriding any dashed
patterns; `"<fontname>"` is the name of font; and `<fontsize>` is the
size of the font in PostScript points. Font selection isn't supported
yet.  Font size selection is supported only for the calculation of
proper spacing.  The actual LaTeX font at the point of inclusion is
taken, so use LaTeX commands for changing fonts. If you use e.g. 12pt
as font size for your LaTeX documents, use '"default" 12' as options.

   All drivers for LaTeX offer a special way of controlling text
positioning: (a) If any text string begins with '{', you also need to
include a '}' at the end of the text, and the whole text will be
centered both horizontally and vertically by LaTeX.  (b) If the text
string begins with '[', you need to continue it with: a position
specification (up to two out of t,b,l,r), ']{', the text itself, and
finally, '}'. The text itself may be anything LaTeX can typeset as an
LR-box. \\rule{}{}'s may help for best positioning.  See also the
documentation for the `pslatex` terminal driver.  To create multiline
labels, use \\shortstack, for example
        set ylabel '[r]{\\shortstack{first line \\\\ second line}}'

   The driver produces two different files, one for the eps part of the
figure and one for the LaTeX part. The name of the eps file is taken
from the *Note output:: command. The name of the LaTeX file is derived
by replacing the file extension (normally `.eps`) with `.tex` instead.
There is no LaTeX output if no output file is given!  Remember to close
the *Note file:: before leaving `gnuplot`.

   In your LaTeX documents use '\\input{filename}' to include the
figure.  The `.eps` file is included by the command
\\includegraphics{...}, so you must also include \\usepackage{graphicx}
in the LaTeX preamble.

   Pdf files can be made from the eps file using 'epstopdf'. If the
graphics package is properly configured, the LaTeX files can also be
processed by pdflatex without changes, using the pdf files instead of
the eps files."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: epson-180dpi,  Next: excl,  Prev: epslatex,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.21 epson-180dpi
.......................

This driver supports a family of Epson printers and derivatives.

   `epson-180dpi` and `epson-60dpi` are drivers for Epson LQ-style
24-pin printers with resolutions of 180 and 60 dots per inch,
respectively.

   `epson-lx800` is a generic 9-pin driver appropriate for printers
like the Epson LX-800, the Star NL-10 and NX-1000, the PROPRINTER, and
so forth.

   `nec-cp6` is generic 24-pin driver that can be used for printers
like the NEC CP6 and the Epson LQ-800.

   The `okidata` driver supports the 9-pin OKIDATA 320/321 Standard
printers.

   The `starc` driver is for the Star Color Printer.

   The `tandy-60dpi` driver is for the Tandy DMP-130 series of 9-pin,
60-dpi printers.

   Only `nec-cp6` has any options.

   Syntax:
           set terminal nec-cp6 {monochrome | colour | draft}

   which defaults to monochrome.

   With each of these drivers, a binary copy is required on a PC to
print.  Do not use `print`--use instead `copy file /b lpt1:`."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: excl,  Next: hercules,  Prev: epson-180dpi,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.22 excl
...............

The `excl` terminal driver supports Talaris printers such as the EXCL
Laser printer and the 1590.  It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hercules,  Next: fig,  Prev: excl,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.23 hercules
...................

These drivers supports PC monitors with autodetected graphics boards.
They can be used only when compiled with Zortech C/C++.  None have
options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: fig,  Next: png_(NEW),  Prev: hercules,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.24 fig
..............

The `fig` terminal device generates output in the Fig graphics language.

   Syntax:
           set terminal fig {monochrome | color}
                            {landscape | portrait}
                            {small | big | size <xsize> <ysize>}
                            {metric | inches}
                            {pointsmax <max_points>}
                            {solid | dashed}
                            {fontsize <fsize>}
                            {textnormal | {textspecial texthidden textrigid}}
                            {thickness <units>}
                            {depth <layer>}
                            {version <number>}

   `monochrome` and `color` determine whether the picture is
black-and-white or `color`.  `small` and `big` produce a 5x3 or 8x5
inch graph in the default `landscape` mode and 3x5 or 5x8 inches in
`portrait` mode.  *Note size:: sets (overrides) the size of the drawing
area to <xsize>*<ysize> in units of inches or centimeters depending on
the `inches` or `metric` setting in effect.  The latter settings is
also used as default units for editing with "xfig".

   `pointsmax <max_points>` sets the maximum number of points per
polyline.

   `solid` inhibits automatic usage of `dash`ed lines when solid
linestyles are used up, which otherwise occurs.

   `fontsize` sets the size of the text font to <fsize> points.
`textnormal` resets the text flags and selects postscript fonts,
`textspecial` sets the text flags for LaTeX specials, `texthidden` sets
the hidden flag and `textrigid` the rigid flag.

   `depth` sets the default depth layer for all lines and text.  The
default depth is 10 to leave room for adding material with "xfig" on
top of the plot.

   *Note version:: sets the format version of the generated fig output.
Currently only versions 3.1 and 3.2 are supported.

   `thickness` sets the default line thickness, which is 1 if not
specified.  Overriding the thickness can be achieved by adding a
multiple of 100 to the `linetype` value for a `plot` command.  In a
similar way the `depth` of plot elements (with respect to the default
depth) can be controlled by adding a multiple of 1000 to <linetype>.
The depth is then <layer> + <linetype>/1000 and the thickness is
(<linetype>%1000)/100 or, if that is zero, the default line thickness.

   Additional point-plot symbols are also available with the `fig`
driver. The symbols can be used through `pointtype` values % 100 above
50, with different fill intensities controlled by <pointtype> % 5 and
outlines in black (for <pointtype> % 10 < 5) or in the current color.
Available symbols are
             50 - 59:  circles
             60 - 69:  squares
             70 - 79:  diamonds
             80 - 89:  upwards triangles
             90 - 99:  downwards triangles

   The size of these symbols is linked to the font size.  The depth of
symbols is by default one less than the depth for lines to achieve nice
error bars.  If <pointtype> is above 1000, the depth is <layer> +
<pointtype>/1000-1.  If <pointtype>%1000 is above 100, the fill color
is (<pointtype>%1000)/100-1.

   Available fill colors are (from 1 to 9): black, blue, green, cyan,
red, magenta, yellow, white and dark blue (in monochrome mode: black
for 1 to 6 and white for 7 to 9).

   See *Note with:: for details of <linetype> and <pointtype>.

   The `big` option is a substitute for the `bfig` terminal in earlier
versions, which is no longer supported.

   Examples:
           set terminal fig monochrome small pointsmax 1000  # defaults

           plot 'file.dat' with points linetype 102 pointtype 759

   would produce circles with a blue outline of width 1 and yellow fill
color.

           plot 'file.dat' using 1:2:3 with err linetype 1 pointtype 554

   would produce errorbars with black lines and circles filled red.
These circles are one layer above the lines (at depth 9 by default).

   To plot the error bars on top of the circles use
           plot 'file.dat' using 1:2:3 with err linetype 1 pointtype 2554"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: png_(NEW),  Next: ggi,  Prev: fig,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.25 png (NEW)
....................

Syntax:
           set terminal png
                  {{no}transparent} {{no}interlace}
                  {tiny | small | medium | large | giant}
                  {font <face> {<pointsize>}}
                  {size <x>,<y>} {{no}crop}
                  {{no}enhanced}
                  {<color0> <color1> <color2> ...}

   PNG images are created using libgd, with optional support for
TrueType and Adobe Type 1 fonts via libfreetype. Version 1.8 or greater
of libgd is required.

   `transparent` instructs the driver to generate transparent PNGs.
The first color will be the transparent one. Default is `notransparent`.

   `interlace` instructs the driver to generate interlaced PNGs.
Default is `nointerlace`.

   Five basic fonts are supported directly by the gd library. These are
`tiny` (5x8 pixels), `small` (6x12 pixels), `medium`, (7x13 Bold),
`large` (8x16) or `giant` (9x15 pixels). These fonts cannot be scaled
or rotated (pure horizontal or vertical text only).

   If gnuplot was built with support for TrueType (*.ttf) or Adobe Type
1 (*.pfa) fonts, they may be selected using the 'font <face>
{<pointsize>}' option. <face> is either the full pathname to the font
file, or a font face name that is assumed to be the first part of a
filename in one of the directories listed in the GDFONTPATH
environmental variable. That is, 'set term png font "Face"' will look
for a font file named either <somedirectory>/Face.ttf or
<somedirectory>/Face.pfa. Both TrueType and Adobe Type 1 fonts are
fully scalable and may be rotated through any angle.  If no font is
specified, gnuplot checks the environmental variable
GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT to see if there is a preferred default font.

   `enhanced` enables the enhanced text processing features,
(subscripts, superscripts and mixed fonts). See `enhanced` for more
information.  The full enhanced mode syntax is supported by the
PNG/JPEG driver itself, but some of these features are dependent on
which version of the underlying libgd library is present, and which
fonts are available.

   The size <x,y> is given in pixels--it defaults to 640x480.  The
number of pixels can be also modified by scaling with the *Note size::
command.  `crop` trims blank space from the edges of the completed
plot, resulting in a smaller final image size. Default is `nocrop`.

   Each color must be of the form 'xrrggbb', where x is the literal
character 'x' and 'rrggbb' are the red, green and blue components in
hex.  For example, 'x00ff00' is green.  The background color is set
first, then the border colors, then the X & Y axis colors, then the
plotting colors.  The maximum number of colors that can be set is 256.

   Examples:
           set terminal png medium size 640,480 \\
                            xffffff x000000 x404040 \\
                            xff0000 xffa500 x66cdaa xcdb5cd \\
                            xadd8e6 x0000ff xdda0dd x9500d3    # defaults

   which uses white for the non-transparent background, black for
borders, gray for the axes, and red, orange, medium aquamarine, thistle
3, light blue, blue, plum and dark violet for eight plotting colors.

           set terminal png font arial 14 size 800,600

   which searches for a TrueType font with face name 'arial' in the
directory specified by the environment variable GDFONTPATH and 14pt
font size.

           set terminal png transparent xffffff \\
                            x000000 x202020 x404040 x606060 \\
                            x808080 xA0A0A0 xC0C0C0 xE0E0E0

   which uses white for the transparent background, black for borders,
dark gray for axes, and a gray-scale for the six plotting colors.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ggi,  Next: gif,  Prev: png_(NEW),  Up: terminal

2.19.59.26 ggi
..............

The `ggi` driver can run on different targets as X or svgalib.

   Syntax:
        set terminal ggi [acceleration <integer>] [[mode] {mode}]

   In X the window cannot be resized using window manager handles, but
the mode can be given with the mode option, e.g.:
      - V1024x768
      - V800x600
      - V640x480
      - V320x200

   Please refer to the ggi documentation for other modes. The 'mode'
keyword is optional. It is recommended to select the target by
environment variables as explained in the libggi manual page. To get
DGA on X, you should for example
        bash> export GGI_DISPLAY=DGA
        csh>  setenv GGI_DISPLAY DGA

   'acceleration' is only used for targets which report relative pointer
motion events (e.g. DGA) and is a strictly positive integer
multiplication factor for the relative distances.  The default for
acceleration is 7.

   Examples:
        set term ggi acc 10
        set term ggi acc 1 mode V1024x768
        set term ggi V1024x768"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: gif,  Next: Gnugraph(GNU_plotutils),  Prev: ggi,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.27 gif
..............

The `gif` terminal driver generates output in GIF format.  It uses
Thomas Boutell's gd library, which is available from
http://www.boutell.com/gd/ Support for GIF output was removed from the
gd library beginning with version 1.6; newer versions support PNG
output instead.

   >>> This copy of gnuplot was configured to produce PNG images <<<
>>> instead of GIF images when 'set term gif' is selected.    <<<

   Syntax:
           set terminal gif {transparent} {interlace}
                            {tiny | small | medium | large | giant}
                            {size <x>,<y>}
                            {<color0> <color1> <color2> ...}

   `transparent` instructs the driver to generate transparent GIFs.
The first color will be the transparent one.

   `interlace` instructs the driver to generate interlaced GIFs.

   The choice of fonts is `tiny` (5x8 pixels), `small` (6x12 pixels),
`medium` (7x13 Bold), `large` (8x16) or `giant` (9x15 pixels)

   The size <x,y> is given in pixels--it defaults to 640x480.  The
number of pixels can be also modified by scaling with the *Note size::
command.

   Each color must be of the form 'xrrggbb', where x is the literal
character 'x' and 'rrggbb' are the red, green and blue components in
hex.  For example, 'x00ff00' is green.  The background color is set
first, then the border colors, then the X & Y axis colors, then the
plotting colors.  The maximum number of colors that can be set is 256.

   Examples:
           set terminal gif small size 640,480 \\
                            xffffff x000000 x404040 \\
                            xff0000 xffa500 x66cdaa xcdb5cd \\
                            xadd8e6 x0000ff xdda0dd x9500d3    # defaults

   which uses white for the non-transparent background, black for
borders, gray for the axes, and red, orange, medium aquamarine, thistle
3, light blue, blue, plum and dark violet for eight plotting colors.

           set terminal gif transparent xffffff \\
                            x000000 x202020 x404040 x606060 \\
                            x808080 xA0A0A0 xC0C0C0 xE0E0E0

   which uses white for the transparent background, black for borders,
dark gray for axes, and a gray-scale for the six plotting colors.

   The page size is 640x480 pixels.  The `gif` driver can create either
color or monochromatic output, but you have no control over which is
produced.

   The current version of the `gif` driver does not support animated
GIFs."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Gnugraph(GNU_plotutils),  Next: gpic,  Prev: gif,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.28 Gnugraph(GNU plotutils)
..................................

The `gnugraph` driver produces device-independent output in the GNU plot
graphics language.  The default size of the PostScript results
generated by "plot2ps" is 5 x 3 inches; this can be increased up to
about 8.25 x 8.25 by *Note size::.

   Syntax:
           set terminal gnugraph {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}
                                 {type <pt>} {size "<size>"}

   which defaults to 10-point "Courier".

   For `type`, the following options are accepted: `X`, `pnm`, `gif`,
`ai`, `ps`, `cgm`, `fig`, `pcl5`, `hpgl`, `tek`, and `meta` (default).
The *Note size:: option (default is a4) is passed straight through to
plotutils, it's the user's responsibility to provide correct values.
Details can be found in the plotutils documentation.

   Examples:
           set terminal gnugraph type hpgl size "a4"
           set terminal gnugraph size "a4,xoffset=-5mm,yoffset=2.0cm" type pnm

   There is a non-GNU version of the `gnugraph` driver which cannot be
compiled unless this version is left out."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: gpic,  Next: gpic_,  Prev: Gnugraph(GNU_plotutils),  Up: terminal

2.19.59.29 gpic
...............

The `gpic` terminal driver generates GPIC graphs in the Free Software
Foundations's "groff" package.  The default size is 5 x 3 inches.  The
only option is the origin, which defaults to (0,0).

   Syntax:
           set terminal gpic {<x> <y>}

   where `x` and `y` are in inches.

   A simple graph can be formatted using

           groff -p -mpic -Tps file.pic > file.ps.

   The output from pic can be pipe-lined into eqn, so it is possible to
put complex functions in a graph with the *Note label:: and `set
{x/y}label` commands.  For instance,

           set ylab '@space 0 int from 0 to x alpha ( t ) roman d t@'

   will label the y axis with a nice integral if formatted with the
command:

           gpic filename.pic | geqn -d@@ -Tps | groff -m[macro-package] -Tps
               > filename.ps

   Figures made this way can be scaled to fit into a document.  The pic
language is easy to understand, so the graphs can be edited by hand if
need be.  All co-ordinates in the pic-file produced by `gnuplot` are
given as x+gnuplotx and y+gnuploty.  By default x and y are given the
value 0.  If this line is removed with an editor in a number of files,
one can put several graphs in one figure like this (default size is
5.0x3.0 inches):

           .PS 8.0
           x=0;y=3
           copy "figa.pic"
           x=5;y=3
           copy "figb.pic"
           x=0;y=0
           copy "figc.pic"
           x=5;y=0
           copy "figd.pic"
           .PE

   This will produce an 8-inch-wide figure with four graphs in two rows
on top of each other.

   One can also achieve the same thing by the command

           set terminal gpic x y

   for example, using

           .PS 6.0
           copy "trig.pic"
           .PE"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: gpic_,  Next: gpr,  Prev: gpic,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.30 gpic
...............

The `gpic` terminal driver generates GPIC graphs in the Free Software
Foundations's "groff" package.  The default size is 5 x 3 inches.  The
only option is the origin, which defaults to (0,0).

   Syntax:
           set terminal gpic {<x> <y>}

   where `x` and `y` are in inches.

   A simple graph can be formatted using

           groff -p -mpic -Tps file.pic > file.ps.

   The output from pic can be pipe-lined into eqn, so it is possible to
put complex functions in a graph with the *Note label:: and `set
{x/y}label` commands.  For instance,

           set ylab '@space 0 int from 0 to x alpha ( t ) roman d t@'

   will label the y axis with a nice integral if formatted with the
command:

           gpic filename.pic | geqn -d@@ -Tps | groff -m[macro-package] -Tps
               > filename.ps

   Figures made this way can be scaled to fit into a document.  The pic
language is easy to understand, so the graphs can be edited by hand if
need be.  All co-ordinates in the pic-file produced by `gnuplot` are
given as x+gnuplotx and y+gnuploty.  By default x and y are given the
value 0.  If this line is removed with an editor in a number of files,
one can put several graphs in one figure like this (default size is
5.0x3.0 inches):

           .PS 8.0
           x=0;y=3
           copy "figa.pic"
           x=5;y=3
           copy "figb.pic"
           x=0;y=0
           copy "figc.pic"
           x=5;y=0
           copy "figd.pic"
           .PE

   This will produce an 8-inch-wide figure with four graphs in two rows
on top of each other.

   One can also achieve the same thing by the command

           set terminal gpic x y

   for example, using

           .PS 6.0
           copy "trig.pic"
           .PE"


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2.19.59.31 gpr
..............

The `gpr` terminal driver supports the Apollo Graphics Primitive
Resource for a fixed-size window.  It has no options.

   If a variable window size is desired, use the `apollo` terminal
instead."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: grass,  Next: hp2623a,  Prev: gpr,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.32 grass
................

The `grass` terminal driver gives `gnuplot` capabilities to users of the
GRASS geographic information system.  Contact
grassp-list@moon.cecer.army.mil for more information.  Pages are
written to the current frame of the GRASS Graphics Window.  There are
no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hp2623a,  Next: hp2648,  Prev: grass,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.33 hp2623a
..................

The `hp2623a` terminal driver supports the Hewlett Packard HP2623A.  It
has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hp2648,  Next: hp500c,  Prev: hp2623a,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.34 hp2648
.................

The `hp2648` terminal driver supports the Hewlett Packard HP2647 and
HP2648.  It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hp500c,  Next: hpgl,  Prev: hp2648,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.35 hp500c
.................

The `hp500c` terminal driver supports the Hewlett Packard HP DeskJet
500c.  It has options for resolution and compression.

   Syntax:
           set terminal hp500c {<res>} {<comp>}

   where `res` can be 75, 100, 150 or 300 dots per inch and `comp` can
be "rle", or "tiff".  Any other inputs are replaced by the defaults,
which are 75 dpi and no compression.  Rasterization at the higher
resolutions may require a large amount of memory."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hpgl,  Next: hpljii,  Prev: hp500c,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.36 hpgl
...............

The `hpgl` driver produces HPGL output for devices like the HP7475A
plotter.  There are two options which can be set: the number of pens
and `eject`, which tells the plotter to eject a page when done.  The
default is to use 6 pens and not to eject the page when done.

   The international character sets ISO-8859-1 and CP850 are recognized
via `set encoding iso_8859_1` or `set encoding cp850` (see *Note
encoding:: for details).

   Syntax:
           set terminal hpgl {<number_of_pens>} {eject}

   The selection

           set terminal hpgl 8 eject

   is equivalent to the previous `hp7550` terminal, and the selection

           set terminal hpgl 4

   is equivalent to the previous `hp7580b` terminal.

   The `pcl5` driver supports plotters such as the Hewlett-Packard
Designjet 750C, the Hewlett-Packard Laserjet III, and the
Hewlett-Packard Laserjet IV.  It actually uses HPGL-2, but there is a
name conflict among the terminal devices.  It has several options which
must be specified in the order indicated below:

   Syntax:
           set terminal pcl5 {mode <mode>} {<plotsize>}
               {{color {<number_of_pens>}} | monochrome} {solid | dashed}
               {font <font>} {size <fontsize>} {pspoints | nopspoints}

   <mode> is `landscape` or `portrait`. <plotsize> is the physical
plotting size of the plot, which is one of the following: `letter` for
standard (8 1/2" X 11") displays, `legal` for (8 1/2" X 14") displays,
`noextended` for (36" X 48") displays (a letter size ratio) or,
`extended` for (36" X 55") displays (almost a legal size ratio).
`color` is for multi-pen (i.e. color) plots, and <number_of_pens> is
the number of pens (i.e. colors) used in color plots. `monochrome` is
for one (e.g. black) pen plots. `solid` draws all lines as solid lines,
or `dashed` will draw lines with different dashed and dotted line
patterns.  <font> is `stick`, `univers`, `cg_times`, `zapf_dingbats`,
`antique_olive`, `arial`, `courier`, `garamond_antigua`,
`letter_gothic`, `cg_omega`, `albertus`, `times_new_roman`,
`clarendon`, `coronet`, `marigold`, `truetype_symbols`, or `wingdings`.
<fontsize> is the font size in points.  The point type selection can be
the standard default set by specifying `nopspoints`, or the same set of
point types found in the postscript terminal by specifying `pspoints`.

   Note that built-in support of some of these options is printer device
dependent. For instance, all the fonts are supposedly supported by the
HP Laserjet IV, but only a few (e.g. univers, stick) may be supported
by the HP Laserjet III and the Designjet 750C. Also, color obviously
won't work on the the laserjets since they are monochrome devices.

   Defaults: landscape, noextended, color (6 pens), solid, univers, 12
point,
               and nopspoints.

   With `pcl5` international characters are handled by the printer; you
just put the appropriate 8-bit character codes into the text strings.
You don't need to bother with *Note encoding::.

   HPGL graphics can be imported by many software packages."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hpljii,  Next: hppj,  Prev: hpgl,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.37 hpljii
.................

The `hpljii` terminal driver supports the HP Laserjet Series II
printer.  The `hpdj` driver supports the HP DeskJet 500 printer.  These
drivers allow a choice of resolutions.

   Syntax:
           set terminal hpljii | hpdj {<res>}

   where `res` may be 75, 100, 150 or 300 dots per inch; the default is
75.  Rasterization at the higher resolutions may require a large amount
of memory.

   The `hp500c` terminal is similar to `hpdj`; `hp500c` additionally
supports color and compression."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: hppj,  Next: imagen,  Prev: hpljii,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.38 hppj
...............

The `hppj` terminal driver supports the HP PaintJet and HP3630
printers.  The only option is the choice of font.

   Syntax:
           set terminal hppj {FNT5X9 | FNT9X17 | FNT13X25}

   with the middle-sized font (FNT9X17) being the default."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: imagen,  Next: iris4d,  Prev: hppj,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.39 imagen
.................

The `imagen` terminal driver supports Imagen laser printers.  It is
capable of placing multiple graphs on a single page.

   Syntax:
           set terminal imagen {<fontsize>} {portrait | landscape}
                               {[<horiz>,<vert>]}

   where `fontsize` defaults to 12 points and the layout defaults to
`landscape`.  `<horiz>` and `<vert>` are the number of graphs in the
horizontal and vertical directions; these default to unity.

   Example:
           set terminal imagen portrait [2,3]

   puts six graphs on the page in three rows of two in portrait
orientation."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: iris4d,  Next: kyo,  Prev: imagen,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.40 iris4d
.................

The `iris4d` terminal driver supports Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D
computers.  Its only option is 8- or 24-bit color depth.  The default
is 8.

   Syntax:
           set terminal iris4d {8 | 24}

   The color depth is not really a choice - the value appropriate for
the hardware should be selected.

   When using 24-bit mode, the colors can be directly specified via the
file .gnuplot_iris4d that is searched in the current directory and then
in the home directory specified by the HOME environment variable.  This
file holds RGB values for the background, border, labels and nine
plotting colors, in that order.  For example, here is a file containing
the default colors:

           85   85   85     Background   (dark gray)
           0    0    0      Boundary     (black)
           170  0    170    Labeling     (magenta)
           85   255  255    Plot Color 1 (light cyan)
           170  0    0      Plot Color 2 (red)
           0    170  0      Plot Color 3 (green)
           255  85   255    Plot Color 4 (light magenta)
           255  255  85     Plot Color 5 (yellow)
           255  85   85     Plot Color 6 (light red)
           85   255  85     Plot Color 7 (light green)
           0    170  170    Plot Color 8 (cyan)
           170  170  0      Plot Color 9 (brown)

   This file must have exactly 12 lines of RGB triples.  No empty lines
are allowed, and anything after the third number on a line is ignored."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: kyo,  Next: latex,  Prev: iris4d,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.41 kyo
..............

The `kyo` and `prescribe` terminal drivers support the Kyocera laser
printer.  The only difference between the two is that `kyo` uses
"Helvetica" whereas `prescribe` uses "Courier".  There are no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: latex,  Next: linux,  Prev: kyo,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.42 latex
................

The `latex` and `emtex` drivers allow two options.

   Syntax:
           set terminal latex | emtex {courier | roman | default} {<fontsize>}

   `fontsize` may be any size you specify.  The default is for the plot
to inherit its font setting from the embedding document.

   Unless your driver is capable of building fonts at any size (e.g.
dvips), stick to the standard 10, 11 and 12 point sizes.

   METAFONT users beware: METAFONT does not like odd sizes.

   All drivers for LaTeX offer a special way of controlling text
positioning: If any text string begins with '{', you also need to
include a '}' at the end of the text, and the whole text will be
centered both horizontally and vertically.  If the text string begins
with '[', you need to follow this with a position specification (up to
two out of t,b,l,r), ']{', the text itself, and finally '}'.  The text
itself may be anything LaTeX can typeset as an LR-box.  '\\rule{}{}'s
may help for best positioning.

   Points, among other things, are drawn using the LaTeX commands
"\\Diamond" and "\\Box".  These commands no longer belong to the
LaTeX2e core; they are included in the latexsym package, which is part
of the base distribution and thus part of any LaTeX implementation.
Please do not forget to use this package.

   Examples: About label positioning: Use gnuplot defaults (mostly
sensible, but sometimes not really best):
            set title '\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $'

   Force centering both horizontally and vertically:
            set label '{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}' at 0,0

   Specify own positioning (top here):
            set xlabel '[t]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}'

   The other label - account for long ticlabels:
            set ylabel '[r]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $\\rule{7mm}{0pt}}'"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: linux,  Next: linux_,  Prev: latex,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.43 linux
................

The `linux` driver has no additional options to specify.  It looks at
the environment variable GSVGAMODE for the default mode; if not set, it
uses 1024x768x256 as default mode or, if that is not possible,
640x480x16 (standard VGA)."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: linux_,  Next: macintosh,  Prev: linux,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.44 linux
................

The `linux` driver has no additional options to specify.  It looks at
the environment variable GSVGAMODE for the default mode; if not set, it
uses 1024x768x256 as default mode or, if that is not possible,
640x480x16 (standard VGA)."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: macintosh,  Next: mf,  Prev: linux_,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.45 macintosh
....................

Several options may be set in the 'macintosh' driver.

   Syntax:
          set terminal macintosh {singlewin | multiwin} {vertical | novertical}
                                 {size <width>, <height> | default}

   'singlewin' limits the output to a single window and is useful for
animations.  'multiwin' allows multiple windows.  'vertical' is only
valid under the gx option. With this option, rotated text
         be drawn vertically. novertical turns this option off.
      size <width>, <height> overrides the graph size set in the preferences
         dialog until it is cleared with either 'set term mac size default'
         or 'set term mac default'.

      'set term mac size default' sets the window size settings to those set in
         the preferences dialog.

      'set term mac default' sets all options to their default values.
         Default values: nogx, multiwin, novertical.

      If you generate graphs under the multiwin option and then switch to singlewin,
      the next plot command will cause one more window to be created. This new
      window will be reused as long as singlewin is in effect. If you switch back
      to multiwin, generate some graphs, and then switch to singlewin again, the
      orginal 'singlewin' window will be resused if it is still open. Otherwise
      a new 'singlewin' window will be created. The 'singlewin' window is not numbered."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mf,  Next: mp,  Prev: macintosh,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.46 mf
.............

The `mf` terminal driver creates an input file to the METAFONT program.
Thus a figure may be used in the TeX document in the same way as is a
character.

   To use a picture in a document, the METAFONT program must be run
with the output file from `gnuplot` as input.  Thus, the user needs a
basic knowledge of the font creating process and the procedure for
including a new font in a document.  However, if the METAFONT program
is set up properly at the local site, an unexperienced user could
perform the operation without much trouble.

   The text support is based on a METAFONT character set.  Currently the
Computer Modern Roman font set is input, but the user is in principal
free to choose whatever fonts he or she needs.  The METAFONT source
files for the chosen font must be available.  Each character is stored
in a separate picture variable in METAFONT.  These variables may be
manipulated (rotated, scaled etc.) when characters are needed.  The
drawback is the interpretation time in the METAFONT program.  On some
machines (i.e. PC) the limited amount of memory available may also
cause problems if too many pictures are stored.

   The `mf` terminal has no options.

-- METAFONT INSTRUCTIONS --

   - Set your terminal to METAFONT:
       set terminal mf

   - Select an output-file, e.g.:
       set output "myfigures.mf"

   - Create your pictures. Each picture will generate a separate
character. Its default size will be 5*3 inches. You can change the size
by saying `set size 0.5,0.5` or whatever fraction of the default size
you want to have.

   - Quit `gnuplot`.

   - Generate a TFM and GF file by running METAFONT on the output of
`gnuplot`.  Since the picture is quite large (5*3 in), you will have to
use a version of METAFONT that has a value of at least 150000 for
memmax.  On Unix systems these are conventionally installed under the
name bigmf.  For the following assume that the command virmf stands for
a big version of METAFONT.  For example:

   - Invoke METAFONT:
         virmf '&plain'

   - Select the output device: At the METAFONT prompt ('*') type:
         \\mode:=CanonCX;     % or whatever printer you use

   - Optionally select a magnification:
         mag:=1;             % or whatever you wish

   - Input the `gnuplot`-file:
         input myfigures.mf

   On a typical Unix machine there will usually be a script called "mf"
that executes virmf '&plain', so you probably can substitute mf for
virmf &plain.  This will generate two files: mfput.tfm and mfput.$$$gf
(where $$$ indicates the resolution of your device).  The above can be
conveniently achieved by typing everything on the command line, e.g.:
virmf '&plain' '\\mode:=CanonCX; mag:=1; input myfigures.mf' In this
case the output files will be named myfigures.tfm and myfigures.300gf.

   - Generate a PK file from the GF file using gftopk:
       gftopk myfigures.300gf myfigures.300pk

   The name of the output file for gftopk depends on the DVI driver you
use.  Ask your local TeX administrator about the naming conventions.
Next, either install the TFM and PK files in the appropriate
directories, or set your environment variables properly.  Usually this
involves setting TEXFONTS to include the current directory and doing
the same thing for the environment variable that your DVI driver uses
(no standard name here...).  This step is necessary so that TeX will
find the font metric file and your DVI driver will find the PK file.

   - To include your pictures in your document you have to tell TeX the
font:
       \\font\\gnufigs=myfigures

   Each picture you made is stored in a single character.  The first
picture is character 0, the second is character 1, and so on...  After
doing the above step, you can use the pictures just like any other
characters.  Therefore, to place pictures 1 and 2 centered in your
document, all you have to do is:
       \\centerline{\\gnufigs\\char0}
       \\centerline{\\gnufigs\\char1}

   in plain TeX.  For LaTeX you can, of course, use the picture
environment and place the picture wherever you wish by using the
\\makebox and \\put macros.

   This conversion saves you a lot of time once you have generated the
font; TeX handles the pictures as characters and uses minimal time to
place them, and the documents you make change more often than the
pictures do.  It also saves a lot of TeX memory.  One last advantage of
using the METAFONT driver is that the DVI file really remains device
independent, because no \\special commands are used as in the eepic and
tpic drivers."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mp,  Next: mgr,  Prev: mf,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.47 mp
.............

The `mp` driver produces output intended to be input to the Metapost
program.  Running Metapost on the file creates EPS files containing the
plots. By default, Metapost passes all text through TeX.  This has the
advantage of allowing essentially  any TeX symbols in titles and labels.

   Syntax:
        set term mp {color | colour | monochrome}
                    {solid | dashed}
                    {notex | tex | latex}
                    {magnification <magsize>}
                    {psnfss | psnfss-version7 | nopsnfss}
                    {prologues <value>}
                    {a4paper}
                    {amstex}
                    {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   The option `color` causes lines to be drawn in color (on a printer
or display that supports it), `monochrome` (or nothing) selects black
lines.  The option `solid` draws solid lines, while `dashed` (or
nothing) selects lines with different patterns of dashes.  If `solid`
is selected but `color` is not, nearly all lines will be identical.
This may occasionally be useful, so it is allowed.

   The option `notex` bypasses TeX entirely, therefore no TeX code can
be used in labels under this option.  This is intended for use on old
plot files or files that make frequent use of common characters like
`$` and `%` that require special handling in TeX.

   The option `tex` sets the terminal to output its text for TeX to
process.

   The option `latex` sets the terminal to output its text for
processing by LaTeX. This allows things like \\frac for fractions which
LaTeX knows about but TeX does not.  Note that you must set the
environment variable TEX to the name of your LaTeX executable (normally
latex) if you use this option or use `mpost -tex=<name of LaTeX
executable> ...`. Otherwise metapost will try and use TeX to process
the text and it won't work.

   Changing font sizes in TeX has no effect on the size of mathematics,
and there is no foolproof way to make such a change, except by globally
setting a magnification factor. This is the purpose of the
`magnification` option. It must be followed by a scaling factor. All
text (NOT the graphs) will be scaled by this factor. Use this if you
have math that you want at some size other than the default 10pt.
Unfortunately, all math will be the same size, but see the discussion
below on editing the MP output. `mag` will also work under `notex` but
there seems no point in using it as the font size option (below) works
as well.

   The option `psnfss` uses postscript fonts in combination with LaTeX.
Since this option only makes sense, if LaTeX is being used, the `latex`
option is selected automatically. This option includes the following
packages for LaTeX: inputenc(latin1), fontenc(T1), mathptmx,
helvet(scaled=09.2), courier, latexsym and textcomp.

   The option `psnfss-version7` uses also postscript fonts in LaTeX
(option `latex` is also automatically selected), but uses the following
packages with LaTeX: inputenc(latin1), fontenc(T1), times, mathptmx,
helvet and courier.

   The option `nopsnfss` is the default and uses the standard font
(cmr10 if not otherwise specified).

   The option `prologues` takes a value as an additional argument and
adds the line `prologues:=<value>` to the metapost file. If a value of
`2` is specified metapost uses postscript fonts to generate the
eps-file, so that the result can be viewed using e.g. ghostscript.
Normally the output of metapost uses TeX fonts and therefore has to be
included in a (La)TeX file before you can look at it.

   The option `noprologues` is the default. No additional line
specifying the prologue will be added.

   The option `a4paper` adds a `[a4paper]` to the documentclass.
Normally letter paper is used (default). Since this option is only used
in case of LaTeX, the `latex` option is selected automatically.

   The option `amstex` automatically selects the `latex` option and
includes the following LaTeX packages: amsfonts, amsmath(intlimits). By
default these packages are not included.

   A name in quotes selects the font that will be used when no explicit
font is given in a *Note label:: or `set title`.  A name recognized by
TeX (a TFM file exists) must be used.  The default is "cmr10" unless
`notex` is selected, then it is "pcrr8r" (Courier).  Even under
`notex`, a TFM file is needed by Metapost. The file `pcrr8r.tfm` is the
name given to Courier in LaTeX's psnfss package.  If you change the
font from the `notex` default, choose a font that matches the ASCII
encoding at least in the range 32-126.  `cmtt10` almost works, but it
has a nonblank character in position 32 (space).

   The size can be any number between 5.0 and 99.99.  If it is omitted,
10.0 is used.  It is advisable to use `magstep` sizes: 10 times an
integer or half-integer power of 1.2, rounded to two decimals, because
those are the most available sizes of fonts in TeX systems.

   All the options are optional.  If font information is given, it must
be at the end, with size (if present) last.  The size is needed to
select a size for the font, even if the font name includes size
information.  For example, `set term mp "cmtt12"` selects cmtt12 shrunk
to the default size 10.  This is probably not what you want or you
would have used cmtt10.

   The following common ascii characters need special treatment in TeX:
        $, &, #, %, _;  |, <, >;  ^, ~,  \\, {, and }

   The five characters $, #, &, _, and % can simply be escaped, e.g.,
`\\$`.  The three characters <, >, and | can be wrapped in math mode,
e.g., `$<$`.  The remainder require some TeX work-arounds.  Any good
book on TeX will give some guidance.

   If you type your labels inside double quotes, backslashes in TeX
code need to be escaped (doubled). Using single quotes will avoid
having to do this, but then you cannot use `\\n` for line breaks.  As
of this writing, version 3.7 of gnuplot processes titles given in a
`plot` command differently than in other places, and backslashes in TeX
commands need to be doubled regardless of the style of quotes.

   Metapost pictures are typically used in TeX documents.  Metapost
deals with fonts pretty much the same way TeX does, which is different
from most other document preparation programs.  If the picture is
included in a LaTeX document using the graphics package, or in a
plainTeX document via epsf.tex, and then converted to PostScript with
dvips (or other dvi-to-ps converter), the text in the plot will usually
be handled correctly.  However, the text may not appear if you send the
Metapost output as-is to a PostScript interpreter.

-- METAPOST INSTRUCTIONS --

   - Set your terminal to Metapost, e.g.:
        set terminal mp mono "cmtt12" 12

   - Select an output-file, e.g.:
        set output "figure.mp"

   - Create your pictures.  Each plot (or multiplot group) will
generate a separate Metapost beginfig...endfig group.  Its default size
will be 5 by 3 inches.  You can change the size by saying `set size
0.5,0.5` or whatever fraction of the default size you want to have.

   - Quit gnuplot.

   - Generate EPS files by running Metapost on the output of gnuplot:
        mpost figure.mp  OR  mp figure.mp

   The name of the Metapost program depends on the system, typically
`mpost` for a Unix machine and `mp` on many others.  Metapost will
generate one EPS file for each picture.

   - To include your pictures in your document you can use the graphics
package in LaTeX or epsf.tex in plainTeX:
        \\usepackage{graphics} % LaTeX
        \\input epsf.tex       % plainTeX

   If you use a driver other than dvips for converting TeX DVI output
to PS, you may need to add the following line in your LaTeX document:
        \\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{eps}{*}{}

   Each picture you made is in a separate file.  The first picture is
in, e.g., figure.0, the second in figure.1, and so on....  To place the
third picture in your document, for example, all you have to do is:
        \\includegraphics{figure.2} % LaTeX
        \\epsfbox{figure.2}         % plainTeX

   The advantage, if any, of the mp terminal over a postscript terminal
is editable output.  Considerable effort went into making this output
as clean as possible.  For those knowledgeable in the Metapost
language, the default line types and colors can be changed by editing
the arrays `lt[]` and `col[]`.  The choice of solid vs dashed lines,
and color vs black lines can be change by changing the values assigned
to the booleans `dashedlines` and `colorlines`.  If the default `tex`
option was in effect, global changes to the text of labels can be
achieved by editing the `vebatimtex...etex` block.  In particular, a
LaTeX preamble can be added if desired, and then LaTeX's built-in size
changing commands can be used for maximum flexibility. Be sure to set
the appropriate MP configuration variable to force Metapost to run
LaTeX instead of plainTeX."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mgr,  Next: mif,  Prev: mp,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.48 mgr
..............

The `mgr` terminal driver supports the Mgr Window system.  It has no
options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: mif,  Next: mtos,  Prev: mgr,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.49 mif
..............

The `mif` terminal driver produces Frame Maker MIF format version 3.00.
It plots in MIF Frames with the size 15*10 cm, and plot primitives
with the same pen will be grouped in the same MIF group.  Plot
primitives in a `gnuplot` page will be plotted in a MIF Frame, and
several MIF Frames are collected in one large MIF Frame.  The MIF font
used for text is "Times".

   Several options may be set in the MIF 3.00 driver.

   Syntax:
           set terminal mif {color | colour | monochrome} {polyline | vectors}
                            {help | ?}

   `colour` plots lines with line types >= 0 in colour (MIF sep. 2-7)
and `monochrome` plots all line types in black (MIF sep. 0).
`polyline` plots curves as continuous curves and `vectors` plots curves
as collections of vectors.  *Note help:: and `?` print online help on
standard error output--both print a short description of the usage;
*Note help:: also lists the options.

   Examples:
           set term mif colour polylines    # defaults
           set term mif                     # defaults
           set term mif vectors
           set term mif help"


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2.19.59.50 mtos
...............

The `mtos` terminal has no options.  It sends data via a pipe to an
external program called GPCLIENT.  It runs under MULTITOS, Magic 3.x,
MagicMAC. and MiNT.  If you cannot find GPCLIENT, than mail to
dirk@lstm.uni-erlangen.de."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: next,  Next: Openstep_(next),  Prev: mtos,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.51 next
...............

Several options may be set in the next driver.

   Syntax:
           set terminal next {<mode>} {<type> } {<color>} {<dashed>}
                      {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>} title {"<newtitle>"}

   where <mode> is  `default`, which sets all options to their defaults;
<type> is either `new` or `old`, where `old` invokes the old single
window; <color> is either `color` or `monochrome`; <dashed> is either
`solid` or `dashed`; "<fontname>" is the name of a valid PostScript
font; <fontsize> is the size of the font in PostScript points; and
<title> is the title for the GnuTerm window.  Defaults are  `new`,
`monochrome`, `dashed`, "Helvetica", 14pt.

   Examples:
           set term next default
           set term next 22
           set term next color "Times-Roman" 14
           set term next color "Helvetica" 12 title "MyPlot"
           set term next old

   Pointsizes may be changed with `set linestyle`."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Openstep_(next),  Next: pbm,  Prev: next,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.52 Openstep (next)
..........................

/* 

   */ Several options may be set in the openstep (next) driver.

   Syntax:
           set terminal openstep {<mode>} {<type> } {<color>} {<dashed>}
                      {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>} title {"<newtitle>"}

   where <mode> is  `default`, which sets all options to their defaults;
<type> is either `new` or `old`, where `old` invokes the old single
window; <color> is either `color` or `monochrome`; <dashed> is either
`solid` or `dashed`; "<fontname>" is the name of a valid PostScript
font; <fontsize> is the size of the font in PostScript points; and
<title> is the title for the GnuTerm window.  Defaults are  `new`,
`monochrome`, `dashed`, "Helvetica", 14pt.

   Examples:
           set term openstep default
           set term openstep 22
           set term openstep color "Times-Roman" 14
           set term openstep color "Helvetica" 12 title "MyPlot"
           set term openstep old

   Pointsizes may be changed with `set linestyle`."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: pbm,  Next: dospc,  Prev: Openstep_(next),  Up: terminal

2.19.59.53 pbm
..............

Several options may be set in the `pbm` terminal--the driver for
PBMplus.

   Syntax:
           set terminal pbm {<fontsize>} {<mode>}

   where <fontsize> is `small`, `medium`, or `large` and <mode> is
`monochrome`, `gray` or `color`.  The default plot size is 640 pixels
wide and 480 pixels high; this may be changed by *Note size::.

   The output of the `pbm` driver depends upon <mode>: `monochrome`
produces a portable bitmap (one bit per pixel), `gray` a portable
graymap (three bits per pixel) and `color` a portable pixmap (color,
four bits per pixel).

   The output of this driver can be used with Jef Poskanzer's excellent
PBMPLUS package, which provides programs to convert the above PBMPLUS
formats to GIF, TIFF, MacPaint, Macintosh PICT, PCX, X11 bitmap and
many others.  PBMPLUS may be obtained from ftp.x.org.  The relevant
files have names that begin with "netpbm-1mar1994.p1"; they reside in
/contrib/utilities.  The package can probably also be obtained from one
of the many sites that mirrors ftp.x.org.

   Examples:
           set terminal pbm small monochrome             # defaults
           set size 2,2; set terminal pbm color medium"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: dospc,  Next: pdf,  Prev: pbm,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.54 dospc
................

The `dospc` terminal driver supports PCs with arbitrary graphics boards,
which will be automatically detected.  It should be used only if you are
not using the gcc or Zortec C/C++ compilers."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: pdf,  Next: png_(OLD),  Prev: dospc,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.55 pdf
..............

This terminal produces files in the Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF), useable for printing or display with tools like Acrobat Reader

   Syntax:
           set terminal pdf {fname "<font>"} {fsize <fontsize>}
                            {{no}enhanced}

   where <font> is the name of the default font to use (default
Helvetica) and <fontsize> is the font size (in points, default 12).

   The `enhanced` option enables enhanced text processing features
(subscripts, superscripts and mixed fonts). See `enhanced` for more
information. Only the core PDF fonts are supported."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: png_(OLD),  Next: postscript_,  Prev: pdf,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.56 png (OLD)
....................

The `png` terminal driver supports Portable Network Graphics.  This old
version of the png driver requires the third-party libraries "libpng"
and "zlib".  There is a newer png driver, with many more features, that
is preferred if you have libgd version 1.8 or newer.

   Syntax:
           set terminal png {small | medium | large}
                            {transparent|notransparent}
                            {picsize <xsize> <ysize>}
                            {monochrome | gray | color}
                            {<color0> <color1> <color2> ...}

   `transparent` instructs the driver to generate transparent PNGs.
The first color will be the transparent one.
        "

   The defaults are `small` (fontsize) and `color`.  Default size of
the output is 640*480 pixel. This can be changed by the option
`picsize`.

   Each <color> must be of the form 'xrrggbb', where x is the literal
character 'x' and 'rrggbb' are the red, green and blue components in
hex.  For example, 'x00ff00' is green.  The background color is set
first, then the border color, then the X & Y axis color, then the
plotting colors.  The maximum number of colors that can be set is
currently 99."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: postscript_,  Next: pslatex_and_pstex,  Prev: png_(OLD),  Up: terminal

2.19.59.57 postscript
.....................

Several options may be set in the *Note postscript:: driver.

   Syntax:
           set terminal postscript {<mode>} {enhanced | noenhanced}
                                   {color | colour | monochrome}
                                   {blacktext | colortext | colourtext}
                                   {solid | dashed} {dashlength | dl <DL>}
                                   {linewidth | lw <LW>}
                                   {<duplexing>}
                                   {rounded | butt}
                                   {fontfile [add | delete] "<filename>"}
                                   {palfuncparam <samples>{,<maxdeviation>}}
                                   {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   where <mode> is `landscape`, `portrait`, `eps` or `default`;
`enhanced` enables enhanced text mode features (subscripts,
superscripts and mixed fonts). See `enhanced` for more information.
Option `color` enables color; `blacktext` forces all text to be written
in black even in color mode; `solid` draws all plots with solid lines,
overriding any dashed patterns; `dashlength` or `dl` scales the length
of the dashed-line segments by <DL> (which is a floating-point number
greater than zero); `linewidth` or `lw` scales all linewidths by <LW>;
<duplexing> is `defaultplex`, `simplex` or `duplex` ("duplexing" in
PostScript is the ability of the printer to print on both sides of the
same page--don't set this if your printer can't do it); `rounded` sets
line caps and line joins to be rounded; `butt` is the default, butt
caps and mitered joins; `"<fontname>"` is the name of a valid
PostScript font; and `<fontsize>` is the size of the font in PostScript
points.  In addition to the standard postscript fonts, an oblique
version of the Symbol font, useful for mathematics, is defined. It is
called" "Symbol-Oblique".

   `default` mode sets all options to their defaults: `landscape`,
`monochrome`, `dashed`, `dl 1.0`, `lw 1.0`, `defaultplex`,
`noenhanced`, "Helvetica" and 14pt.  Default size of a PostScript plot
is 10 inches wide and 7 inches high.

   `palfuncparam` is only available if compiled with *Note pm3d::
support.  It controls how `set palette functions` are encoded as
gradients in the output.  Analytic color component functions (set via
`set palette functions`) are encoded as linear interpolated gradients
in the postscript output:  The color component functions are sampled at
<samples> points and all points are removed from this gradient which
can be removed without changing the resulting colors by more than
<maxdeviation>.  For almost every useful palette you may savely leave
the defaults of <samples>=2000 and <maxdeviation>=0.003 untouched.

   `eps` mode generates EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) output, which is
just regular PostScript with some additional lines that allow the file
to be imported into a variety of other applications.  (The added lines
are PostScript comment lines, so the file may still be printed by
itself.)  To get EPS output, use the `eps` mode and make only one plot
per file.  In `eps` mode the whole plot, including the fonts, is
reduced to half of the default size.

   Fonts listed by `fontfile` or `fontfile add` encapsulate the font
definitions of the listed font from a postscript Type 1 or TrueType font
file directly into the gnuplot output postscript file. Thus, the
enclosed font can be used in labels, titles, etc. See the section
`postscript fontfile` for more details.  With `fontfile delete` a
fontfile is deleted from the list of embedded files.

   Examples:
           set terminal postscript default       # old postscript
           set terminal postscript enhanced      # old enhpost
           set terminal postscript landscape 22  # old psbig
           set terminal postscript eps 14        # old epsf1
           set terminal postscript eps 22        # old epsf2
           set size 0.7,1.4; set term post portrait color "Times-Roman" 14
           set term post "VAGRoundedBT_Regular" 14 fontfile "bvrr8a.pfa"

   Linewidths and pointsizes may be changed with `set style line`.

   The *Note postscript:: driver supports about 70 distinct pointtypes,
selectable through the `pointtype` option on `plot` and `set style
line`.

   Several possibly useful files about `gnuplot`'s PostScript are
included in the /docs/psdoc subdirectory of the `gnuplot` distribution
and at the distribution sites.  These are "ps_symbols.gpi" (a `gnuplot`
command file that, when executed, creates the file "ps_symbols.ps"
which shows all the symbols available through the *Note postscript::
terminal), "ps_guide.ps" (a PostScript file that contains a summary of
the enhanced syntax and a page showing what the octal codes produce
with text and symbol fonts), "ps_file.doc" (a text file that contains a
discussion of the organization of a PostScript file written by
`gnuplot`), and "ps_fontfile_doc.tex" (a LaTeX file which contains a
short documentation concerning the encapsulation of LaTeX fonts with a
glyph table of the math fonts).

   A PostScript file is editable, so once `gnuplot` has created one,
you are free to modify it to your heart's desire.  See the *Note
postscript:: section for some hints.

-- ENHANCED POSTSCRIPT --

   Several terminal types support an enhanced text mode in which
additional formatting information is embedded in the text string.

      Control      Examples        Explanation
       ^           a^x             superscript
       _           a_x             subscript
       @           @x or a@^b_c    phantom box (occupies no width)
       &           &{space}        inserts space of specified length
       ~           ~a{.8-}         overprints '-' on 'a', raised by .8
                                   times the current fontsize

   Braces can be used to place multiple-character text where a single
character is expected (e.g., 2^{10}).  To change the font and/or size,
use the full form:  {/[fontname][=fontsize | *fontscale] text}.  Thus
{/Symbol=20 G} is a 20-point GAMMA and {/*0.75 K} is a K at
three-quarters of whatever fontsize is currently in effect.  (The '/'
character MUST be the first character after the '{'.)

   If the encoding vector has been changed by *Note encoding::, the
default encoding vector can be used instead by following the slash with
a dash.  This is unnecessary if you use the Symbol font, however--since
/Symbol uses its own encoding vector, `gnuplot` will not apply any
other encoding vector to it.

   The phantom box is useful for a@^b_c to align superscripts and
subscripts but does not work well for overwriting an accent on a
letter.  (To do the latter, it is much better to use 'set encoding
iso_8859_1' to change to the ISO Latin-1 encoding vector, which
contains a large variety of letters with accents or other diacritical
marks.)  Since the box is non-spacing, it is sensible to put the
shorter of the subscript or superscript in the box (that is, after the
@).

   Space equal in length to a string can be inserted using the '&'
character.  Thus
             'abc&{def}ghi'

   would produce
             'abc   ghi'.

   The '~' character causes the next character or bracketed text to be
overprinted by the following character or bracketed text.  The second
text will be horizontally centered on the first.  Thus '~a/' will
result in an 'a' with a slash through it.  You can also shift the
second text vertically by preceding the second text with a number,
which will define the fraction of the current fontsize by which the
text will be raised or lowered.  In this case the number and text must
be enclosed in brackets because more than one character is necessary.
If the overprinted text begins with a number, put a space between the
vertical offset and the text ('~{abc}{.5 000}'); otherwise no space is
needed ('~{abc}{.5--}').  You can change the font for one or both
strings ('~a{.5 /*.2 o}'--an 'a' with a one-fifth-size 'o' on top--and
the space between the number and the slash is necessary), but you can't
change it after the beginning of the string.  Neither can you use any
other special syntax within either string.  You can, of course, use
control characters by escaping them (see below), such as '~a{\\^}'

   You can access special symbols numerically by specifying
\\character-code (in octal), e.g., {/Symbol \\245} is the symbol for
infinity.

   You can escape control characters using \\, e.g.,  \\\\, \\{, and so
on.

   But be aware that strings in double-quotes are parsed differently
than those enclosed in single-quotes.  The major difference is that
backslashes may need to be doubled when in double-quoted strings.

   Examples (these are hard to describe in words--try them!):
           set xlabel 'Time (10^6 {/Symbol m}s)'
           set title '{/Symbol=18 \\362@_{/=9.6 0}^{/=12 x}} \\
                      {/Helvetica e^{-{/Symbol m}^2/2} d}{/Symbol m}'

   The file "ps_guide.ps" in the /docs/psdoc subdirectory of the
`gnuplot` source distribution contains more examples of the enhanced
syntax.

-- EDITING POSTSCRIPT --

   The PostScript language is a very complex language--far too complex
to describe in any detail in this document.  Nevertheless there are
some things in a PostScript file written by `gnuplot` that can be
changed without risk of introducing fatal errors into the file.

   For example, the PostScript statement "/Color true def" (written
into the file in response to the command `set terminal postscript
color`), may be altered in an obvious way to generate a black-and-white
version of a plot.  Similarly line colors, text colors, line weights
and symbol sizes can also be altered in straight-forward ways.  Text
(titles and labels) can be edited to correct misspellings or to change
fonts.  Anything can be repositioned, and of course anything can be
added or deleted, but modifications such as these may require deeper
knowledge of the PostScript language.

   The organization of a PostScript file written by `gnuplot` is
discussed in the text file "ps_file.doc" in the docs/ps subdirectory of
the gnuplot source distribution.

-- POSTSCRIPT FONTFILE --

   The `fontfile` or `fontfile add` option takes one file name as
argument and encapsulates this file into the postscript output in order
to make this font available for text elements (labels, tic marks,
titles, etc.).  The `fontfile delete` option also takes one file name
as argument. It deletes this file name from the list of encapsulated
files.

   The postscript terminal understands some font file formats: Type 1
fonts in ASCII file format (extension ".pfa"), Type 1 fonts in binary
file format (extension ".pfb"), and TrueType fonts (extension ".ttf").
Pfa files are understood directly, pfb and ttf files are converted on
the fly if appropriate conversion tools are installed (see below). You
have to specify the full filename with the extension. Each `fontfile`
option takes exact one font file name. This option can be used multiple
times in order to include more than one font file.

   The font file is searched in the working directory and in all
directories listed in the fontpath which is determined by *Note
fontpath::.  In addition, the fontpath can be set using the environment
variable GNUPLOT_FONTPATH. If this is not set a system dependent
default search list is used. See *Note fontpath:: for more details.

   For using the encapsulated font file you have to specify the font
name (which normally is not the same as the file name). When embedding a
font file by using the `fontfile` option in interactive mode, the font
name is printed on the screen. E.g.
        Font file 'p052004l.pfb' contains the font 'URWPalladioL-Bold'. Location:
        /usr/lib/X11/fonts/URW/p052004l.pfb

   When using pfa or pfb fonts, you can also find it out by looking
into the font file. There is a line similar to "/FontName
/URWPalladioL-Bold def".  The middle string without the slash is the
fontname, here "URWPalladioL-Bold".  For TrueType fonts, this is not so
easy since the font name is stored in a binary format. In addition,
they often have spaces in the font names which is not supported by Type
1 fonts (in which a TrueType is converted on the fly). The font names
are changed in order to eliminate the spaces in the fontnames. The
easiest way to find out which font name is generated for use with
gnuplot, start gnuplot in interactive mode and type in "set terminal
postscript fontfile '<filename.ttf>'".

   For converting font files to pfa format the conversion tool has to
read the font from a file and write it to standard output.  For pfb
files "pfbtops" is a tool which can do this. If this program is
installed on your system the on the fly conversion should work.  Just
try to encapsulate a pfb file. If the compiled in program call does not
work correctly you can specify how this program is called by defining
the environment variable GNUPLOT_PFBTOPFA e.g. to "pfbtops %s". The
`%s` will be repeated by the font file name and thus has to exist in
the string.  If you don't want to do the conversion on the fly but get
a pfa file of the font you can use the tool "pfb2pfa" which is written
in simple c and should compile with any c compiler.  It is available
from many ftp servers, e.g.
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/ps2mf/
(ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/ps2mf/) In fact,
"pfbtopfa" and "pfb2ps" do the same job. "pfbtopfa" puts the resulting
pfa code into a file, whereas "pfbtops" writes it to standard output.

   TrueType fonts are converted into Type 1 pfa format, e.g.  by using
the tool "ttf2pt1" which is available from
http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net/ (http://ttf2pt1.sourceforge.net/) If
the builtin conversion does not work, the conversion command can be
changed by the environment variable GNUPLOT_TTFTOPFA. For usage with
ttf2pt1 it may be set to "ttf2pt1 -a -e -W 0 %s - ". Here again, `%s`
stands for the file name.

   For special purposes you also can use a pipe (if available for your
operating system). Therefore you start the file name definition with
the character "<" and append a program call. This program has to write
pfa data to standard output. Thus, a pfa file may be accessed by `set
fontfile "< cat garamond.pfa"`.

   For example, including Type 1 font files can be used for including
the postscript output in LaTeX documents. The "european computer modern"
font (which is a variant of the "computer modern" font) is available in
pfb format from any CTAN server, e.g.
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/
(ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/) For example,
the file "sfrm1000.pfb" contains the normal upright fonts with serifs
in the design size 10pt (font name "SFRM1000").  The computer modern
fonts, which are still necessary for mathematics, are available from
ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky
(ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky) With these
you can use any character available in TeX. However, the computer
modern fonts have a strange encoding. (This is why you should not use
cmr10.pfb for text, but sfrm1000.pfb instead.)  The usage of TeX fonts
is shown in one of the demos.  The file "ps_fontfile_doc.tex" in the
/docs/psdoc subdirectory of the `gnuplot` source distribution contains
a table with glyphs of the TeX mathfonts.

   If the font "CMEX10" is embedded (file "cmex10.pfb") gnuplot defines
the additional font "CMEX10-Baseline". It is shifted vertically in order
to fit better to the other glyphs (CMEX10 has its baseline at the top of
the symbols)."


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2.19.59.58 pslatex and pstex
............................

The `pslatex` and `pstex` drivers generate output for further
processing by LaTeX and TeX, respectively.  Figures generated by
`pstex` can be included in any plain-based format (including LaTeX).

   Syntax:
           set terminal [pslatex | pstex] {<color>} {<dashed>} {<rotate>}
                                          {auxfile} {<font_size>}

   <color> is either `color` or `monochrome`.  <dashed> is either
`dashed` or `solid`.  <rotate> is either `rotate` or `norotate` and
determines if the y-axis label is rotated.  <font_size> is the size (in
pts) of the desired font.

   If `auxfile` is specified, it directs the driver to put the
PostScript commands into an auxiliary file instead of directly into the
LaTeX file.  This is useful if your pictures are large enough that
dvips cannot handle them.  The name of the auxiliary PostScript file is
derived from the name of the TeX file given on the *Note output::
command; it is determined by replacing the trailing `.tex` (actually
just the final extent in the file name) with `.ps` in the output file
name, or, if the TeX file has no extension, `.ps` is appended.
Remember to close the *Note file:: before leaving `gnuplot`.  The `.ps`
is included into the `.tex` file by a \\special{psfile=...} command.
If you would rather prefer \\includegraphics{...}, then use the
`epslatex` terminal.

   All drivers for LaTeX offer a special way of controlling text
positioning: (a) If any text string begins with '{', you also need to
include a '}' at the end of the text, and the whole text will be
centered both horizontally and vertically by LaTeX.  (b) If the text
string begins with '[', you need to continue it with: a position
specification (up to two out of t,b,l,r), ']{', the text itself, and
finally, '}'. The text itself may be anything LaTeX can typeset as an
LR-box. \\rule{}{}'s may help for best positioning.

   Examples:
           set term pslatex monochrome dashed rotate       # set to defaults

   To write the PostScript commands into the file "foo.ps":
           set term pslatex auxfile
           set output "foo.tex"; plot ...; set output

   About label positioning: Use gnuplot defaults (mostly sensible, but
sometimes not really best):
            set title '\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $'

   Force centering both horizontally and vertically:
            set label '{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}' at 0,0

   Specify own positioning (top here):
            set xlabel '[t]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}'

   The other label - account for long ticlabels:
            set ylabel '[r]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $\\rule{7mm}{0pt}}'

   Linewidths and pointsizes may be changed with `set style line`."


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2.19.59.59 pstricks
...................

The `pstricks` driver is intended for use with the "pstricks.sty" macro
package for LaTeX.  It is an alternative to the `eepic` and `latex`
drivers.  You need "pstricks.sty", and, of course, a printer that
understands PostScript, or a converter such as Ghostscript.

   PSTricks is available via anonymous ftp from the /pub directory at
Princeton.edu.  This driver definitely does not come close to using the
full capability of the PSTricks package.

   Syntax:
           set terminal pstricks {hacktext | nohacktext} {unit | nounit}

   The first option invokes an ugly hack that gives nicer numbers; the
second has to do with plot scaling.  The defaults are `hacktext` and
`nounit`."


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2.19.59.60 qms
..............

The `qms` terminal driver supports the QMS/QUIC Laser printer, the
Talaris 1200 and others.  It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: regis,  Next: regis_,  Prev: qms,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.61 regis
................

The `regis` terminal device generates output in the REGIS graphics
language.  It has the option of using 4 (the default) or 16 colors.

   Syntax:
           set terminal regis {4 | 16}"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: regis_,  Next: rgip,  Prev: regis,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.62 regis
................

The `regis` terminal device generates output in the REGIS graphics
language.  It has the option of using 4 (the default) or 16 colors.

   Syntax:
           set terminal regis {4 | 16}"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: rgip,  Next: sun,  Prev: regis_,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.63 rgip
...............

The `rgip` and `uniplex` terminal drivers support RGIP metafiles.  They
can combine several graphs on a single page, but only one page is
allowed in a given output file.

   Syntax:
           set terminal rgip | uniplex {portrait | landscape}
                                       {[<horiz>,<vert>]} {<fontsize>}

   permissible values for the font size are in the range 1-8, with the
default being 1.  The default layout is landscape.  Graphs are placed
on the page in a `horiz`x`vert` grid, which defaults to [1,1].

   Example:
           set terminal uniplex portrait [2,3]

   puts six graphs on a page in three rows of two in portrait
orientation."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: sun,  Next: svg,  Prev: rgip,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.64 sun
..............

The `sun` terminal driver supports the SunView window system.  It has no
options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: svg,  Next: tek410x,  Prev: sun,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.65 svg
..............

This terminal produces files in the W3C Scalable Vector Graphics format.

   Syntax:
           set terminal svg {size <x> <y> {|fixed|dynamic}}
                            {fname "<font>"} {fsize <fontsize>}
                            {{no}enhanced} {fontfile <filename>}

   where <x> and <y> are the size of the SVG plot to generate,
`dynamic` allows a svg-Viewer to resize plot, whereas the default
setting, `fixed`, will request an absolute size.

   <font> is the name of the default font to use (default Arial) and
<fontsize> is the font size (in points, default 12). Gnuplot does not
currently provide a mechanism for embedding fonts in the output file,
so svg viewing programs may substitute other fonts when the file is
displayed.

   The svg terminal supports an enhanced text mode, which allows font
and other formatting commands to be embedded in labels and other text
strings. The enhanced text mode syntax is shared with other gnuplot
terminal types. See `enhanced` for more details.

   SVG allows you to embed fonts directly into an SVG document, or to
provide a hypertext link to the desired font. The `fontfile` option
specifies a local file which is copied into the <defs> section of the
resulting SVG output file.  This file may either itself contain a font,
or may contain the records necessary to create a hypertext reference to
the desired font. Gnuplot will look for the requested file using the
directory list in the GNUPLOT_FONTPATH environmental variable."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tek410x,  Next: tek410x_,  Prev: svg,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.66 tek410x
..................

The `tek410x` terminal driver supports the 410x and 420x family of
Tektronix terminals.  It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tek410x_,  Next: table,  Prev: tek410x,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.67 tek410x
..................

The `tek410x` terminal driver supports the 410x and 420x family of
Tektronix terminals.  It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: table,  Next: tek40,  Prev: tek410x_,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.68 table
................

Instead of producing a graph, the `table` terminal prints out the
points on which a graph would be based, i.e., the results of processing
the `plot` or `splot` command, in a multicolumn ASCII table of X Y {Z}
R values.  The character R takes on one of three values: "i" if the
point is in the active range, "o" if it is out-of-range, or "u" if it
is undefined.  The data format is determined by the format of the axis
labels (see `set format`), and the columns are separated by single
spaces.

   For those times when you want the numbers, you can display them on
the screen or save them to a file.  This can be useful if you want to
generate contours and then save them for further use, perhaps for
plotting with `plot`;  see *Note contour:: for an example.  The same
method can be used to save interpolated data (see *Note samples:: and
*Note dgrid3d::)."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tek40,  Next: texdraw,  Prev: table,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.69 tek40
................

This family of terminal drivers supports a variety of VT-like terminals.
`tek40xx` supports Tektronix 4010 and others as well as most TEK
emulators; `vttek` supports VT-like tek40xx terminal emulators;
`kc-tek40xx` supports MS-DOS Kermit Tek4010 terminal emulators in
color: `km-tek40xx` supports them in monochrome; `selanar` supports
Selanar graphics; and `bitgraph` supports BBN Bitgraph terminals.  None
have any options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: texdraw,  Next: tgif,  Prev: tek40,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.70 texdraw
..................

The `texdraw` terminal driver supports the LaTeX texdraw environment.
It is intended for use with "texdraw.sty" and "texdraw.tex" in the
texdraw package.

   Points, among other things, are drawn using the LaTeX commands
"\\Diamond" and "\\Box".  These commands no longer belong to the
LaTeX2e core; they are included in the latexsym package, which is part
of the base distribution and thus part of any LaTeX implementation.
Please do not forget to use this package.

   It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tgif,  Next: tgif_,  Prev: texdraw,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.71 tgif
...............

Tgif is an X11-based drawing tool--it has nothing to do with GIF.

   The `tgif` driver supports different pointsizes (with *Note
pointsize::), different label fonts and font sizes (e.g. `set label
"Hallo" at x,y font "Helvetica,34"`) and multiple graphs on the page.
The proportions of the axes are not changed.

   Syntax:
           set terminal tgif {portrait | landscape} {<[x,y]>}
                             {solid | dashed}
                             {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   where <[x,y]> specifies the number of graphs in the x and y
directions on the page, "<fontname>" is the name of a valid PostScript
font, and <fontsize> specifies the size of the PostScript font.
Defaults are `portrait`, `[1,1]`, `dashed`, `"Helvetica"`, and `18`.

   The `solid` option is usually prefered if lines are colored, as they
often are in the editor.  Hardcopy will be black-and-white, so `dashed`
should be chosen for that.

   Multiplot is implemented in two different ways.

   The first multiplot implementation is the standard gnuplot multiplot
feature:

           set terminal tgif
           set output "file.obj"
           set multiplot
           set origin x01,y01
           set size  xs,ys
           plot ...
                ...
           set origin x02,y02
           plot ...
           set nomultiplot

   See *Note multiplot:: for further information.

   The second version is the [x,y] option for the driver itself.  The
advantage of this implementation is that everything is scaled and
placed automatically without the need for setting origins and sizes;
the graphs keep their natural x/y proportions of 3/2 (or whatever is
fixed by *Note size::).

   If both multiplot methods are selected, the standard method is
chosen and a warning message is given.

   Examples of single plots (or standard multiplot):
           set terminal tgif                  # defaults
           set terminal tgif "Times-Roman" 24
           set terminal tgif landscape
           set terminal tgif landscape solid

   Examples using the built-in multiplot mechanism:
           set terminal tgif portrait [2,4]  # portrait; 2 plots in the x-
                                             # and 4 in the y-direction
           set terminal tgif [1,2]           # portrait; 1 plot in the x-
                                             # and 2 in the y-direction
           set terminal tgif landscape [3,3] # landscape; 3 plots in both
                                             # directions"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tgif_,  Next: tkcanvas,  Prev: tgif,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.72 tgif
...............

Tgif is an X11-based drawing tool--it has nothing to do with GIF.

   The `tgif` driver supports different pointsizes (with *Note
pointsize::), different label fonts and font sizes (e.g. `set label
"Hallo" at x,y font "Helvetica,34"`) and multiple graphs on the page.
The proportions of the axes are not changed.

   Syntax:
           set terminal tgif {portrait | landscape} {<[x,y]>}
                             {solid | dashed}
                             {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   where <[x,y]> specifies the number of graphs in the x and y
directions on the page, "<fontname>" is the name of a valid PostScript
font, and <fontsize> specifies the size of the PostScript font.
Defaults are `portrait`, `[1,1]`, `dashed`, `"Helvetica"`, and `18`.

   The `solid` option is usually prefered if lines are colored, as they
often are in the editor.  Hardcopy will be black-and-white, so `dashed`
should be chosen for that.

   Multiplot is implemented in two different ways.

   The first multiplot implementation is the standard gnuplot multiplot
feature:

           set terminal tgif
           set output "file.obj"
           set multiplot
           set origin x01,y01
           set size  xs,ys
           plot ...
                ...
           set origin x02,y02
           plot ...
           set nomultiplot

   See *Note multiplot:: for further information.

   The second version is the [x,y] option for the driver itself.  The
advantage of this implementation is that everything is scaled and
placed automatically without the need for setting origins and sizes;
the graphs keep their natural x/y proportions of 3/2 (or whatever is
fixed by *Note size::).

   If both multiplot methods are selected, the standard method is
chosen and a warning message is given.

   Examples of single plots (or standard multiplot):
           set terminal tgif                  # defaults
           set terminal tgif "Times-Roman" 24
           set terminal tgif landscape
           set terminal tgif landscape solid

   Examples using the built-in multiplot mechanism:
           set terminal tgif portrait [2,4]  # portrait; 2 plots in the x-
                                             # and 4 in the y-direction
           set terminal tgif [1,2]           # portrait; 1 plot in the x-
                                             # and 2 in the y-direction
           set terminal tgif landscape [3,3] # landscape; 3 plots in both
                                             # directions"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tkcanvas,  Next: tpic,  Prev: tgif_,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.73 tkcanvas
...................

This terminal driver generates Tk canvas widget commands based on Tcl/Tk
(default) or Perl.  To use it, rebuild `gnuplot` (after uncommenting or
inserting the appropriate line in "term.h"), then

      gnuplot> set term tkcanvas {perltk} {interactive}
      gnuplot> set output 'plot.file'

   After invoking "wish", execute the following sequence of Tcl/Tk
commands:

      % source plot.file
      % canvas .c
      % pack .c
      % gnuplot .c

   Or, for Perl/Tk use a program like this:

      use Tk;
      my $top = MainWindow->new;
      my $c = $top->Canvas->pack;
      my $gnuplot = do "plot.pl";
      $gnuplot->($c);
      MainLoop;

   The code generated by `gnuplot` creates a procedure called "gnuplot"
that takes the name of a canvas as its argument.  When the procedure is
called, it clears the canvas, finds the size of the canvas and draws
the plot in it, scaled to fit.

   For 2-dimensional plotting (`plot`) two additional procedures are
defined: "gnuplot_plotarea" will return a list containing the borders
of the plotting area "xleft, xright, ytop, ybot" in canvas screen
coordinates, while the ranges of the two axes "x1min, x1max, y1min,
y1max, x2min, x2max, y2min, y2max" in plot coordinates can be obtained
calling "gnuplot_axisranges".  If the "interactive" option is
specified, mouse clicking on a line segment will print the coordinates
of its midpoint to stdout. Advanced actions can happen instead if the
user supplies a procedure named "user_gnuplot_coordinates", which takes
the following arguments: "win id x1s y1s x2s y2s x1e y1e x2e y2e x1m
y1m x2m y2m", the name of the canvas and the id of the line segment
followed by the coordinates of its start and end point in the two
possible axis ranges; the coordinates of the midpoint are only filled
for logarithmic axes.

   The current version of `tkcanvas` supports neither *Note multiplot::
nor *Note replot::."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tpic,  Next: unixpc,  Prev: tkcanvas,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.74 tpic
...............

The `tpic` terminal driver supports the LaTeX picture environment with
tpic \\specials.  It is an alternative to the `latex` and `eepic`
terminal drivers.  Options are the point size, line width, and dot-dash
interval.

   Syntax:
           set terminal tpic <pointsize> <linewidth> <interval>

   where *Note pointsize:: and `linewidth` are integers in milli-inches
and `interval` is a float in inches.  If a non-positive value is
specified, the default is chosen: pointsize = 40, linewidth = 6,
interval = 0.1.

   All drivers for LaTeX offer a special way of controlling text
positioning: If any text string begins with '{', you also need to
include a '}' at the end of the text, and the whole text will be
centered both horizontally and vertically by LaTeX. -- If the text
string begins with '[', you need to continue it with: a position
specification (up to two out of t,b,l,r), ']{', the text itself, and
finally, '}'. The text itself may be anything LaTeX can typeset as an
LR-box. \\rule{}{}'s may help for best positioning.

   Examples: About label positioning: Use gnuplot defaults (mostly
sensible, but sometimes not really best):
            set title '\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $'

   Force centering both horizontally and vertically:
            set label '{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}' at 0,0

   Specify own positioning (top here):
            set xlabel '[t]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $}'

   The other label - account for long ticlabels:
            set ylabel '[r]{\\LaTeX\\ -- $ \\gamma $\\rule{7mm}{0pt}}'"


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: unixpc,  Next: unixplot,  Prev: tpic,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.75 unixpc
.................

The `unixpc` terminal driver supports AT&T 3b1 and AT&T 7300 Unix PC.
It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: unixplot,  Next: vx384,  Prev: unixpc,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.76 unixplot
...................

The `unixplot` terminal driver generates output in the Unix "plot"
graphics language.  It has no options.

   This terminal cannot be compiled if the GNU version of plot is to be
used; in that case, use the `gnugraph` terminal instead."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: vx384,  Next: vgagl,  Prev: unixplot,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.77 vx384
................

The `vx384` terminal driver supports the Vectrix 384 and Tandy color
printers.  It has no options."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: vgagl,  Next: VWS,  Prev: vx384,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.78 vgagl
................

The `vgagl` driver is a fast linux console driver with full mouse and
pm3d support.  It looks at the environment variable
SVGALIB_DEFAULT_MODE for the default mode; if not set, it uses a 256
color mode with the highest available resolution.

   Syntax:
        set terminal vgagl \\
                     background [red] [[green] [blue]] \\
                     [uniform | interpolate] \\
                     [dump "file"] \\
                     [mode]

   The color mode can also be given with the mode option. Both Symbolic
names as G1024x768x256 and integers are allowed. The `background` option
takes either one or three integers in the range [0, 255]. If only one
integers is supplied, it is taken as gray value for the background.  If
three integers are present, the background gets the corresponding color.
The (mutually exclusive) options `interpolate` and `uniform` control if
color interpolation is done while drawing triangles (on by default).

   A *Note file:: can be specified with the `dump "file"` option.  If
this option is present, (i.e the dump file name is not empty) pressing
the key KP_Delete will write the file.  This action cannot and cannot be
rebound. The file is written in raw ppm (P6) format. Note that this
option is reset each time the `set term` command is issued.

   To get high resolution modes, you will probably have to modify the
configuration file of libvga, usually /etc/vga/libvga.conf.  Using the
VESA fb is a good choice, but this needs to be compiled in the kernel.

   The vgagl driver uses the first *available* vga mode from the
following list:
      - the driver which was supplied when setting vgagl, e.g. `set term vgagl
        G1024x768x256` would first check, if the G1024x768x256 mode is available.
      - the environment variable SVGALIB_DEFAULT_MODE
      - G1024x768x256
      - G800x600x256
      - G640x480x256
      - G320x200x256
      - G1280x1024x256
      - G1152x864x256
      - G1360x768x256
      - G1600x1200x256


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: VWS,  Next: windows,  Prev: vgagl,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.79 VWS
..............

The `VWS` terminal driver supports the VAX Windowing System.  It has no
options.  It will sense the display type (monochrome, gray scale, or
color.)  All line styles are plotted as solid lines."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: windows,  Next: x11,  Prev: VWS,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.80 windows
..................

Three options may be set in the `windows` terminal driver.

   Syntax:
           set terminal windows {<color>} {"<fontname>"} {<fontsize>}

   where `<color>` is either `color` or `monochrome`, `"<fontname>"` is
the name of a valid Windows font, and `<fontsize>` is the size of the
font in points.

   Other options may be set with the graph-menu, the initialization
file, and `set linestyle`.  Note that there is one restriction imposed
by the classic Windows GDI interface: modifiable linewidth only works
with solid lines, not with dotted or dashed ones.  /* Does this really
belong here? If not, someone move it where it does. */

   The Windows version normally terminates immediately as soon as the
end of any files given as command line arguments is reached (i.e. in
non-interactive mode), unless you specify `-` as the last command line
option.  It will also not show the text-window at all, in this mode,
only the plot.  By giving the optional argument `-persist` (same as for
gnuplot under x11; former Windows-only options `/noend` or `-noend` are
still accepted as well), will not close gnuplot. Contrary to gnuplot on
other operating systems, gnuplot's interactive command line is
accessible after the -persist option.

-- GRAPH-MENU --

   The `gnuplot graph` window has the following options on a pop-up menu
accessed by pressing the right mouse button or selecting `Options` from
the system menu:

   `Bring to Top` when checked brings the graph window to the top after
every plot.

   `Color` when checked enables color linestyles.  When unchecked it
forces monochrome linestyles.

   `Copy to Clipboard` copies a bitmap and a Metafile picture.

   `Background...` sets the window background color.

   `Choose Font...` selects the font used in the graphics window.

   `Line Styles...` allows customization of the line colors and styles.

   `Print...` prints the graphics windows using a Windows printer
driver and allows selection of the printer and scaling of the output.
The output produced by `Print` is not as good as that from `gnuplot`'s
own printer drivers.

   `Update wgnuplot.ini` saves the current window locations, window
sizes, text window font, text window font size, graph window font,
graph window font size, background color and linestyles to the
initialization file `WGNUPLOT.INI`.

-- PRINTING --

   In order of preference, graphs may be be printed in the following
ways.

   `1.` Use the `gnuplot` command *Note terminal:: to select a printer
and *Note output:: to redirect output to a file.

   `2.` Select the `Print...` command from the `gnuplot graph` window.
An extra command `screendump` does this from the text window.

   `3.` If `set output "PRN"` is used, output will go to a temporary
file.  When you exit from `gnuplot` or when you change the output with
another *Note output:: command, a dialog box will appear for you to
select a printer port.  If you choose OK, the output will be printed on
the selected port, passing unmodified through the print manager.  It is
possible to accidentally (or deliberately) send printer output meant
for one printer to an incompatible printer.

-- TEXT-MENU --

   The `gnuplot text` window has the following options on a pop-up menu
accessed by pressing the right mouse button or selecting `Options` from
the system menu:

   `Copy to Clipboard` copies marked text to the clipboard.

   `Paste` copies text from the clipboard as if typed by the user.

   `Choose Font...` selects the font used in the text window.

   `System Colors` when selected makes the text window honor the System
Colors set using the Control Panel.  When unselected, text is black or
blue on a white background.

   `Update wgnuplot.ini` saves the current text window location, text
window size, text window font and text window font size to the
initialisation file `WGNUPLOT.INI`.

   `MENU BAR`

   If the menu file `WGNUPLOT.MNU` is found in the same directory as
WGNUPLOT.EXE, then the menu specified in `WGNUPLOT.MNU` will be loaded.
Menu commands:

   [Menu] starts a new menu with the name on the following line.

   [EndMenu] ends the current menu.

   [-] inserts a horizontal menu separator.

   [|] inserts a vertical menu separator.

   [Button] puts the next macro on a push button instead of a menu.

   Macros take two lines with the macro name (menu entry) on the first
line and the macro on the second line.  Leading spaces are ignored.
Macro commands:

   [INPUT] -- Input string with prompt terminated by [EOS] or {ENTER}

   [EOS] -- End Of String terminator.  Generates no output.

   [OPEN] -- Get name of file to open from list box, with title of list
box terminated by [EOS], followed by default filename terminated by
[EOS] or {ENTER}.  This uses COMMDLG.DLL from Windows 3.1.

   [SAVE] -- Get name of file to save.  Similar to [OPEN]

   Macro character substitutions:

   {ENTER} -- Carriage Return '\\r'

   {TAB} -- Tab '\\011'

   {ESC} -- Escape '\\033'

   {^A} -- '\\001'

   ...

   {^_} -- '\\031'

   Macros are limited to 256 characters after expansion.

-- WGNUPLOT.INI --

   Windows `gnuplot` will read some of its options from the
`[WGNUPLOT]` section of `WGNUPLOT.INI` in the Windows directory.  A
sample `WGNUPLOT.INI` file:

           [WGNUPLOT]
           TextOrigin=0 0
           TextSize=640 150
           TextFont=Terminal,9
           GraphOrigin=0 150
           GraphSize=640 330
           GraphFont=Arial,10
           GraphColor=1
           GraphToTop=1
           GraphBackground=255 255 255
           Border=0 0 0 0 0
           Axis=192 192 192 2 2
           Line1=0 0 255 0 0
           Line2=0 255 0 0 1
           Line3=255 0 0 0 2
           Line4=255 0 255 0 3
           Line5=0 0 128 0 4

   The `GraphFont` entry specifies the font name and size in points.
The five numbers given in the `Border`, `Axis` and `Line` entries are
the `Red` intensity (0-255), `Green` intensity, `Blue` intensity,
`Color Linestyle` and `Mono Linestyle`.  `Linestyles` are 0=SOLID,
1=DASH, 2=DOT, 3=DASHDOT, 4=DASHDOTDOT.  In the sample `WGNUPLOT.INI`
file above, Line 2 is a green solid line in color mode, or a dashed
line in monochrome mode.  The default line width is 1 pixel.  If
`Linestyle` is negative, it specifies the width of a SOLID line in
pixels.  Line1 and any linestyle used with the `points` style must be
SOLID with unit width.

-- WINDOWS3.0 --

   Windows 3.1 is preferred, but WGNUPLOT will run under Windows 3.0
with the following restrictions: `1.` COMMDLG.DLL and SHELL.DLL
(available with Windows 3.1 or Borland C++ 3.1) must be in the windows
directory.

   `2.` WGNUPLOT.HLP produced by Borland C++ 3.1 is in Windows 3.1
format.  You need to use the WINHELP.EXE supplied with Borland C++ 3.1.

   `3.` It will not run in real mode due to lack of memory.

   `4.` TrueType fonts are not available in the graph window.

   `5.` Drag-drop does not work."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x11,  Next: x11_,  Prev: windows,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.81 x11
..............

`gnuplot` provides the `x11` terminal type for use with X servers.  This
terminal type is set automatically at startup if the `DISPLAY`
environment variable is set, if the `TERM` environment variable is set
to `xterm`, or if the `-display` command line option is used.

   Syntax:
        set terminal x11 [reset] <n> [[no]enhanced] [font <fontspec>]
                         [title "<string>"] [[no]persist] [[no]raise] [close]

   Multiple plot windows are supported: `set terminal x11 <n>` directs
the output to plot window number n.  If n>0, the terminal number will be
appended to the window title (unless a title has been supplied manually)
and the icon will be labeled `gplt <n>`.  The active window may be
distinguished by a change in cursor (from default to crosshair.)

   The x11 terminal support enhanced text mode (see `enhanced`), subject
to the available fonts. In order for font size commands embedded in text
to have any effect, the default x11 font must be scalable. Thus the
first example below will work as expected, but the second will not.

        set term x11 enhanced font "arial,15"
        set title '{\\=20 Big} Medium {\\=5 Small}'

        set term x11 enhanced font "terminal-14"
        set title '{\\=20 Big} Medium {\\=5 Small}'

   Plot windows remain open even when the `gnuplot` driver is changed
to a different device.  A plot window can be closed by pressing the
letter q while that window has input focus, or by choosing `close` from
a window manager menu.  All plot windows can be closed by specifying
*Note reset::, which actually terminates the subprocess which maintains
the windows (unless `-persist` was specified).  The `close` command can
be used to close individual plot windows by number.  However, after a
*Note reset::, those plot windows left due to persist cannot be closed
with the command `close`.  A `close` without a number closes the
current active plot window.

   The gnuplot outboard driver, gnuplot_x11, is searched in a default
place chosen when the program is compiled.  You can override that by
defining the environment variable GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR to point to a
different location.

   Plot windows will automatically be closed at the end of the session
unless the `-persist` option was given.

   The options `persist` and `raise` are unset by default, which means
that the defaults (persist == no and raise == yes) or the command line
options -persist / -raise or the Xresources are taken.  If [no]persist
or [no]raise are specified, they will override command line options and
Xresources.  Setting one of these options takes place immediately, so
the behaviour of an already running driver can be modified.

   The option `title "<title name>"` will supply the title name of the
window for the current plot window or plot window <n> if a number is
given.  Where (or if) this title is shown depends on your X window
manager.

   The size or aspect ratio of a plot may be changed by resizing the
`gnuplot` window.

   Linewidths and pointsizes may be changed from within `gnuplot` with
`set linestyle`.

   For terminal type `x11`, `gnuplot` accepts (when initialized) the
standard X Toolkit options and resources such as geometry, font, and
name from the command line arguments or a configuration file.  See the
X(1) man page (or its equivalent) for a description of such options.

   A number of other `gnuplot` options are available for the `x11`
terminal.  These may be specified either as command-line options when
`gnuplot` is invoked or as resources in the configuration file
".Xdefaults".  They are set upon initialization and cannot be altered
during a `gnuplot` session.  (except `persist` and `raise`)

-- X11_FONTS --

   Upon initial startup, the default font is taken from the X11
resources as set in the system or user .Xdefaults file or on the
command line.

   Example:
           gnuplot*font: lucidasans-bold-12

   A new default font may be specified to the x11 driver from inside
gnuplot using
          `set term x11 font "<fontspec>"`

   The driver first queries the X-server for a font of the exact name
given, for example `set term x11 font "lucidasans-10"`. If this query
fails, then it tries to interpret <fontspec> as
"<font>,<size>,<slant>,<weight>" and to construct a full X11 font name
of the form
           -*-<font>-<weight>-<s>-*-*-<size>-*-*-*-*-*-<encoding>

      <font> is the base name of the font (e.g. Times or Symbol)
      <size> is the point size (defaults to 12 if not specified)
      <s> is `i` if <slant>=="italic" `o` if <slant>=="oblique" `r` otherwise
      <weight> is `medium` or `bold` if explicitly requested, otherwise `*`
      <encoding> is set based on the current character set (see help for *Note encoding::).

   So `set term x11 font "arial,15,italic"` will be translated to
-*-arial-*-i-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 (assuming default encoding).
The <size>, <slant>, and <weight> specifications are all optional.  If
you do not specify <slant> or <weight> then you will get whatever font
variant the font server offers first.  The driver also recognizes some
common PostScript font names and replaces them with possible X11 or
TrueType equivalents.  This same sequence is used to process font
requests from *Note label::.

-- COMMAND-LINE_OPTIONS --

   In addition to the X Toolkit options, the following options may be
specified on the command line when starting `gnuplot` or as resources
in your ".Xdefaults" file (note that `raise` and `persist` can be
overridden later by `set term x11 [no]raise [no]persist)`:

      `-mono`     forces monochrome rendering on color displays.
      `-gray`     requests grayscale rendering on grayscale or color displays.
                  (Grayscale displays receive monochrome rendering by default.)
      `-clear`    requests that the window be cleared momentarily before a
                  new plot is displayed.
      `-tvtwm`    requests that geometry specifications for position of the
                  window be made relative to the currently displayed portion
                  of the virtual root.
      `-raise`    raises plot window after each plot
      `-noraise`  does not raise plot window after each plot
      `-noevents` does not process mouse and key events
      `-persist`  plot windows survive after main gnuplot program exits

   The options are shown above in their command-line syntax.  When
entered as resources in ".Xdefaults", they require a different syntax.

   Example:
           gnuplot*gray: on

   `gnuplot` also provides a command line option (`-pointsize <v>`) and
a resource, `gnuplot*pointsize: <v>`, to control the size of points
plotted with the `points` plotting style.  The value `v` is a real
number (greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten) used as a scaling
factor for point sizes.  For example, `-pointsize 2` uses points twice
the default size, and `-pointsize 0.5` uses points half the normal size.

   The `-noevents` switch disables all mouse and key event processing
(except for `q` and `<space>` for closing the window). This is useful
for programs which use the x11 driver independent of the gnuplot main
program.

-- MONOCHROME_OPTIONS --

   For monochrome displays, `gnuplot` does not honor foreground or
background colors.  The default is black-on-white.  `-rv` or
`gnuplot*reverseVideo: on` requests white-on-black.

-- COLOR_RESOURCES --

   For color displays, `gnuplot` honors the following resources (shown
here with their default values) or the greyscale resources.  The values
may be color names as listed in the X11 rgb.txt file on your system,
hexadecimal RGB color specifications (see X11 documentation), or a
color name followed by a comma and an `intensity` value from 0 to 1.
For example, `blue, 0.5` means a half intensity blue.

      gnuplot*background:  white
      gnuplot*textColor:   black
      gnuplot*borderColor: black
      gnuplot*axisColor:   black
      gnuplot*line1Color:  red
      gnuplot*line2Color:  green
      gnuplot*line3Color:  blue
      gnuplot*line4Color:  magenta
      gnuplot*line5Color:  cyan
      gnuplot*line6Color:  sienna
      gnuplot*line7Color:  orange
      gnuplot*line8Color:  coral

   The command-line syntax for these is simple only for background,
which maps directly to the usual X11 toolkit option "-bg".  All others
can only be set on the command line by use of the generic "-xrm"
resource override option

   Examples:

           gnuplot -background coral

   to change the background color.

           gnuplot -xrm 'gnuplot*line1Color:blue'

   to override the first linetype color.

-- GRAYSCALE_RESOURCES --

   When `-gray` is selected, `gnuplot` honors the following resources
for grayscale or color displays (shown here with their default values).
Note that the default background is black.

      gnuplot*background: black
      gnuplot*textGray:   white
      gnuplot*borderGray: gray50
      gnuplot*axisGray:   gray50
      gnuplot*line1Gray:  gray100
      gnuplot*line2Gray:  gray60
      gnuplot*line3Gray:  gray80
      gnuplot*line4Gray:  gray40
      gnuplot*line5Gray:  gray90
      gnuplot*line6Gray:  gray50
      gnuplot*line7Gray:  gray70
      gnuplot*line8Gray:  gray30

-- LINE_RESOURCES --

   `gnuplot` honors the following resources for setting the width (in
pixels) of plot lines (shown here with their default values.)  0 or 1
means a minimal width line of 1 pixel width.  A value of 2 or 3 may
improve the appearance of some plots.

      gnuplot*borderWidth: 2
      gnuplot*axisWidth:   0
      gnuplot*line1Width:  0
      gnuplot*line2Width:  0
      gnuplot*line3Width:  0
      gnuplot*line4Width:  0
      gnuplot*line5Width:  0
      gnuplot*line6Width:  0
      gnuplot*line7Width:  0
      gnuplot*line8Width:  0

   `gnuplot` honors the following resources for setting the dash style
used for plotting lines.  0 means a solid line.  A two-digit number
`jk` (`j` and `k` are >= 1  and <= 9) means a dashed line with a
repeated pattern of `j` pixels on followed by `k` pixels off.  For
example, '16' is a "dotted" line with one pixel on followed by six
pixels off.  More elaborate on/off patterns can be specified with a
four-digit value.  For example, '4441' is four on, four off, four on,
one off.  The default values shown below are for monochrome displays or
monochrome rendering on color or grayscale displays.  For color
displays, the default for each is 0 (solid line) except for
`axisDashes` which defaults to a '16' dotted line.

      gnuplot*borderDashes:   0
      gnuplot*axisDashes:    16
      gnuplot*line1Dashes:    0
      gnuplot*line2Dashes:   42
      gnuplot*line3Dashes:   13
      gnuplot*line4Dashes:   44
      gnuplot*line5Dashes:   15
      gnuplot*line6Dashes: 4441
      gnuplot*line7Dashes:   42
      gnuplot*line8Dashes:   13

   , "

-- X11 PM3D_RESOURCES --

   Choosing the appropriate visual class and number of colors is a
crucial point in X11 applications and a bit awkward, since X11 supports
six visual types in different depths.

   By default `gnuplot` uses the default visual of the screen. The
number of colors which can be allocated depends on the visual class
chosen. On a visual class with a depth > 12bit, gnuplot starts with a
maximal number of 0x200 colors.  On a visual class with a depth > 8bit
(but <= 12 bit) the maximal number of colors is 0x100, on <= 8bit
displays the maximum number of colors is 240 (16 are left for line
colors).

   Gnuplot first starts to allocate the maximal number of colors as
stated above.  If this fails, the number of colors is reduced by the
factor 2 until gnuplot gets all colors which are requested. If dividing
`maxcolors` by 2 repeatedly results in a number which is smaller than
`mincolors` `gnuplot` tries to install a private colormap. In this case
the window manager is responsible for swapping colormaps when the
pointer is moved in and out the x11 driver's window.

   The default for `mincolors` is maxcolors / (num_colormaps > 1 ? 2 :
8), where num_colormaps is the number of colormaps which are currently
used by gnuplot (usually 1, if only one x11 window is open).

   Some systems support multiple (different) visual classes together on
one screen. On these systems it might be necessary to force gnuplot to
use a specific visual class, e.g. the default visual might be 8bit
PseudoColor but the screen would also support 24bit TrueColor which
would be the preferred choice.

   The information about an Xserver's capabilities can be obtained with
the program `xdpyinfo`.  For the visual names below you can choose one
of StaticGray, GrayScale, StaticColor, PseudoColor, TrueColor,
DirectColor.  If an Xserver supports a requested visual type at
different depths, `gnuplot` chooses the visual class with the highest
depth (deepest).  If the requested visual class matches the default
visual and multiple classes of this type are supported, the default
visual is preferred.

   Example: on an 8bit PseudoColor visual you can force a private color
map by specifying `gnuplot*maxcolors: 240` and `gnuplot*mincolors: 240`.

      gnuplot*maxcolors:  <integer number>
      gnuplot*mincolors:  <integer number>
      gnuplot*visual:     <visual name>


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x11_,  Next: xlib,  Prev: x11,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.82 x11
..............

`gnuplot` provides the `x11` terminal type for use with X servers.  This
terminal type is set automatically at startup if the `DISPLAY`
environment variable is set, if the `TERM` environment variable is set
to `xterm`, or if the `-display` command line option is used.

   Syntax:
        set terminal x11 [reset] <n> [[no]enhanced] [font <fontspec>]
                         [title "<string>"] [[no]persist] [[no]raise] [close]

   Multiple plot windows are supported: `set terminal x11 <n>` directs
the output to plot window number n.  If n>0, the terminal number will be
appended to the window title (unless a title has been supplied manually)
and the icon will be labeled `gplt <n>`.  The active window may be
distinguished by a change in cursor (from default to crosshair.)

   The x11 terminal support enhanced text mode (see `enhanced`), subject
to the available fonts. In order for font size commands embedded in text
to have any effect, the default x11 font must be scalable. Thus the
first example below will work as expected, but the second will not.

        set term x11 enhanced font "arial,15"
        set title '{\\=20 Big} Medium {\\=5 Small}'

        set term x11 enhanced font "terminal-14"
        set title '{\\=20 Big} Medium {\\=5 Small}'

   Plot windows remain open even when the `gnuplot` driver is changed
to a different device.  A plot window can be closed by pressing the
letter q while that window has input focus, or by choosing `close` from
a window manager menu.  All plot windows can be closed by specifying
*Note reset::, which actually terminates the subprocess which maintains
the windows (unless `-persist` was specified).  The `close` command can
be used to close individual plot windows by number.  However, after a
*Note reset::, those plot windows left due to persist cannot be closed
with the command `close`.  A `close` without a number closes the
current active plot window.

   The gnuplot outboard driver, gnuplot_x11, is searched in a default
place chosen when the program is compiled.  You can override that by
defining the environment variable GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR to point to a
different location.

   Plot windows will automatically be closed at the end of the session
unless the `-persist` option was given.

   The options `persist` and `raise` are unset by default, which means
that the defaults (persist == no and raise == yes) or the command line
options -persist / -raise or the Xresources are taken.  If [no]persist
or [no]raise are specified, they will override command line options and
Xresources.  Setting one of these options takes place immediately, so
the behaviour of an already running driver can be modified.

   The option `title "<title name>"` will supply the title name of the
window for the current plot window or plot window <n> if a number is
given.  Where (or if) this title is shown depends on your X window
manager.

   The size or aspect ratio of a plot may be changed by resizing the
`gnuplot` window.

   Linewidths and pointsizes may be changed from within `gnuplot` with
`set linestyle`.

   For terminal type `x11`, `gnuplot` accepts (when initialized) the
standard X Toolkit options and resources such as geometry, font, and
name from the command line arguments or a configuration file.  See the
X(1) man page (or its equivalent) for a description of such options.

   A number of other `gnuplot` options are available for the `x11`
terminal.  These may be specified either as command-line options when
`gnuplot` is invoked or as resources in the configuration file
".Xdefaults".  They are set upon initialization and cannot be altered
during a `gnuplot` session.  (except `persist` and `raise`)

-- X11_FONTS --

   Upon initial startup, the default font is taken from the X11
resources as set in the system or user .Xdefaults file or on the
command line.

   Example:
           gnuplot*font: lucidasans-bold-12

   A new default font may be specified to the x11 driver from inside
gnuplot using
          `set term x11 font "<fontspec>"`

   The driver first queries the X-server for a font of the exact name
given, for example `set term x11 font "lucidasans-10"`. If this query
fails, then it tries to interpret <fontspec> as
"<font>,<size>,<slant>,<weight>" and to construct a full X11 font name
of the form
           -*-<font>-<weight>-<s>-*-*-<size>-*-*-*-*-*-<encoding>

      <font> is the base name of the font (e.g. Times or Symbol)
      <size> is the point size (defaults to 12 if not specified)
      <s> is `i` if <slant>=="italic" `o` if <slant>=="oblique" `r` otherwise
      <weight> is `medium` or `bold` if explicitly requested, otherwise `*`
      <encoding> is set based on the current character set (see help for *Note encoding::).

   So `set term x11 font "arial,15,italic"` will be translated to
-*-arial-*-i-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 (assuming default encoding).
The <size>, <slant>, and <weight> specifications are all optional.  If
you do not specify <slant> or <weight> then you will get whatever font
variant the font server offers first.  The driver also recognizes some
common PostScript font names and replaces them with possible X11 or
TrueType equivalents.  This same sequence is used to process font
requests from *Note label::.

-- COMMAND-LINE_OPTIONS --

   In addition to the X Toolkit options, the following options may be
specified on the command line when starting `gnuplot` or as resources
in your ".Xdefaults" file (note that `raise` and `persist` can be
overridden later by `set term x11 [no]raise [no]persist)`:

      `-mono`     forces monochrome rendering on color displays.
      `-gray`     requests grayscale rendering on grayscale or color displays.
                  (Grayscale displays receive monochrome rendering by default.)
      `-clear`    requests that the window be cleared momentarily before a
                  new plot is displayed.
      `-tvtwm`    requests that geometry specifications for position of the
                  window be made relative to the currently displayed portion
                  of the virtual root.
      `-raise`    raises plot window after each plot
      `-noraise`  does not raise plot window after each plot
      `-noevents` does not process mouse and key events
      `-persist`  plot windows survive after main gnuplot program exits

   The options are shown above in their command-line syntax.  When
entered as resources in ".Xdefaults", they require a different syntax.

   Example:
           gnuplot*gray: on

   `gnuplot` also provides a command line option (`-pointsize <v>`) and
a resource, `gnuplot*pointsize: <v>`, to control the size of points
plotted with the `points` plotting style.  The value `v` is a real
number (greater than 0 and less than or equal to ten) used as a scaling
factor for point sizes.  For example, `-pointsize 2` uses points twice
the default size, and `-pointsize 0.5` uses points half the normal size.

   The `-noevents` switch disables all mouse and key event processing
(except for `q` and `<space>` for closing the window). This is useful
for programs which use the x11 driver independent of the gnuplot main
program.

-- MONOCHROME_OPTIONS --

   For monochrome displays, `gnuplot` does not honor foreground or
background colors.  The default is black-on-white.  `-rv` or
`gnuplot*reverseVideo: on` requests white-on-black.

-- COLOR_RESOURCES --

   For color displays, `gnuplot` honors the following resources (shown
here with their default values) or the greyscale resources.  The values
may be color names as listed in the X11 rgb.txt file on your system,
hexadecimal RGB color specifications (see X11 documentation), or a
color name followed by a comma and an `intensity` value from 0 to 1.
For example, `blue, 0.5` means a half intensity blue.

      gnuplot*background:  white
      gnuplot*textColor:   black
      gnuplot*borderColor: black
      gnuplot*axisColor:   black
      gnuplot*line1Color:  red
      gnuplot*line2Color:  green
      gnuplot*line3Color:  blue
      gnuplot*line4Color:  magenta
      gnuplot*line5Color:  cyan
      gnuplot*line6Color:  sienna
      gnuplot*line7Color:  orange
      gnuplot*line8Color:  coral

   The command-line syntax for these is simple only for background,
which maps directly to the usual X11 toolkit option "-bg".  All others
can only be set on the command line by use of the generic "-xrm"
resource override option

   Examples:

           gnuplot -background coral

   to change the background color.

           gnuplot -xrm 'gnuplot*line1Color:blue'

   to override the first linetype color.

-- GRAYSCALE_RESOURCES --

   When `-gray` is selected, `gnuplot` honors the following resources
for grayscale or color displays (shown here with their default values).
Note that the default background is black.

      gnuplot*background: black
      gnuplot*textGray:   white
      gnuplot*borderGray: gray50
      gnuplot*axisGray:   gray50
      gnuplot*line1Gray:  gray100
      gnuplot*line2Gray:  gray60
      gnuplot*line3Gray:  gray80
      gnuplot*line4Gray:  gray40
      gnuplot*line5Gray:  gray90
      gnuplot*line6Gray:  gray50
      gnuplot*line7Gray:  gray70
      gnuplot*line8Gray:  gray30

-- LINE_RESOURCES --

   `gnuplot` honors the following resources for setting the width (in
pixels) of plot lines (shown here with their default values.)  0 or 1
means a minimal width line of 1 pixel width.  A value of 2 or 3 may
improve the appearance of some plots.

      gnuplot*borderWidth: 2
      gnuplot*axisWidth:   0
      gnuplot*line1Width:  0
      gnuplot*line2Width:  0
      gnuplot*line3Width:  0
      gnuplot*line4Width:  0
      gnuplot*line5Width:  0
      gnuplot*line6Width:  0
      gnuplot*line7Width:  0
      gnuplot*line8Width:  0

   `gnuplot` honors the following resources for setting the dash style
used for plotting lines.  0 means a solid line.  A two-digit number
`jk` (`j` and `k` are >= 1  and <= 9) means a dashed line with a
repeated pattern of `j` pixels on followed by `k` pixels off.  For
example, '16' is a "dotted" line with one pixel on followed by six
pixels off.  More elaborate on/off patterns can be specified with a
four-digit value.  For example, '4441' is four on, four off, four on,
one off.  The default values shown below are for monochrome displays or
monochrome rendering on color or grayscale displays.  For color
displays, the default for each is 0 (solid line) except for
`axisDashes` which defaults to a '16' dotted line.

      gnuplot*borderDashes:   0
      gnuplot*axisDashes:    16
      gnuplot*line1Dashes:    0
      gnuplot*line2Dashes:   42
      gnuplot*line3Dashes:   13
      gnuplot*line4Dashes:   44
      gnuplot*line5Dashes:   15
      gnuplot*line6Dashes: 4441
      gnuplot*line7Dashes:   42
      gnuplot*line8Dashes:   13

   , "

-- X11 PM3D_RESOURCES --

   Choosing the appropriate visual class and number of colors is a
crucial point in X11 applications and a bit awkward, since X11 supports
six visual types in different depths.

   By default `gnuplot` uses the default visual of the screen. The
number of colors which can be allocated depends on the visual class
chosen. On a visual class with a depth > 12bit, gnuplot starts with a
maximal number of 0x200 colors.  On a visual class with a depth > 8bit
(but <= 12 bit) the maximal number of colors is 0x100, on <= 8bit
displays the maximum number of colors is 240 (16 are left for line
colors).

   Gnuplot first starts to allocate the maximal number of colors as
stated above.  If this fails, the number of colors is reduced by the
factor 2 until gnuplot gets all colors which are requested. If dividing
`maxcolors` by 2 repeatedly results in a number which is smaller than
`mincolors` `gnuplot` tries to install a private colormap. In this case
the window manager is responsible for swapping colormaps when the
pointer is moved in and out the x11 driver's window.

   The default for `mincolors` is maxcolors / (num_colormaps > 1 ? 2 :
8), where num_colormaps is the number of colormaps which are currently
used by gnuplot (usually 1, if only one x11 window is open).

   Some systems support multiple (different) visual classes together on
one screen. On these systems it might be necessary to force gnuplot to
use a specific visual class, e.g. the default visual might be 8bit
PseudoColor but the screen would also support 24bit TrueColor which
would be the preferred choice.

   The information about an Xserver's capabilities can be obtained with
the program `xdpyinfo`.  For the visual names below you can choose one
of StaticGray, GrayScale, StaticColor, PseudoColor, TrueColor,
DirectColor.  If an Xserver supports a requested visual type at
different depths, `gnuplot` chooses the visual class with the highest
depth (deepest).  If the requested visual class matches the default
visual and multiple classes of this type are supported, the default
visual is preferred.

   Example: on an 8bit PseudoColor visual you can force a private color
map by specifying `gnuplot*maxcolors: 240` and `gnuplot*mincolors: 240`.

      gnuplot*maxcolors:  <integer number>
      gnuplot*mincolors:  <integer number>
      gnuplot*visual:     <visual name>


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xlib,  Next: xlib_,  Prev: x11_,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.83 xlib
...............

The `xlib` terminal driver supports the X11 Windows System.  It
generates gnuplot_x11 commands, but sends them to the output file
specified by `set output '<filename>'`. `set term x11` is equivalent to
`set terminal xlib; set output "|gnuplot_x11 -noevents"`.  `xlib` takes
the same set of options as `x11`."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xlib_,  Prev: xlib,  Up: terminal

2.19.59.84 xlib
...............

The `xlib` terminal driver supports the X11 Windows System.  It
generates gnuplot_x11 commands, but sends them to the output file
specified by `set output '<filename>'`. `set term x11` is equivalent to
`set terminal xlib; set output "|gnuplot_x11 -noevents"`.  `xlib` takes
the same set of options as `x11`."


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tics,  Next: ticslevel,  Prev: terminal,  Up: set-show

2.19.60 tics
------------

The `set tics` command can be used to change the tics to be drawn
outwards.

   Syntax:
           set tics {<direction>}
           show tics

   where <direction> may be `in` (the default) or `out`.

   See also *Note xtics:: for more control of major (labelled) tic
marks and *Note mxtics:: for control of minor tic marks.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ticslevel,  Next: ticscale,  Prev: tics,  Up: set-show

2.19.61 ticslevel
-----------------

Using `splot`, one can adjust the relative height of the vertical (Z)
axis using *Note ticslevel::.  The numeric argument provided specifies
the location of the bottom of the scale (as a fraction of the z-range)
above the xy-plane.  The default value is 0.5.  Negative values are
permitted, but tic labels on the three axes may overlap.

   To place the xy-plane at a position 'pos' on the z-axis, *Note
ticslevel:: should be set equal to  (pos - zmin) / (zmin - zmax).

   Syntax:
           set ticslevel {<level>}
           show tics

   See also *Note view::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ticscale,  Next: timestamp,  Prev: ticslevel,  Up: set-show

2.19.62 ticscale
----------------

The size of the tic marks can be adjusted with *Note ticscale::.

   Syntax:
           set ticscale {<major> {<minor>}}
           show tics

   If <minor> is not specified, it is 0.5*<major>.  The default size is
1.0 for major tics and 0.5 for minor tics.  Note that it is possible to
have the tic marks pointing outward by specifying a negative size.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: timestamp,  Next: timefmt,  Prev: ticscale,  Up: set-show

2.19.63 timestamp
-----------------

The command *Note timestamp:: places the time and date of the plot in
the left margin.

   Syntax:
           set timestamp {"<format>"} {top|bottom} {{no}rotate}
                         {<xoff>}{,<yoff>} {"<font>"}
           unset timestamp
           show timestamp

   The format string allows you to choose the format used to write the
date and time.  Its default value is what asctime() uses: "%a %b %d
%H:%M:%S %Y" (weekday, month name, day of the month, hours, minutes,
seconds, four-digit year).  With `top` or `bottom` you can place the
timestamp at the top or bottom of the left margin (default: bottom).
`rotate` lets you write the timestamp vertically, if your terminal
supports vertical text.  The constants <xoff> and <yoff> are offsets
from the default position given in character screen coordinates.
<font> is used to specify the font with which the time is to be written.

   The abbreviation `time` may be used in place of *Note timestamp::.

   Example:
           set timestamp "%d/%m/%y %H:%M" 80,-2 "Helvetica"

   See *Note timefmt:: for more information about time format strings.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: timefmt,  Next: title_,  Prev: timestamp,  Up: set-show

2.19.64 timefmt
---------------

This command applies to timeseries where data are composed of
dates/times.  It has no meaning unless the command `set xdata time` is
given also.

   Syntax:
           set timefmt "<format string>"
           show timefmt

   The string argument tells `gnuplot` how to read timedata from the
datafile.  The valid formats are:

           Format       Explanation
           %d           day of the month, 1--31
           %m           month of the year, 1--12
           %y           year, 0--99
           %Y           year, 4-digit
           %j           day of the year, 1--365
           %H           hour, 0--24
           %M           minute, 0--60
           %s           seconds since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01, 00:00 UTC)
           %S           second, 0--60
           %b           three-character abbreviation of the name of the month
           %B           name of the month

   Any character is allowed in the string, but must match exactly.  \t
(tab) is recognized.  Backslash-octals (\nnn) are converted to char.
If there is no separating character between the time/date elements,
then %d, %m, %y, %H, %M and %S read two digits each, %Y reads four
digits and %j reads three digits.  %b requires three characters, and %B
requires as many as it needs.

   Spaces are treated slightly differently.  A space in the string
stands for zero or more whitespace characters in the file.  That is,
"%H %M" can be used to read "1220" and "12     20" as well as "12 20".

   Each set of non-blank characters in the timedata counts as one
column in the `using n:n` specification.  Thus `11:11  25/12/76  21.0`
consists of three columns.  To avoid confusion, `gnuplot` requires that
you provide a complete *Note using:: specification if your file
contains timedata.

   Since `gnuplot` cannot read non-numerical text, if the date format
includes the day or month in words, the format string must exclude this
text.  But it can still be printed with the "%a", "%A", "%b", or "%B"
specifier: see `set format` for more details about these and other
options for printing timedata.  (`gnuplot` will determine the proper
month and weekday from the numerical values.)

   See also *Note xdata:: and `Time/date` for more information.

   Example:
           set timefmt "%d/%m/%Y\t%H:%M"

   tells `gnuplot` to read date and time separated by tab.  (But look
closely at your data--what began as a tab may have been converted to
spaces somewhere along the line; the format string must match what is
actually in the file.)  See also time data demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/timedat.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: title_,  Next: tmargin,  Prev: timefmt,  Up: set-show

2.19.65 title
-------------

The `set title` command produces a plot title that is centered at the
top of the plot.  `set title` is a special case of *Note label::.

   Syntax:
           set title {"<title-text>"} {<xoff>}{,<yoff>} {"<font>{,<size>}"}
                     {{textcolor | tc} {lt <line_type> | default}}
           show title

   Specifying constants <xoff> or <yoff> as optional offsets for the
title will move the title <xoff> or <yoff> character screen coordinates
(not graph coordinates).  For example, "`set title ,-1`" will change
only the y offset of the title, moving the title down by roughly the
height of one character.

   <font> is used to specify the font with which the title is to be
written; the units of the font <size> depend upon which terminal is
used.

   `textcolor lt <n>` sets the text color to that of line type <n>.

   `set title` with no parameters clears the title.

   See `syntax` for details about the processing of backslash sequences
and the distinction between single- and double-quotes.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: tmargin,  Next: trange,  Prev: title_,  Up: set-show

2.19.66 tmargin
---------------

The command *Note tmargin:: sets the size of the top margin.  Please
see *Note margin:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: trange,  Next: urange,  Prev: tmargin,  Up: set-show

2.19.67 trange
--------------

The *Note trange:: command sets the parametric range used to compute x
and y values when in parametric or polar modes.  Please see *Note
xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: urange,  Next: variables,  Prev: trange,  Up: set-show

2.19.68 urange
--------------

The *Note urange:: and *Note vrange:: commands set the parametric
ranges used to compute x, y, and z values when in `splot` parametric
mode.  Please see *Note xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: variables,  Next: version,  Prev: urange,  Up: set-show

2.19.69 variables
-----------------

The *Note variables:: command lists all user-defined variables and their
values.

   Syntax:
           show variables


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: version,  Next: view,  Prev: variables,  Up: set-show

2.19.70 version
---------------

The *Note version:: command lists the version of gnuplot being run, its
last modification date, the copyright holders, and email addresses for
the FAQ, the gnuplot-info mailing list, and reporting bugs-in short,
the information listed on the screen when the program is invoked
interactively.

   Syntax:
           show version {long}

   When the `long` option is given, it also lists the operating system,
the compilation options used when `gnuplot` was installed, the location
of the help file, and (again) the useful email addresses.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: view,  Next: vrange,  Prev: version,  Up: set-show

2.19.71 view
------------

The *Note view:: command sets the viewing angle for `splot`s.  It
controls how the 3-d coordinates of the plot are mapped into the 2-d
screen space.  It provides controls for both rotation and scaling of
the plotted data, but supports orthographic projections only.  It
supports both 3D projection or orthogonal 2D projection into a 2D
plot-like map.

   Syntax:
           set view { <rot_x>{,{<rot_z>}{,{<scale>}{,<scale_z>}}} | map }
           show view

   where <rot_x> and <rot_z> control the rotation angles (in degrees)
in a virtual 3-d coordinate system aligned with the screen such that
initially (that is, before the rotations are performed) the screen
horizontal axis is x, screen vertical axis is y, and the axis
perpendicular to the screen is z.  The first rotation applied is
<rot_x> around the x axis.  The second rotation applied is <rot_z>
around the new z axis.

   Command `set view map` is used to represent the drawing as a map. It
can be used for *Note contour:: plots, or for color *Note pm3d:: maps.
In the latter, take care that you properly use *Note zrange:: and *Note
cbrange:: for input data point filtering and color range scaling,
respectively.

   <rot_x> is bounded to the [0:180] range with a default of 60
degrees, while <rot_z> is bounded to the [0:360] range with a default
of 30 degrees.  <scale> controls the scaling of the entire `splot`,
while <scale_z> scales the z axis only.  Both scales default to 1.0.

   Examples:
           set view 60, 30, 1, 1
           set view ,,0.5

   The first sets all the four default values.  The second changes only
scale, to 0.5.

   See also *Note ticslevel::.


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2.19.72 vrange
--------------

The *Note urange:: and *Note vrange:: commands set the parametric
ranges used to compute x, y, and z values when in `splot` parametric
mode.  Please see *Note xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2data,  Next: x2dtics,  Prev: vrange,  Up: set-show

2.19.73 x2data
--------------

The *Note x2data:: command sets data on the x2 (top) axis to timeseries
(dates/times).  Please see *Note xdata::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2dtics,  Next: x2label,  Prev: x2data,  Up: set-show

2.19.74 x2dtics
---------------

The *Note x2dtics:: command changes tics on the x2 (top) axis to days
of the week.  Please see *Note xdtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2label,  Next: x2mtics,  Prev: x2dtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.75 x2label
---------------

The *Note x2label:: command sets the label for the x2 (top) axis.
Please see *Note xlabel::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2mtics,  Next: x2range,  Prev: x2label,  Up: set-show

2.19.76 x2mtics
---------------

The *Note x2mtics:: command changes tics on the x2 (top) axis to months
of the year.  Please see *Note xmtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2range,  Next: x2tics,  Prev: x2mtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.77 x2range
---------------

The *Note x2range:: command sets the horizontal range that will be
displayed on the x2 (top) axis.  Please see *Note xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2tics,  Next: x2zeroaxis,  Prev: x2range,  Up: set-show

2.19.78 x2tics
--------------

The *Note x2tics:: command controls major (labelled) tics on the x2
(top) axis.  Please see *Note xtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: x2zeroaxis,  Next: xdata,  Prev: x2tics,  Up: set-show

2.19.79 x2zeroaxis
------------------

The *Note x2zeroaxis:: command draws a line at the origin of the x2
(top) axis (y2 = 0).  For details, please see *Note zeroaxis::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xdata,  Next: xdtics,  Prev: x2zeroaxis,  Up: set-show

2.19.80 xdata
-------------

This command sets the datatype on the x axis to time/date.  A similar
command does the same thing for each of the other axes.

   Syntax:
           set xdata {time}
           show xdata

   The same syntax applies to *Note ydata::, *Note zdata::, *Note
x2data::, *Note y2data:: and *Note cbdata::.

   The `time` option signals that the datatype is indeed time/date.  If
the option is not specified, the datatype reverts to normal.

   See *Note timefmt:: to tell gnuplot how to read date or time data.
The time/date is converted to seconds from start of the century.  There
is currently only one timefmt, which implies that all the time/date
columns must conform to this format.  Specification of ranges should be
supplied as quoted strings according to this format to avoid
interpretation of the time/date as an expression.

   The function 'strftime' (type "man strftime" on unix to look it up)
is used to print tic-mark labels.  `gnuplot` tries to figure out a
reasonable format for this  unless the `set format x "string"` has
supplied something that does not look like a decimal format (more than
one '%' or neither %f nor %g).

   See also `Time/date` for more information.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xdtics,  Next: xlabel,  Prev: xdata,  Up: set-show

2.19.81 xdtics
--------------

The *Note xdtics:: commands converts the x-axis tic marks to days of
the week where 0=Sun and 6=Sat.  Overflows are converted modulo 7 to
dates.  `set noxdtics` returns the labels to their default values.
Similar commands do the same things for the other axes.

   Syntax:
           set xdtics
           unset xdtics
           show xdtics

   The same syntax applies to *Note ydtics::, *Note zdtics::, *Note
x2dtics::, *Note y2dtics:: and *Note cbdtics::.

   See also the `set format` command.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xlabel,  Next: xmtics,  Prev: xdtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.82 xlabel
--------------

The *Note xlabel:: command sets the x axis label.  Similar commands set
labels on the other axes.

   Syntax:
           set xlabel {"<label>"} {<xoff>}{,<yoff>} {font "<font>{,<size>}"}
                      {{textcolor | tc} {lt <line_type> | default}}
           show xlabel

   The same syntax applies to *Note x2label::, *Note ylabel::, *Note
y2label::, *Note zlabel:: and *Note cblabel::.

   Specifying the constants <xoff> or <yoff> as optional offsets for a
label will move it <xoff> or <yoff> character widths or heights.  For
example, "` set xlabel -1`" will change only the x offset of the
xlabel, moving the label roughly one character width to the left.   The
size of a character depends on both the font and the terminal.

   <font> is used to specify the font in which the label is written;
the units of the font <size> depend upon which terminal is used.

   `textcolor lt <n>` sets the text color to that of line type <n>.

   To clear a label, put no options on the command line, e.g., "*Note
y2label::".

   The default positions of the axis labels are as follows:

   xlabel:  The x-axis label is centered below the bottom axis.

   ylabel:  The position of the y-axis label depends on the terminal,
and can be one of the following three positions:

   1. Horizontal text flushed left at the top left of the plot.
Terminals that cannot rotate text will probably use this method.  If
*Note x2tics:: is also in use, the ylabel may overwrite the left-most
x2tic label.  This may be remedied by adjusting the ylabel position or
the left margin.

   2. Vertical text centered vertically at the left of the plot.
Terminals that can rotate text will probably use this method.

   3. Horizontal text centered vertically at the left of the plot.  The
EEPIC, LaTeX and TPIC drivers use this method.  The EEPIC driver will
produce a stack of characters so as not to overwrite the plot. With
other drivers (such as LaTeX and TPIC), the user probably has to insert
line breaks using \\ to prevent the ylabel from overwriting the plot.

   zlabel: The z-axis label is centered along the z axis and placed in
the space above the grid level.

   cblabel: The color box axis label is centered along the box and
placed below or right according to horizontal or vertical color box
gradient.

   y2label: The y2-axis label is placed to the right of the y2 axis.
The position is terminal-dependent in the same manner as is the y-axis
label.

   x2label: The x2-axis label is placed above the top axis but below
the plot title.  It is also possible to create an x2-axis label by
using new-line characters to make a multi-line plot title, e.g.,

           set title "This is the title\n\nThis is the x2label"

   Note that double quotes must be used.  The same font will be used
for both lines, of course.

   If you are not satisfied with the default position of an axis label,
use *Note label:: instead-that command gives you much more control over
where text is placed.

   Please see `syntax` for further information about backslash
processing and the difference between single- and double-quoted strings.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xmtics,  Next: xrange,  Prev: xlabel,  Up: set-show

2.19.83 xmtics
--------------

The *Note xmtics:: command converts the x-axis tic marks to months of
the year where 1=Jan and 12=Dec.  Overflows are converted modulo 12 to
months.  The tics are returned to their default labels by *Note
xmtics::.  Similar commands perform the same duties for the other axes.

   Syntax:
           set xmtics
           unset xmtics
           show xmtics

   The same syntax applies to *Note x2mtics::, *Note ymtics::, *Note
y2mtics::, *Note zmtics:: and *Note cbmtics::.

   See also the `set format` command.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xrange,  Next: xtics,  Prev: xmtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.84 xrange
--------------

The *Note xrange:: command sets the horizontal range that will be
displayed.  A similar command exists for each of the other axes, as
well as for the polar radius r and the parametric variables t, u, and v.

   Syntax:
           set xrange { [{{<min>}:{<max>}}] {{no}reverse} {{no}writeback} }
                      | restore
           show xrange

   where <min> and <max> terms are constants, expressions or an
asterisk to set autoscaling.  If the data are time/date, you must give
the range as a quoted string according to the *Note timefmt:: format.
Any value omitted will not be changed.

   The same syntax applies to *Note yrange::, *Note zrange::, *Note
x2range::, *Note y2range::, *Note cbrange::, *Note rrange::, *Note
trange::, *Note urange:: and *Note vrange::.

   The `reverse` option reverses the direction of the axis, e.g., `set
xrange [0:1] reverse` will produce an axis with 1 on the left and 0 on
the right.  This is identical to the axis produced by `set xrange
[1:0]`, of course.  `reverse` is intended primarily for use with *Note
autoscale::.

   The `writeback` option essentially saves the range found by *Note
autoscale:: in the buffers that would be filled by *Note xrange::.
This is useful if you wish to plot several functions together but have
the range determined by only some of them.  The `writeback` operation
is performed during the `plot` execution, so it must be specified
before that command.  To restore, the last saved horizontal range use
`set xrange restore`.  For example,

           set xrange [-10:10]
           set yrange [] writeback
           plot sin(x)
           set yrange restore
           replot x/2

   results in a yrange of [-1:1] as found only from the range of
sin(x); the [-5:5] range of x/2 is ignored.  Executing *Note yrange::
after each command in the above example should help you understand what
is going on.

   In 2-d, *Note xrange:: and *Note yrange:: determine the extent of
the axes, *Note trange:: determines the range of the parametric
variable in parametric mode or the range of the angle in polar mode.
Similarly in parametric 3-d, *Note xrange::, *Note yrange::, and *Note
zrange:: govern the axes and *Note urange:: and *Note vrange:: govern
the parametric variables.

   In polar mode, *Note rrange:: determines the radial range plotted.
<rmin> acts as an additive constant to the radius, whereas <rmax> acts
as a clip to the radius--no point with radius greater than <rmax> will
be plotted.  *Note xrange:: and *Note yrange:: are affected--the ranges
can be set as if the graph was of r(t)-rmin, with rmin added to all the
labels.

   Any range may be partially or totally autoscaled, although it may
not make sense to autoscale a parametric variable unless it is plotted
with data.

   Ranges may also be specified on the `plot` command line.  A range
given on the plot line will be used for that single `plot` command; a
range given by a `set` command will be used for all subsequent plots
that do not specify their own ranges.  The same holds true for `splot`.

   Examples:

   To set the xrange to the default:
           set xrange [-10:10]

   To set the yrange to increase downwards:
           set yrange [10:-10]

   To change zmax to 10 without affecting zmin (which may still be
autoscaled):
           set zrange [:10]

   To autoscale xmin while leaving xmax unchanged:
           set xrange [*:]


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: xtics,  Next: xzeroaxis,  Prev: xrange,  Up: set-show

2.19.85 xtics
-------------

Fine control of the major (labelled) tics on the x axis is possible
with the *Note xtics:: command.  The tics may be turned off with the
*Note xtics:: command, and may be turned on (the default state) with
*Note xtics::.  Similar commands control the major tics on the y, z, x2
and y2 axes.

   Syntax:
           set xtics {axis | border} {{no}mirror} {{no}rotate {by <ang>}}
                     {  autofreq
                      | <incr>
                      | <start>, <incr> {,<end>}
                      | ({"<label>"} <pos> {<level>} {,{"<label>"}...) }
                     { font "name{,<size>}" }
                     { textcolor <colorspec> }
           unset xtics
           show xtics

   The same syntax applies to *Note ytics::, *Note ztics::, *Note
x2tics::, *Note y2tics:: and *Note cbtics::.

   `axis` or *Note border:: tells `gnuplot` to put the tics (both the
tics themselves and the accompanying labels) along the axis or the
border, respectively.  If the axis is very close to the border, the
`axis` option will move the tic labels to outside the border.  The
relevant margin settings will usually be sized badly by the automatic
layout algorithm in this case.

   `mirror` tells `gnuplot` to put unlabelled tics at the same
positions on the opposite border.  `nomirror` does what you think it
does.

   `rotate` asks `gnuplot` to rotate the text through 90 degrees, which
will be done if the terminal driver in use supports text rotation.
`norotate` cancels this. `rotate by <ang>` asks for rotation by <ang>
degrees, supported by some terminal types.

   The defaults are `border mirror norotate` for tics on the x and y
axes, and `border nomirror norotate` for tics on the x2 and y2 axes.
For the z axis, the `{axis | border}` option is not available and the
default is `nomirror`.  If you do want to mirror the z-axis tics, you
might want to create a bit more room for them with *Note border::.

   *Note xtics:: with no options restores the default border or axis if
xtics are being displayed;  otherwise it has no effect.  Any previously
specified tic frequency or position {and labels} are retained.

   Positions of the tics are calculated automatically by default or if
the `autofreq` option is given; otherwise they may be specified in
either of two forms:

   The implicit <start>, <incr>, <end> form specifies that a series of
tics will be plotted on the axis between the values <start> and <end>
with an increment of <incr>.  If <end> is not given, it is assumed to
be infinity.  The increment may be negative.  If neither <start> nor
<end> is given, <start> is assumed to be negative infinity, <end> is
assumed to be positive infinity, and the tics will be drawn at integral
multiples of <incr>.  If the axis is logarithmic, the increment will be
used as a multiplicative factor.

   The `set grid` options 'front', 'back' and 'layerdefault' affect the
drawing order of the xtics, too.

   Examples:

   Make tics at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, ..., 9.5, 10.
           set xtics 0,.5,10

   Make tics at ..., -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, ...
           set xtics 5

   Make tics at 1, 100, 1e4, 1e6, 1e8.
           set logscale x; set xtics 1,100,1e8

   The explicit ("<label>" <pos> <level>, ...) form allows arbitrary tic
positions or non-numeric tic labels.  In this form, the tics do not
need to be listed in numerical order.  Each tic has a position,
optionally with a label.  Note that the label is a string enclosed by
quotes.  It may be a constant string, such as "hello", may contain
formatting information for converting the position into its label, such
as "%3f clients", or may be empty, "".  See `set format` for more
information.  If no string is given, the default label (numerical) is
used.

   An explicit tic mark has a third parameter, the "level".  The default
is level 0, a major tic.  A level of 1 generates a minor tic.  If the
level is specified, then the label must also be supplied.

   Examples:
           set xtics ("low" 0, "medium" 50, "high" 100)
           set xtics (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024)
           set ytics ("bottom" 0, "" 10, "top" 20)
           set ytics ("bottom" 0, "" 10 1, "top" 20)

   In the second example, all tics are labelled.  In the third, only
the end tics are labelled.  In the fourth, the unlabeled tic is a minor
tic.

   However they are specified, tics will only be plotted when in range.

   Format (or omission) of the tic labels is controlled by `set
format`, unless the explicit text of a labels is included in the `set
xtics (`<label>`)` form.

   Minor (unlabelled) tics can be added by the *Note mxtics:: command.

   In case of timeseries data, position values must be given as quoted
dates or times according to the format *Note timefmt::.  If the
<start>, <incr>, <end> form is used, <start> and <end> must be given
according to *Note timefmt::, but <incr> must be in seconds.  Times
will be written out according to the format given on `set format`,
however.

   Examples:
           set xdata time
           set timefmt "%d/%m"
           set format x "%b %d"
           set xrange ["01/12":"06/12"]
           set xtics "01/12", 172800, "05/12"

           set xdata time
           set timefmt "%d/%m"
           set format x "%b %d"
           set xrange ["01/12":"06/12"]
           set xtics ("01/12", "" "03/12", "05/12")

   Both of these will produce tics "Dec 1", "Dec 3", and "Dec 5", but
in the second example the tic at "Dec 3" will be unlabelled.


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2.19.86 xzeroaxis
-----------------

The *Note xzeroaxis:: command draws a line at y = 0.  For details,
please see *Note zeroaxis::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2data,  Next: y2dtics,  Prev: xzeroaxis,  Up: set-show

2.19.87 y2data
--------------

The *Note y2data:: command sets y2 (right-hand) axis data to timeseries
(dates/times).  Please see *Note xdata::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2dtics,  Next: y2label,  Prev: y2data,  Up: set-show

2.19.88 y2dtics
---------------

The *Note y2dtics:: command changes tics on the y2 (right-hand) axis to
days of the week.  Please see *Note xdtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2label,  Next: y2mtics,  Prev: y2dtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.89 y2label
---------------

The *Note y2label:: command sets the label for the y2 (right-hand) axis.
Please see *Note xlabel::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2mtics,  Next: y2range,  Prev: y2label,  Up: set-show

2.19.90 y2mtics
---------------

The *Note y2mtics:: command changes tics on the y2 (right-hand) axis to
months of the year.  Please see *Note xmtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2range,  Next: y2tics,  Prev: y2mtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.91 y2range
---------------

The *Note y2range:: command sets the vertical range that will be
displayed on the y2 (right-hand) axis.  Please see *Note xrange:: for
details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2tics,  Next: y2zeroaxis,  Prev: y2range,  Up: set-show

2.19.92 y2tics
--------------

The *Note y2tics:: command controls major (labelled) tics on the y2
(right-hand) axis.  Please see *Note xtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: y2zeroaxis,  Next: ydata,  Prev: y2tics,  Up: set-show

2.19.93 y2zeroaxis
------------------

The *Note y2zeroaxis:: command draws a line at the origin of the y2
(right-hand) axis (x2 = 0).  For details, please see *Note zeroaxis::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ydata,  Next: ydtics,  Prev: y2zeroaxis,  Up: set-show

2.19.94 ydata
-------------

The *Note ydata:: commands sets y-axis data to timeseries (dates/times).
Please see *Note xdata::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ydtics,  Next: ylabel,  Prev: ydata,  Up: set-show

2.19.95 ydtics
--------------

The *Note ydtics:: command changes tics on the y axis to days of the
week.  Please see *Note xdtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ylabel,  Next: ymtics,  Prev: ydtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.96 ylabel
--------------

This command sets the label for the y axis.  Please see *Note xlabel::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ymtics,  Next: yrange,  Prev: ylabel,  Up: set-show

2.19.97 ymtics
--------------

The *Note ymtics:: command changes tics on the y axis to months of the
year.  Please see *Note xmtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: yrange,  Next: ytics,  Prev: ymtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.98 yrange
--------------

The *Note yrange:: command sets the vertical range that will be
displayed on the y axis.  Please see *Note xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ytics,  Next: yzeroaxis,  Prev: yrange,  Up: set-show

2.19.99 ytics
-------------

The *Note ytics:: command controls major (labelled) tics on the y axis.
Please see *Note xtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: yzeroaxis,  Next: zdata,  Prev: ytics,  Up: set-show

2.19.100 yzeroaxis
------------------

The *Note yzeroaxis:: command draws a line at x = 0.  For details,
please see *Note zeroaxis::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zdata,  Next: zdtics,  Prev: yzeroaxis,  Up: set-show

2.19.101 zdata
--------------

The *Note zdata:: command sets zaxis data to timeseries (dates/times).
Please see *Note xdata::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zdtics,  Next: cbdata,  Prev: zdata,  Up: set-show

2.19.102 zdtics
---------------

The *Note zdtics:: command changes tics on the z axis to days of the
week.  Please see *Note xdtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cbdata,  Next: cbdtics,  Prev: zdtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.103 cbdata
---------------

Set color box axis data to timeseries (dates/times).  Please see *Note
xdata::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cbdtics,  Next: zero,  Prev: cbdata,  Up: set-show

2.19.104 cbdtics
----------------

The *Note cbdtics:: command changes tics on the color box axis to days
of the week. Please see *Note xdtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zero,  Next: zeroaxis,  Prev: cbdtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.105 zero
-------------

The `zero` value is the default threshold for values approaching 0.0.

   Syntax:
           set zero <expression>
           show zero

   `gnuplot` will not plot a point if its imaginary part is greater in
magnitude than the `zero` threshold.  This threshold is also used in
various other parts of `gnuplot` as a (crude) numerical-error
threshold.  The default `zero` value is 1e-8.  `zero` values larger
than 1e-3 (the reciprocal of the number of pixels in a typical bitmap
display) should probably be avoided, but it is not unreasonable to set
`zero` to 0.0.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zeroaxis,  Next: zlabel,  Prev: zero,  Up: set-show

2.19.106 zeroaxis
-----------------

The x axis may be drawn by *Note xzeroaxis:: and removed by *Note
xzeroaxis::.  Similar commands behave similarly for the y, x2, and y2
axes.

   Syntax:
           set {x|x2|y|y2|}zeroaxis { {linestyle | ls <line_style>}
                                      | { linetype | lt <line_type>}
                                        { linewidth | lw <line_width>}}
           unset {x|x2|y|y2|}zeroaxis
           show {x|y|}zeroaxis

   By default, these options are off.  The selected zero axis is drawn
with a line of type <line_type> and width <line_width> (if supported by
the terminal driver currently in use), or a user-defined style
<line_style>.

   If no linetype is specified, any zero axes selected will be drawn
using the axis linetype (linetype 0).

   *Note zeroaxis:: is equivalent to *Note yzeroaxis::.  `set
nozeroaxis` is equivalent to *Note yzeroaxis::.

   Examples:

   To simply have the y=0 axis drawn visibly:

            set xzeroaxis

   If you want a thick line in a different color or pattern, instead:

            set xzeroaxis linetype 3 linewidth 2.5


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zlabel,  Next: zmtics,  Prev: zeroaxis,  Up: set-show

2.19.107 zlabel
---------------

This command sets the label for the z axis.  Please see *Note xlabel::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zmtics,  Next: zrange,  Prev: zlabel,  Up: set-show

2.19.108 zmtics
---------------

The *Note zmtics:: command changes tics on the z axis to months of the
year.  Please see *Note xmtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: zrange,  Next: ztics,  Prev: zmtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.109 zrange
---------------

The *Note zrange:: command sets the range that will be displayed on the
z axis.  The zrange is used only by `splot` and is ignored by `plot`.
Please see *Note xrange:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: ztics,  Next: cblabel,  Prev: zrange,  Up: set-show

2.19.110 ztics
--------------

The *Note ztics:: command controls major (labelled) tics on the z axis.
Please see *Note xtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cblabel,  Next: cbmtics,  Prev: ztics,  Up: set-show

2.19.111 cblabel
----------------

This command sets the label for the color box axis.  Please see *Note
xlabel::.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cbmtics,  Next: cbrange,  Prev: cblabel,  Up: set-show

2.19.112 cbmtics
----------------

The *Note cbmtics:: command changes tics on the color box axis to
months of the year. Please see *Note xmtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cbrange,  Next: cbtics,  Prev: cbmtics,  Up: set-show

2.19.113 cbrange
----------------

The *Note cbrange:: command sets the range of z-values which are
colored by *Note pm3d:: mode of `splot`. If the cb-axis is autoscaled,
then the *Note pm3d:: / *Note palette:: range is taken from *Note
zrange::.

   Please see *Note xrange:: for details on *Note cbrange:: syntax.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: cbtics,  Prev: cbrange,  Up: set-show

2.19.114 cbtics
---------------

The *Note cbtics:: command controls major (labelled) tics on the color
box axis.  Please see *Note xtics:: for details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: shell,  Next: splot,  Prev: set-show,  Up: Commands

2.20 shell
==========

The *Note shell:: command spawns an interactive shell.  To return to
`gnuplot`, type `logout` if using VMS, *Note exit:: or the END-OF-FILE
character if using Unix, `endcli` if using AmigaOS, or *Note exit:: if
using MS-DOS or OS/2.

   There are two ways of spawning a shell command: using *Note system::
command or via `!` ($ if using VMS). The former command takes a string
as a parameter and thus it can be used anywhere among other gnuplot
commands, while the latter syntax requires to be the only command on
the line. Control will return immediately to `gnuplot` after this
command is executed.  For example, in AmigaOS, MS-DOS or OS/2,

           ! dir

   or
           system "dir"

   prints a directory listing and then returns to `gnuplot`.

   Other examples of the former syntax:
            system "date"; set time; plot "a.dat"
            print=1; if (print) replot; set out; system "lpr x.ps"

   On an Atari, the `!` command first checks whether a shell is already
loaded and uses it, if available.  This is practical if `gnuplot` is
run from `gulam`, for example.


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2.21 splot
==========

`splot` is the command for drawing 3-d plots (well, actually
projections on a 2-d surface, but you knew that).  It can create a plot
from functions or a data file in a manner very similar to the `plot`
command.

   See `plot` for features common to the `plot` command; only
differences are discussed in detail here.  Note specifically that the
*Note binary:: and *Note matrix:: options (discussed under
"datafile-modifiers") are not available for `plot`, and `plot`'s `axes`
option is not available for `splot`.

   Syntax:
           splot {<ranges>}
                 <function> | "<datafile>" {datafile-modifiers}}
                 {<title-spec>} {with <style>}
                 {, {definitions,} <function> ...}

   where either a <function> or the name of a data file enclosed in
quotes is supplied.  The function can be a mathematical expression, or
a triple of mathematical expressions in parametric mode.

   By default `splot` draws the xy plane completely below the plotted
data.  The offset between the lowest ztic and the xy plane can be
changed by *Note ticslevel::.  The orientation of a `splot` projection
is controlled by *Note view::.  See *Note view:: and *Note ticslevel::
for more information.

   The syntax for setting ranges on the `splot` command is the same as
for `plot`.  In non-parametric mode, the order in which ranges must be
given is *Note xrange::, *Note yrange::, and *Note zrange::.  In
parametric mode, the order is *Note urange::, *Note vrange::, *Note
xrange::, *Note yrange::, and *Note zrange::.

   The `title` option is the same as in `plot`.  The operation of *Note
with:: is also the same as in `plot`, except that the plotting styles
available to `splot` are limited to `lines`, `points`, `linespoints`,
`dots`, and `impulses`;  the error-bar capabilities of `plot` are not
available for `splot`.

   The `datafile` options have more differences.

   See also `show plot`.

* Menu:

* data-file_::
* grid_data::
* splot_overview::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: data-file_,  Next: grid_data,  Prev: splot,  Up: splot

2.21.1 data-file
----------------

As for `plot`, discrete data contained in a file can be displayed by
specifying the name of the data file, enclosed in quotes,  on the
`splot` command line.

   Syntax:
           splot '<file_name>' {binary | matrix}
                               {index <index list>}
                               {every <every list>}
                               {using <using list>}

   The special filenames `""` and `"-"` are permitted, as in `plot`.

   In brief, *Note binary:: and *Note matrix:: indicate that the data
are in a special form, *Note index:: selects which data sets in a
multi-data-set file are to be plotted, *Note every:: specifies which
datalines (subsets) within a single data set are to be plotted, and
*Note using:: determines how the columns within a single record are to
be interpreted.

   The options *Note index:: and *Note every:: behave the same way as
with `plot`;  *Note using:: does so also, except that the *Note using::
list must provide three entries instead of two.

   The `plot` options *Note thru:: and *Note smooth:: are not available
for `splot`, but *Note cntrparam:: and *Note dgrid3d:: provide limited
smoothing capabilities.

   Data file organization is essentially the same as for `plot`, except
that each point is an (x,y,z) triple.  If only a single value is
provided, it will be used for z, the datablock number will be used for
y, and the index of the data point in the datablock will be used for x.
If two or four values are provided, `gnuplot` uses the last value for
calculating the color in pm3d plots.  Three values are interpreted as
an (x,y,z) triple.  Additional values are generally used as errors,
which can be used by `fit`.

   Single blank records separate datablocks in a `splot` datafile;
`splot` treats datablocks as the equivalent of function y-isolines.  No
line will join points separated by a blank record.  If all datablocks
contain the same number of points, `gnuplot` will draw cross-isolines
between datablocks, connecting corresponding points.  This is termed
"grid data", and is required for drawing a surface, for contouring
(*Note contour::) and hidden-line removal (*Note hidden3d::). See also
*Note grid_data::.

   It is no longer necessary to specify `parametric` mode for
three-column `splot`s.

* Menu:

* binary::
* example_datafile_::
* matrix::


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: binary,  Next: example_datafile_,  Prev: data-file_,  Up: data-file_

2.21.1.1 binary
...............

`splot` can read binary files written with a specific format (and on a
system with a compatible binary file representation.)

   In previous versions, `gnuplot` dynamically detected binary data
files.  It is now necessary to specify the keyword *Note binary::
directly after the filename.

   Single precision floats are stored in a binary file as follows:

           <N+1>  <y0>   <y1>   <y2>  ...  <yN>
            <x0> <z0,0> <z0,1> <z0,2> ... <z0,N>
            <x1> <z1,0> <z1,1> <z1,2> ... <z1,N>
             :      :      :      :   ...    :

   which are converted into triplets:
           <x0> <y0> <z0,0>
           <x0> <y1> <z0,1>
           <x0> <y2> <z0,2>
            :    :     :
           <x0> <yN> <z0,N>

           <x1> <y0> <z1,0>
           <x1> <y1> <z1,1>
            :    :     :

   These triplets are then converted into `gnuplot` iso-curves and then
`gnuplot` proceeds in the usual manner to do the rest of the plotting.

   A collection of matrix and vector manipulation routines (in C) is
provided in `binary.c`.  The routine to write binary data is

           int fwrite_matrix(file,m,nrl,nrl,ncl,nch,row_title,column_title)

   An example of using these routines is provided in the file
`bf_test.c`, which generates binary files for the demo file
`demo/binary.dem`.

   The *Note index:: keyword is not supported, since the file format
allows only one surface per file.  The *Note every:: and *Note using::
filters are supported.  *Note using:: operates as if the data were read
in the above triplet form.  See also Binary File Splot Demo.
(http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/binary.html)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: example_datafile_,  Next: matrix,  Prev: binary,  Up: data-file_

2.21.1.2 example datafile
.........................

A simple example of plotting a 3-d data file is

           splot 'datafile.dat'

   where the file "datafile.dat" might contain:

           # The valley of the Gnu.
              0 0 10
              0 1 10
              0 2 10

              1 0 10
              1 1 5
              1 2 10

              2 0 10
              2 1 1
              2 2 10

              3 0 10
              3 1 0
              3 2 10

   Note that "datafile.dat" defines a 4 by 3 grid ( 4 rows of 3 points
each ).  Rows (datablocks) are separated by blank records.

   Note also that the x value is held constant within each dataline.
If you instead keep y constant, and plot with hidden-line removal
enabled, you will find that the surface is drawn 'inside-out'.

   Actually for grid data it is not necessary to keep the x values
constant within a datablock, nor is it necessary to keep the same
sequence of y values.  `gnuplot` requires only that the number of
points be the same for each datablock.  However since the surface mesh,
from which contours are derived, connects sequentially corresponding
points, the effect of an irregular grid on a surface plot is
unpredictable and should be examined on a case-by-case basis.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: matrix,  Prev: example_datafile_,  Up: data-file_

2.21.1.3 matrix
...............

The *Note matrix:: flag indicates that the ASCII data are stored in
matrix format.  The z-values are read in a row at a time, i. e.,
           z11 z12 z13 z14 ...
           z21 z22 z23 z24 ...
           z31 z32 z33 z34 ...

   and so forth.  The row and column indices are used for the x- and
y-values.

   A blank line or comment line ends the matrix, and starts a new
surface mesh. You can select among the meshes inside a file by the
*Note index:: option to the `splot` command, as usual.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: grid_data,  Next: splot_overview,  Prev: data-file_,  Up: splot

2.21.2 grid_data
----------------

The 3D routines are designed for points in a grid format, with one
sample, datapoint, at each mesh intersection; the datapoints may
originate from either evaluating a function, see *Note isosamples::, or
reading a datafile, see `splot datafile`.  The term "isoline" is
applied to the mesh lines for both functions and data.  Note that the
mesh need not be rectangular in x and y, as it may be parameterized in
u and v, see *Note isosamples::.

   However, `gnuplot` does not require that format.  In the case of
functions, 'samples' need not be equal to 'isosamples', i.e., not every
x-isoline sample need intersect a y-isoline. In the case of data files,
if there are an equal number of scattered data points in each
datablock, then "isolines" will connect the points in a datablock, and
"cross-isolines" will connect the corresponding points in each
datablock to generate a "surface".  In either case, contour and
hidden3d modes may give different plots than if the points were in the
intended format.  Scattered data can be converted to a {different} grid
format with *Note dgrid3d::.

   The contour code tests for z intensity along a line between a point
on a y-isoline and the corresponding point in the next y-isoline.  Thus
a `splot` contour of a surface with samples on the x-isolines that do
not coincide with a y-isoline intersection will ignore such samples.
Try:
            set xrange [-pi/2:pi/2]; set yrange [-pi/2:pi/2]
            set style function lp
            set contour
            set isosamples 10,10; set samples 10,10;
            splot cos(x)*cos(y)
            set samples 4,10; replot
            set samples 10,4; replot


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2.21.3 splot_overview
---------------------

`splot` can display a surface as a collection of points, or by
connecting those points.  As with `plot`, the points may be read from a
data file or result from evaluation of a function at specified
intervals, see *Note isosamples::.  The surface may be approximated by
connecting the points with straight line segments, see *Note surface::,
in which case the surface can be made opaque with `set hidden3d.`  The
orientation from which the 3d surface is viewed can be changed with
*Note view::.

   Additionally, for points in a grid format, `splot` can interpolate
points having a common amplitude (see *Note contour::) and can then
connect those new points to display contour lines, either directly with
straight-line segments or smoothed lines (see *Note cntrparam::).
Functions are already evaluated in a grid format, determined by *Note
isosamples:: and *Note samples::, while file data must either be in a
grid format, as described in `data-file`, or be used to generate a grid
(see *Note dgrid3d::).

   Contour lines may be displayed either on the surface or projected
onto the base.  The base projections of the contour lines may be
written to a file, and then read with `plot`, to take advantage of
`plot`'s additional formatting capabilities.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: system,  Next: test,  Prev: splot,  Up: Commands

2.22 system
===========

*Note system:: spawns shell to execute a command. Please type *Note
shell:: for more details.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: test,  Next: unset,  Prev: system,  Up: Commands

2.23 test
=========

This command graphically tests or presents terminal and palette
capabilities.

   Syntax:
           test {terminal | palette [rgb|rbg|grb|gbr|brg|bgr]}

   *Note test:: or *Note terminal:: creates a display of line and point
styles and other useful things appropriate for and supported by the
*Note terminal:: you are just using.

   *Note palette:: draws graphically profiles R(z),G(z),B(z), where
0<=z<=1, as calculated by the current color *Note palette::. In other
words, it is a beautiful plot you would have to do yourself with the
result of `show palette palette 256 float`.  The optional parameter, a
permutation of letters rgb, determines the sequence of r,g,b profiles
drawn one after the other -- try this yourself for `set palette gray`.
The default sequence is rgb.


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: unset,  Next: update,  Prev: test,  Up: Commands

2.24 unset
==========

Options set using the `set` command may be returned to their default
state by issuing the corresponding *Note unset:: command.

   Example:
           set xtics mirror rotate by -45 0,10,100
           ...
           unset xtics


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: update,  Prev: unset,  Up: Commands

2.25 update
===========

This command writes the current values of the fit parameters into the
given file, formatted as an initial-value file (as described in the
`fit`section).  This is useful for saving the current values for later
use or for restarting a converged or stopped fit.

   Syntax:
           update <filename> {<filename>}

   If a second filename is supplied, the updated values are written to
this file, and the original parameter file is left unmodified.

   Otherwise, if the file already exists, `gnuplot` first renames it by
appending `.old` and then opens a new file.  That is, "`update 'fred'`"
behaves the same as "`!rename fred fred.old; update 'fred.old' 'fred'`".
[On DOS and other systems that use the twelve-character "filename.ext"
naming convention, "ext" will be "`old`" and "filename" will be related
(hopefully recognizably) to the initial name.  Renaming is not done at
all on VMS systems, since they use file-versioning.]

   Please see `fit` for more information.


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3 Graphical User Interfaces
***************************

Several graphical user interfaces have been written for `gnuplot` and
one for win32 is included in this distribution.  In addition, there is
a Macintosh interface at ftp://ftp.ee.gatech.edu/pub/mac/gnuplot
(ftp://ftp.ee.gatech.edu/pub/mac/gnuplot)

   Also several X11 interfaces exist.  One of them is called xgfe. It
uses the Qt library and can be found on
http://www.flash.net/~dmishee/xgfe/xgfe.html
(http://www.flash.net/~dmishee/xgfe/xgfe.html)

   In addition three Tcl/Tk located at the usual Tcl/Tk repositories
exist.

   Bruce Ravel (ravel@phys.washington.edu) has written a new version of
gnuplot-mode for GNU emacs and XEmacs. This version is based on the
gnuplot.el file by Gershon Elber.  While the gnuplot CVS repository has
its own copy the most recent version of this package is available from
http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/gnuplot-mode/
(http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/gnuplot-mode/)


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4 Bugs
******

Floating point exceptions (floating point number too large/small,
divide by zero, etc.) may occasionally be generated by user defined
functions.  Some of the demos in particular may cause numbers to exceed
the floating point range.  Whether the system ignores such exceptions
(in which case `gnuplot` labels the corresponding point as undefined)
or aborts `gnuplot` depends on the compiler/runtime environment.

   The bessel functions do not work for complex arguments.

   The gamma function does not work for complex arguments.

   As of `gnuplot` version 3.7, all development has been done using
ANSI C.  With current operating system, compiler, and library releases,
the OS specific bugs documented in release 3.5, now relegated to
`old_bugs`, may no longer be relevant.

   Bugs reported since the current release as well as older ones may be
located via the official distribution site: http://www.gnuplot.info
(http://www.gnuplot.info)

   Please e-mail any bugs to bug-gnuplot mailing list (see *Note
Seeking-assistance::).

* Menu:

* Old_bugs::


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4.1 Old_bugs
============

There is a bug in the stdio library for old Sun operating systems (SunOS
Sys4-3.2).  The "%g" format for 'printf' sometimes incorrectly prints
numbers (e.g., 200000.0 as "2").  Thus, tic mark labels may be
incorrect on a Sun4 version of `gnuplot`.  A work-around is to rescale
the data or use the `set format` command to change the tic mark format
to "%7.0f" or some other appropriate format.  This appears to have been
fixed in SunOS 4.0.

   Another bug: On a Sun3 under SunOS 4.0, and on Sun4's under Sys4-3.2
and SunOS 4.0, the 'sscanf' routine incorrectly parses "00 12" with the
format "%f %f" and reads 0 and 0 instead of 0 and 12.  This affects
data input.  If the data file contains x coordinates that are zero but
are specified like '00', '000', etc, then you will read the wrong y
values.  Check any data files or upgrade the SunOS.  It appears to have
been fixed in SunOS 4.1.1.

   Suns appear to overflow when calculating exp(-x) for large x, so
`gnuplot` gets an undefined result.  One work-around is to make a
user-defined function like e(x) = x<-500 ? 0 : exp(x).  This affects
plots of Gaussians (exp(-x*x)) in particular, since x*x grows quite
rapidly.

   Microsoft C 5.1 has a nasty bug associated with the %g format for
'printf'.  When any of the formats "%.2g", "%.1g", "%.0g", "%.g" are
used, 'printf' will incorrectly print numbers in the range 1e-4 to
1e-1.  Numbers that should be printed in the %e format are incorrectly
printed in the %f format, with the wrong number of zeros after the
decimal point.  To work around this problem, use the %e or %f formats
explicitly.

   `gnuplot`, when compiled with Microsoft C, did not work correctly on
two VGA displays that were tested.  The CGA, EGA and VGA drivers should
probably be rewritten to use the Microsoft C graphics library.
`gnuplot` compiled with Borland C++ uses the Turbo C graphics drivers
and does work correctly with VGA displays.

   VAX/VMS 4.7 C compiler release 2.4 also has a poorly implemented %g
format for 'printf'.  The numbers are printed numerically correct, but
may not be in the requested format.  The K&R second edition says that
for the %g format, %e is used if the exponent is less than -4 or
greater than or equal to the precision.  The VAX uses %e format if the
exponent is less than -1.  The VAX appears to take no notice of the
precision when deciding whether to use %e or %f for numbers less than
1.  To work around this problem, use the %e or %f formats explicitly.
From the VAX C 2.4 release notes: e,E,f,F,g,G  Result will always
contain a decimal  point.  For g and G, trailing zeros will not be
removed from the result.

   VAX/VMS 5.2 C compiler release 3.0 has a slightly better implemented
%g format than release 2.4, but not much.  Trailing decimal points are
now removed, but trailing zeros are still not removed from %g numbers in
exponential format.

   The two preceding problems are actually in the libraries rather than
in the compilers.  Thus the problems will occur whether `gnuplot` is
built using either the DEC compiler or some other one (e.g. the latest
gcc).

   ULTRIX X11R3 has a bug that causes the X11 driver to display "every
other" graph.  The bug seems to be fixed in DEC's release of X11R4 so
newer releases of ULTRIX don't seem to have the problem.  Solutions for
older sites include upgrading the X11 libraries (from DEC or direct
from MIT) or defining ULTRIX_KLUDGE when compiling the x11.trm file.
Note that the kludge is not an ideal fix, however.

   The constant HUGE was incorrectly defined in the NeXT OS 2.0
operating system.  HUGE should be set to 1e38 in plot.h. This error has
been corrected in the 2.1 version of NeXT OS.

   Some older models of HP plotters do not have a page eject command
'PG'.  The current HPGL driver uses this command in HPGL_reset.  This
may need to be removed for these plotters.  The current PCL5 driver
uses HPGL/2 for text as well as graphics.  This should be modified to
use scalable PCL fonts.

   On the Atari version, it is not possible to send output directly to
the printer (using `/dev/lp` as output file), since CRs are added to
LFs in binary output.  As a work-around, write the output to a file and
copy it to the printer afterwards using a shell command.

   On AIX 4, the literal 'NaNq' in a datafile causes the special
internal value 'not-a-number' to be stored, rather than setting an
internal 'undefined' flag.  A workaround is to use `set datafile
missing 'NaNq'`.


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Concept Index
*************

[index]
* Menu:

* .gnuplot:                              Start-up.            (line   8)
* abs:                                   abs.                 (line   6)
* acos:                                  acos.                (line   6)
* acosh:                                 acosh.               (line   6)
* acsplines:                             smooth.              (line  40)
* aed512:                                aed767.              (line   6)
* aed767:                                aed767.              (line   6)
* aifm:                                  aifm.                (line   6)
* amiga:                                 amiga.               (line   6)
* angles:                                angles.              (line   6)
* apollo:                                apollo.              (line   6)
* Aqua:                                  aqua.                (line   6)
* aqua:                                  aqua.                (line   6)
* arg:                                   arg.                 (line   6)
* arrow:                                 arrow.               (line   6)
* arrowstyle:                            set_style_arrow.     (line   6)
* asin:                                  asin.                (line   6)
* asinh:                                 asinh.               (line   6)
* atan:                                  atan.                (line   6)
* atan2:                                 atan2.               (line   6)
* atanh:                                 atanh.               (line   6)
* atari:                                 atari_ST_(via_AES).  (line   6)
* autoscale:                             autoscale.           (line   6)
* bars:                                  bars.                (line   6)
* batch/interactive:                     Batch/Interactive_Operation.
                                                              (line   6)
* BE:                                    be.                  (line   6)
* be:                                    be.                  (line   6)
* besj0:                                 besj0.               (line   6)
* besj1:                                 besj1.               (line   6)
* besy0:                                 besy0.               (line   6)
* besy1:                                 besy1.               (line   6)
* bezier:                                smooth.              (line  66)
* binary:                                binary.              (line   6)
* bind:                                  bind.                (line   6)
* bitgraph:                              tek40.               (line   6)
* bmargin:                               bmargin.             (line   6)
* border:                                border.              (line   6)
* boxerrorbars:                          plotting_styles.     (line  52)
* boxes:                                 plotting_styles.     (line  70)
* boxwidth:                              boxwidth.            (line   6)
* boxxyerrorbars:                        plotting_styles.     (line 162)
* branch:                                multi-branch.        (line   6)
* bugs:                                  Bugs.                (line   6)
* call:                                  call.                (line   6)
* candlesticks:                          plotting_styles.     (line 177)
* cbdata:                                cbdata.              (line   6)
* cbdtics:                               cbdtics.             (line   6)
* cblabel:                               cblabel.             (line   6)
* cbmtics:                               cbmtics.             (line   6)
* cbrange:                               cbrange.             (line   6)
* cbtics:                                cbtics.              (line   6)
* cd:                                    cd.                  (line   6)
* ceil:                                  ceil.                (line   6)
* cgi:                                   cgi.                 (line   6)
* cgm:                                   cgm.                 (line   6)
* clabel:                                clabel.              (line   6)
* clear:                                 clear.               (line   6)
* clip:                                  clip.                (line   6)
* cntrparam:                             cntrparam.           (line   6)
* color_resources <1>:                   x11.                 (line 161)
* color_resources:                       x11_.                (line 161)
* colorbox:                              color_box.           (line   6)
* column:                                column.              (line   6)
* command-line-editing:                  Command-line-editing.
                                                              (line   6)
* command-line-options <1>:              x11.                 (line 117)
* command-line-options:                  x11_.                (line 117)
* commands:                              Commands.            (line   6)
* comments:                              Comments.            (line   6)
* commentschars:                         set_datafile_commentschars.
                                                              (line   6)
* contour:                               contour.             (line   6)
* coordinates:                           Coordinates.         (line   6)
* copyright:                             Copyright.           (line   6)
* corel:                                 corel.               (line   6)
* cos:                                   cos.                 (line   6)
* cosh:                                  cosh.                (line   6)
* csplines:                              smooth.              (line  71)
* data:                                  data-file.           (line   6)
* data-file:                             data-file.           (line   6)
* datafile:                              data-file.           (line   6)
* date_specifiers:                       time/date_specifiers.
                                                              (line   6)
* debug:                                 debug.               (line   6)
* decimalsign:                           decimalsign.         (line   6)
* defined:                               defined_.            (line   6)
* degrees:                               angles.              (line   6)
* dgrid3d:                               dgrid3d.             (line   6)
* dospc:                                 dospc.               (line   6)
* dots:                                  plotting_styles.     (line 213)
* dumb:                                  dumb.                (line   6)
* dummy:                                 dummy.               (line   6)
* dxf:                                   dxf.                 (line   6)
* dxy800a:                               dxy800a.             (line   6)
* editing:                               Command-line-editing.
                                                              (line   6)
* editing_postscript:                    postscript_.         (line 181)
* eepic:                                 eepic.               (line   6)
* egalib:                                hercules.            (line   6)
* egamono:                               hercules.            (line   6)
* emf:                                   emf.                 (line   6)
* emtex:                                 latex.               (line   6)
* emxvesa:                               emxvga.              (line   6)
* emxvga:                                emxvga.              (line   6)
* encoding:                              encoding.            (line   6)
* encodings:                             encoding.            (line   6)
* enhanced:                              postscript_.         (line 102)
* enhanced_postscript:                   postscript_.         (line 102)
* environment:                           Environment.         (line   6)
* epslatex:                              epslatex.            (line   6)
* epson-180dpi:                          epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* epson-60dpi:                           epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* epson-lx800:                           epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* erf:                                   erf.                 (line   6)
* erfc:                                  erfc.                (line   6)
* errorbars:                             errorbars.           (line   6)
* errorlines:                            errorlines.          (line   6)
* every:                                 every.               (line   6)
* example:                               example_datafile.    (line   6)
* excl:                                  excl.                (line   6)
* exit:                                  exit.                (line   6)
* exp:                                   exp.                 (line   6)
* expressions:                           Expressions.         (line   6)
* fig:                                   fig.                 (line   6)
* file:                                  file.                (line   6)
* filledcurves:                          plotting_styles.     (line 127)
* fillstyle:                             set_style_fill.      (line   6)
* financebars:                           plotting_styles.     (line 218)
* fit:                                   fit.                 (line   6)
* fit_control:                           fit_controlling.     (line   6)
* fit_parameters:                        adjustable_parameters.
                                                              (line   6)
* fitting:                               short_introduction.  (line   6)
* floor:                                 floor.               (line   6)
* fontfile:                              postscript_.         (line 202)
* fontpath:                              fontpath.            (line   6)
* format:                                format.              (line   6)
* format_specifiers:                     format_specifiers.   (line   6)
* frequency:                             smooth.              (line  88)
* fsteps:                                plotting_styles.     (line 232)
* functions:                             Functions.           (line   6)
* gamma:                                 gamma.               (line   6)
* gamma-correction:                      gamma-correction.    (line   6)
* ggi:                                   ggi.                 (line   6)
* gif:                                   gif.                 (line   6)
* glossary:                              Glossary.            (line   6)
* gnugraph:                              Gnugraph(GNU_plotutils).
                                                              (line   6)
* gpic <1>:                              gpic_.               (line   6)
* gpic:                                  gpic.                (line   6)
* gpr:                                   gpr.                 (line   6)
* graph-menu:                            windows.             (line  33)
* grass:                                 grass.               (line   6)
* grayscale_resources <1>:               x11.                 (line 198)
* grayscale_resources:                   x11_.                (line 198)
* grid:                                  grid.                (line   6)
* grid_data:                             grid_data.           (line   6)
* gui's:                                 Graphical_User_Interfaces.
                                                              (line   6)
* guidelines:                            practical_guidelines.
                                                              (line   6)
* hcgi:                                  cgi.                 (line   6)
* help:                                  help.                (line   6)
* help-desk:                             Seeking-assistance.  (line   6)
* hercules:                              hercules.            (line   6)
* hidden3d:                              hidden3d.            (line   6)
* histeps:                               plotting_styles.     (line 239)
* history:                               history.             (line   6)
* historysize:                           historysize.         (line   6)
* hp2623a:                               hp2623a.             (line   6)
* hp2648:                                hp2648.              (line   6)
* hp500c:                                hp500c.              (line   6)
* hpdj:                                  hpljii.              (line   6)
* hpgl:                                  hpgl.                (line   6)
* hpljii:                                hpljii.              (line   6)
* hppj:                                  hppj.                (line   6)
* ibeta:                                 ibeta.               (line   6)
* if:                                    if.                  (line   6)
* igamma:                                igamma.              (line   6)
* imag:                                  imag.                (line   6)
* imagen:                                imagen.              (line   6)
* impulses:                              plotting_styles.     (line 258)
* index:                                 index.               (line   6)
* int:                                   int.                 (line   6)
* introduction:                          Introduction.        (line   6)
* inverf:                                inverf.              (line   6)
* invnorm:                               invnorm.             (line   6)
* iris4d:                                iris4d.              (line   6)
* isosamples:                            isosamples.          (line   6)
* kc-tek40xx:                            tek40.               (line   6)
* key:                                   key.                 (line   6)
* km-tek40xx:                            tek40.               (line   6)
* kyo:                                   kyo.                 (line   6)
* label:                                 label.               (line   6)
* lambertw:                              lambertw.            (line   6)
* latex:                                 latex.               (line   6)
* least-squares:                         fit.                 (line   6)
* legend:                                key.                 (line   6)
* lgamma:                                lgamma.              (line   6)
* license:                               Copyright.           (line   6)
* line-editing:                          Command-line-editing.
                                                              (line   6)
* line_resources <1>:                    x11.                 (line 217)
* line_resources:                        x11_.                (line 217)
* lines:                                 plotting_styles.     (line 263)
* linespoints:                           plotting_styles.     (line 268)
* linestyle:                             set_style_line.      (line   6)
* linux <1>:                             linux_.              (line   6)
* linux:                                 linux.               (line   6)
* lmargin:                               lmargin.             (line   6)
* load:                                  load.                (line   6)
* loadpath:                              loadpath.            (line   6)
* locale:                                locale.              (line   6)
* log:                                   log.                 (line   6)
* log10:                                 log10.               (line   6)
* logscale:                              logscale.            (line   6)
* lp:                                    plotting_styles.     (line 268)
* macintosh:                             macintosh.           (line   6)
* mapping:                               mapping.             (line   6)
* margin:                                margin.              (line   6)
* Marquardt:                             fit.                 (line   6)
* matrix:                                matrix.              (line   6)
* metafont:                              mf.                  (line   6)
* metapost:                              mp.                  (line   6)
* mf:                                    mf.                  (line   6)
* mgr:                                   mgr.                 (line   6)
* mif:                                   mif.                 (line   6)
* missing:                               set_datafile_missing.
                                                              (line   6)
* monochrome_options <1>:                x11.                 (line 155)
* monochrome_options:                    x11_.                (line 155)
* mouse:                                 mouse.               (line   6)
* mp:                                    mp.                  (line   6)
* mtos:                                  mtos.                (line   6)
* multi-branch:                          multi-branch.        (line   6)
* multiplot:                             multiplot.           (line   6)
* mx2tics:                               mx2tics.             (line   6)
* mxtics:                                mxtics.              (line   6)
* my2tics:                               my2tics.             (line   6)
* mytics:                                mytics.              (line   6)
* mztics:                                mztics.              (line   6)
* nec-cp6:                               epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* new-features:                          What_is_New_in_Version_4.0.
                                                              (line   6)
* NeXT:                                  Openstep_(next).     (line   8)
* next <1>:                              next.                (line   6)
* next:                                  Openstep_(next).     (line   6)
* NeXT:                                  next.                (line   6)
* noarrow:                               arrow.               (line   6)
* noautoscale:                           autoscale.           (line   6)
* noborder:                              border.              (line   6)
* nocbdtics:                             cbdtics.             (line   6)
* nocbmtics:                             cbmtics.             (line   6)
* nocbtics:                              cbtics.              (line   6)
* noclip:                                clip.                (line   6)
* nocontour:                             contour.             (line   6)
* nodgrid3d:                             dgrid3d.             (line   6)
* nogrid:                                grid.                (line   6)
* nohidden3d:                            hidden3d.            (line   6)
* nohistorysize:                         historysize.         (line   6)
* nokey:                                 key.                 (line   6)
* nolabel:                               label.               (line   6)
* nologscale:                            logscale.            (line   6)
* nomouse:                               mouse.               (line   6)
* nomultiplot:                           multiplot.           (line   6)
* nomx2tics:                             mx2tics.             (line   6)
* nomxtics:                              mxtics.              (line   6)
* nomy2tics:                             my2tics.             (line   6)
* nomytics:                              mytics.              (line   6)
* nomztics:                              mztics.              (line   6)
* nooffsets:                             offsets.             (line   6)
* noparametric:                          parametric_.         (line   6)
* nopolar:                               polar.               (line   6)
* norm:                                  norm.                (line   6)
* nosurface:                             surface.             (line   6)
* notimestamp:                           timestamp.           (line   6)
* nox2dtics:                             x2dtics.             (line   6)
* nox2mtics:                             x2mtics.             (line   6)
* nox2tics:                              x2tics.              (line   6)
* nox2zeroaxis:                          x2zeroaxis.          (line   6)
* noxdtics:                              xdtics.              (line   6)
* noxmtics:                              xmtics.              (line   6)
* noxtics:                               xtics.               (line   6)
* noxzeroaxis:                           xzeroaxis.           (line   6)
* noy2dtics:                             y2dtics.             (line   6)
* noy2mtics:                             y2mtics.             (line   6)
* noy2tics:                              y2tics.              (line   6)
* noy2zeroaxis:                          y2zeroaxis.          (line   6)
* noydtics:                              ydtics.              (line   6)
* noymtics:                              ymtics.              (line   6)
* noytics:                               ytics.               (line   6)
* noyzeroaxis:                           yzeroaxis.           (line   6)
* nozdtics:                              zdtics.              (line   6)
* nozmtics:                              zmtics.              (line   6)
* noztics:                               ztics.               (line   6)
* offsets:                               offsets.             (line   6)
* okidata:                               epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* old_bugs:                              Old_bugs.            (line   6)
* openstep:                              Openstep_(next).     (line   6)
* Openstep:                              Openstep_(next).     (line   6)
* OpenStep:                              Openstep_(next).     (line   6)
* operators:                             Operators.           (line   6)
* origin:                                origin.              (line   6)
* os_bugs:                               Old_bugs.            (line   6)
* output:                                output.              (line   6)
* palette:                               palette.             (line   6)
* parametric:                            parametric_.         (line   6)
* pause:                                 pause.               (line   6)
* pbm:                                   pbm.                 (line   6)
* pcl5:                                  hpgl.                (line   6)
* pdf:                                   pdf.                 (line   6)
* plot:                                  plot.                (line   6)
* plotting:                              Plotting.            (line   6)
* pm3d:                                  pm3d.                (line   6)
* pm3d_resources <1>:                    x11_.                (line 260)
* pm3d_resources:                        x11.                 (line 260)
* png:                                   png_(NEW).           (line   6)
* points:                                plotting_styles.     (line 277)
* pointsize:                             pointsize.           (line   6)
* polar:                                 polar.               (line   6)
* postscript:                            postscript_.         (line   6)
* practical_guidelines:                  practical_guidelines.
                                                              (line   6)
* prescribe:                             kyo.                 (line   6)
* print:                                 print.               (line   6)
* printing:                              windows.             (line  63)
* pslatex:                               pslatex_and_pstex.   (line   6)
* pstex:                                 pslatex_and_pstex.   (line   6)
* pstricks:                              pstricks.            (line   6)
* punctuation:                           Syntax.              (line   6)
* pwd:                                   pwd.                 (line   6)
* qms:                                   qms.                 (line   6)
* quit:                                  quit.                (line   6)
* rand:                                  rand.                (line   6)
* random:                                Random_number_generator.
                                                              (line   6)
* ranges:                                ranges.              (line   6)
* real:                                  real.                (line   6)
* regis <1>:                             regis_.              (line   6)
* regis:                                 regis.               (line   6)
* replot:                                replot.              (line   6)
* reread:                                reread.              (line   6)
* reset:                                 reset.               (line   6)
* restore:                               xrange.              (line   6)
* rgbformulae:                           rgbformulae.         (line   6)
* rgip:                                  rgip.                (line   6)
* rmargin:                               rmargin.             (line   6)
* rrange:                                rrange.              (line   6)
* samples:                               samples.             (line   6)
* save:                                  save.                (line   6)
* sbezier:                               smooth.              (line  76)
* seeking-assistance:                    Seeking-assistance.  (line   8)
* selanar:                               tek40.               (line   6)
* separator:                             set_datafile_separator.
                                                              (line   6)
* set:                                   set-show.            (line   6)
* sgn:                                   sgn.                 (line   6)
* shell:                                 shell.               (line   6)
* show:                                  set-show.            (line   6)
* sin:                                   sin.                 (line   6)
* sinh:                                  sinh.                (line   6)
* size:                                  size.                (line   6)
* smooth:                                smooth.              (line   6)
* special-filenames:                     special-filenames.   (line   6)
* specify:                               Syntax.              (line   6)
* splot:                                 splot.               (line   6)
* splot_overview:                        splot_overview.      (line   6)
* sqrt:                                  sqrt.                (line   6)
* ssvgalib:                              hercules.            (line   6)
* starc:                                 epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* start:                                 Start-up.            (line   8)
* starting_values:                       starting_values.     (line   6)
* startup:                               Start-up.            (line   6)
* statistical_overview:                  statistical_overview.
                                                              (line   6)
* steps:                                 plotting_styles.     (line 283)
* style:                                 with.                (line   6)
* substitution:                          Substitution.        (line   6)
* sun:                                   sun.                 (line   6)
* surface:                               surface.             (line   6)
* svg:                                   svg.                 (line   6)
* svga:                                  svga.                (line   6)
* svgalib:                               hercules.            (line   6)
* syntax:                                Syntax.              (line   6)
* system:                                system.              (line   6)
* table:                                 table.               (line   6)
* tan:                                   tan.                 (line   6)
* tandy-60dpi:                           epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* tanh:                                  tanh.                (line   6)
* tek40:                                 tek40.               (line   6)
* tek410x <1>:                           tek410x_.            (line   6)
* tek410x:                               tek410x.             (line   6)
* term:                                  terminal.            (line   6)
* terminal:                              terminal.            (line   6)
* ternary:                               Ternary.             (line   6)
* test:                                  test.                (line   6)
* texdraw:                               texdraw.             (line   6)
* text-menu:                             windows.             (line  82)
* tgif <1>:                              tgif.                (line   6)
* tgif:                                  tgif_.               (line   6)
* thru:                                  thru.                (line   6)
* tics:                                  tics.                (line   6)
* ticscale:                              ticscale.            (line   6)
* ticslevel:                             ticslevel.           (line   6)
* time/date:                             Time/Date_data.      (line   6)
* time_specifiers:                       time/date_specifiers.
                                                              (line   6)
* timefmt:                               timefmt.             (line   6)
* timestamp:                             timestamp.           (line   6)
* tips:                                  tips.                (line   6)
* title:                                 title_.              (line   6)
* tkcanvas:                              tkcanvas.            (line   6)
* tmargin:                               tmargin.             (line   6)
* tpic:                                  tpic.                (line   6)
* trange:                                trange.              (line   6)
* unary:                                 Unary.               (line   6)
* uniplex:                               rgip.                (line   6)
* unique:                                smooth.              (line  81)
* unixpc:                                unixpc.              (line   6)
* unixplot:                              unixplot.            (line   6)
* unset:                                 unset.               (line   6)
* update:                                update.              (line   6)
* urange:                                urange.              (line   6)
* user-defined:                          User-defined.        (line   6)
* using:                                 using.               (line   6)
* valid:                                 valid.               (line   6)
* variables:                             User-defined.        (line   6)
* vdi:                                   atari_ST_(via_VDI).  (line   6)
* vectors:                               plotting_styles.     (line 290)
* vgagl:                                 vgagl.               (line   6)
* vgal:                                  emxvga.              (line   6)
* vgalib:                                hercules.            (line   6)
* vgamono:                               hercules.            (line   6)
* view:                                  view.                (line   6)
* vrange:                                vrange.              (line   6)
* vttek:                                 tek40.               (line   6)
* VWS:                                   VWS.                 (line   6)
* vx384:                                 vx384.               (line   6)
* wgnuplot.ini:                          windows.             (line 148)
* windows:                               windows.             (line   6)
* windows3.0:                            windows.             (line 183)
* with:                                  with.                (line   6)
* writeback:                             xrange.              (line   6)
* X11:                                   x11.                 (line   6)
* x11 <1>:                               x11.                 (line   6)
* x11:                                   x11_.                (line   6)
* X11:                                   x11_.                (line   6)
* x11_fonts <1>:                         x11.                 (line  82)
* x11_fonts:                             x11_.                (line  82)
* x11_mouse:                             x11_mouse.           (line   6)
* x2data:                                x2data.              (line   6)
* x2dtics:                               x2dtics.             (line   6)
* x2label:                               x2label.             (line   6)
* x2mtics:                               x2mtics.             (line   6)
* x2range:                               x2range.             (line   6)
* x2tics:                                x2tics.              (line   6)
* x2zeroaxis:                            x2zeroaxis.          (line   6)
* xdata:                                 xdata.               (line   6)
* xdtics:                                xdtics.              (line   6)
* xerrorbars:                            plotting_styles.     (line 302)
* xerrorlines:                           plotting_styles.     (line 340)
* xfig:                                  fig.                 (line   6)
* xlabel:                                xlabel.              (line   6)
* xlib <1>:                              xlib_.               (line   6)
* xlib:                                  xlib.                (line   6)
* xmtics:                                xmtics.              (line   6)
* xrange:                                xrange.              (line   6)
* xtics:                                 xtics.               (line   6)
* xyerrorbars:                           plotting_styles.     (line 311)
* xyerrorlines:                          plotting_styles.     (line 349)
* xzeroaxis:                             xzeroaxis.           (line   6)
* y2data:                                y2data.              (line   6)
* y2dtics:                               y2dtics.             (line   6)
* y2label:                               y2label.             (line   6)
* y2mtics:                               y2mtics.             (line   6)
* y2range:                               y2range.             (line   6)
* y2tics:                                y2tics.              (line   6)
* y2zeroaxis:                            y2zeroaxis.          (line   6)
* ydata:                                 ydata.               (line   6)
* ydtics:                                ydtics.              (line   6)
* yerrorbars:                            plotting_styles.     (line 329)
* yerrorlines:                           plotting_styles.     (line 367)
* ylabel:                                ylabel.              (line   6)
* ymtics:                                ymtics.              (line   6)
* yrange:                                yrange.              (line   6)
* ytics:                                 ytics.               (line   6)
* yzeroaxis:                             yzeroaxis.           (line   6)
* zdata:                                 zdata.               (line   6)
* zdtics:                                zdtics.              (line   6)
* zero:                                  zero.                (line   6)
* zeroaxis:                              zeroaxis.            (line   6)
* zlabel:                                zlabel.              (line   6)
* zmtics:                                zmtics.              (line   6)
* zrange:                                zrange.              (line   6)
* ztics:                                 ztics.               (line   6)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Command_Index,  Next: Options_Index,  Prev: Concept_Index,  Up: Top

Command Index
*************

[index]
* Menu:

* call:                                  call.                  (line 6)
* cd:                                    cd.                    (line 6)
* clear:                                 clear.                 (line 6)
* exit:                                  exit.                  (line 6)
* fit:                                   fit.                   (line 6)
* help:                                  help.                  (line 6)
* history:                               history.               (line 6)
* if:                                    if.                    (line 6)
* load:                                  load.                  (line 6)
* pause:                                 pause.                 (line 6)
* plot:                                  plot.                  (line 6)
* print:                                 print.                 (line 6)
* pwd:                                   pwd.                   (line 6)
* quit:                                  quit.                  (line 6)
* replot:                                replot.                (line 6)
* reread:                                reread.                (line 6)
* reset:                                 reset.                 (line 6)
* save:                                  save.                  (line 6)
* shell:                                 shell.                 (line 6)
* splot:                                 splot.                 (line 6)
* system:                                system.                (line 6)
* test:                                  test.                  (line 6)
* unset:                                 unset.                 (line 6)
* update:                                update.                (line 6)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Options_Index,  Next: Function_Index,  Prev: Command_Index,  Up: Top

Options Index
*************

[index]
* Menu:

* angles:                                angles.                (line 6)
* arrow:                                 arrow.                 (line 6)
* autoscale:                             autoscale.             (line 6)
* bars:                                  bars.                  (line 6)
* bmargin:                               bmargin.               (line 6)
* border:                                border.                (line 6)
* boxwidth:                              boxwidth.              (line 6)
* cbdata:                                cbdata.                (line 6)
* cbdtics:                               cbdtics.               (line 6)
* cblabel:                               cblabel.               (line 6)
* cbmtics:                               cbmtics.               (line 6)
* cbrange:                               cbrange.               (line 6)
* cbtics:                                cbtics.                (line 6)
* clabel:                                clabel.                (line 6)
* clip:                                  clip.                  (line 6)
* cntrparam:                             cntrparam.             (line 6)
* contour:                               contour.               (line 6)
* decimalsign:                           decimalsign.           (line 6)
* dgrid3d:                               dgrid3d.               (line 6)
* dummy:                                 dummy.                 (line 6)
* encoding:                              encoding.              (line 6)
* fontpath:                              fontpath.              (line 6)
* format:                                format.                (line 6)
* functions:                             Functions.             (line 6)
* grid:                                  grid.                  (line 6)
* hidden3d:                              hidden3d.              (line 6)
* historysize:                           historysize.           (line 6)
* isosamples:                            isosamples.            (line 6)
* key:                                   key.                   (line 6)
* label:                                 label.                 (line 6)
* lmargin:                               lmargin.               (line 6)
* loadpath:                              loadpath.              (line 6)
* locale:                                locale.                (line 6)
* logscale:                              logscale.              (line 6)
* mapping:                               mapping.               (line 6)
* margin:                                margin.                (line 6)
* mouse:                                 mouse.                 (line 6)
* multiplot:                             multiplot.             (line 6)
* mx2tics:                               mx2tics.               (line 6)
* mxtics:                                mxtics.                (line 6)
* my2tics:                               my2tics.               (line 6)
* mytics:                                mytics.                (line 6)
* mztics:                                mztics.                (line 6)
* offsets:                               offsets.               (line 6)
* origin:                                origin.                (line 6)
* output:                                output.                (line 6)
* palette:                               palette.               (line 6)
* parametric:                            parametric_.           (line 6)
* pm3d:                                  pm3d.                  (line 6)
* pointsize:                             pointsize.             (line 6)
* polar:                                 polar.                 (line 6)
* rmargin:                               rmargin.               (line 6)
* rrange:                                rrange.                (line 6)
* samples:                               samples.               (line 6)
* size:                                  size.                  (line 6)
* style:                                 with.                  (line 6)
* surface:                               surface.               (line 6)
* terminal:                              terminal.              (line 6)
* tics:                                  tics.                  (line 6)
* ticscale:                              ticscale.              (line 6)
* ticslevel:                             ticslevel.             (line 6)
* timefmt:                               timefmt.               (line 6)
* timestamp:                             timestamp.             (line 6)
* title:                                 title_.                (line 6)
* tmargin:                               tmargin.               (line 6)
* trange:                                trange.                (line 6)
* urange:                                urange.                (line 6)
* variables:                             User-defined.          (line 6)
* view:                                  view.                  (line 6)
* vrange:                                vrange.                (line 6)
* x2data:                                x2data.                (line 6)
* x2dtics:                               x2dtics.               (line 6)
* x2label:                               x2label.               (line 6)
* x2mtics:                               x2mtics.               (line 6)
* x2range:                               x2range.               (line 6)
* x2tics:                                x2tics.                (line 6)
* x2zeroaxis:                            x2zeroaxis.            (line 6)
* xdata:                                 xdata.                 (line 6)
* xdtics:                                xdtics.                (line 6)
* xlabel:                                xlabel.                (line 6)
* xmtics:                                xmtics.                (line 6)
* xrange:                                xrange.                (line 6)
* xtics:                                 xtics.                 (line 6)
* xzeroaxis:                             xzeroaxis.             (line 6)
* y2data:                                y2data.                (line 6)
* y2dtics:                               y2dtics.               (line 6)
* y2label:                               y2label.               (line 6)
* y2mtics:                               y2mtics.               (line 6)
* y2range:                               y2range.               (line 6)
* y2tics:                                y2tics.                (line 6)
* y2zeroaxis:                            y2zeroaxis.            (line 6)
* ydata:                                 ydata.                 (line 6)
* ydtics:                                ydtics.                (line 6)
* ylabel:                                ylabel.                (line 6)
* ymtics:                                ymtics.                (line 6)
* yrange:                                yrange.                (line 6)
* ytics:                                 ytics.                 (line 6)
* yzeroaxis:                             yzeroaxis.             (line 6)
* zdata:                                 zdata.                 (line 6)
* zdtics:                                zdtics.                (line 6)
* zero:                                  zero.                  (line 6)
* zeroaxis:                              zeroaxis.              (line 6)
* zlabel:                                zlabel.                (line 6)
* zmtics:                                zmtics.                (line 6)
* zrange:                                zrange.                (line 6)
* ztics:                                 ztics.                 (line 6)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Function_Index,  Next: Terminal_Index,  Prev: Options_Index,  Up: Top

Function Index
**************

[index]
* Menu:

* abs:                                   abs.                   (line 6)
* acos:                                  acos.                  (line 6)
* acosh:                                 acosh.                 (line 6)
* arg:                                   arg.                   (line 6)
* asin:                                  asin.                  (line 6)
* asinh:                                 asinh.                 (line 6)
* atan:                                  atan.                  (line 6)
* atan2:                                 atan2.                 (line 6)
* atanh:                                 atanh.                 (line 6)
* besj0:                                 besj0.                 (line 6)
* besj1:                                 besj1.                 (line 6)
* besy0:                                 besy0.                 (line 6)
* besy1:                                 besy1.                 (line 6)
* ceil:                                  ceil.                  (line 6)
* column:                                column.                (line 6)
* cos:                                   cos.                   (line 6)
* cosh:                                  cosh.                  (line 6)
* defined:                               defined_.              (line 6)
* erf:                                   erf.                   (line 6)
* erfc:                                  erfc.                  (line 6)
* exp:                                   exp.                   (line 6)
* floor:                                 floor.                 (line 6)
* gamma:                                 gamma.                 (line 6)
* ibeta:                                 ibeta.                 (line 6)
* igamma:                                igamma.                (line 6)
* imag:                                  imag.                  (line 6)
* int:                                   int.                   (line 6)
* inverf:                                inverf.                (line 6)
* invnorm:                               invnorm.               (line 6)
* lambertw:                              lambertw.              (line 6)
* lgamma:                                lgamma.                (line 6)
* log:                                   log.                   (line 6)
* log10:                                 log10.                 (line 6)
* norm:                                  norm.                  (line 6)
* rand:                                  rand.                  (line 6)
* real:                                  real.                  (line 6)
* sgn:                                   sgn.                   (line 6)
* sin:                                   sin.                   (line 6)
* sinh:                                  sinh.                  (line 6)
* sqrt:                                  sqrt.                  (line 6)
* tan:                                   tan.                   (line 6)
* tanh:                                  tanh.                  (line 6)
* tm_hour:                               tm_hour.               (line 6)
* tm_mday:                               tm_mday.               (line 6)
* tm_min:                                tm_min.                (line 6)
* tm_mon:                                tm_mon.                (line 6)
* tm_sec:                                tm_sec.                (line 6)
* tm_wday:                               tm_wday.               (line 6)
* tm_yday:                               tm_yday.               (line 6)
* tm_year:                               tm_year.               (line 6)
* valid:                                 valid.                 (line 6)


File: gnuplot.info,  Node: Terminal_Index,  Prev: Function_Index,  Up: Top

Terminal Index
**************

[index]
* Menu:

* aed512:                                aed767.              (line   6)
* aed767:                                aed767.              (line   6)
* aifm:                                  aifm.                (line   6)
* amiga:                                 amiga.               (line   6)
* apollo:                                apollo.              (line   6)
* atari:                                 atari_ST_(via_AES).  (line   6)
* bitgraph:                              tek40.               (line   6)
* cgi:                                   cgi.                 (line   6)
* cgm:                                   cgm.                 (line   6)
* corel:                                 corel.               (line   6)
* debug:                                 debug.               (line   6)
* dospc:                                 dospc.               (line   6)
* dumb:                                  dumb.                (line   6)
* dxf:                                   dxf.                 (line   6)
* dxy800a:                               dxy800a.             (line   6)
* eepic:                                 eepic.               (line   6)
* egalib:                                hercules.            (line   6)
* egamono:                               hercules.            (line   6)
* emf:                                   emf.                 (line   6)
* emtex:                                 latex.               (line   6)
* emxvesa:                               emxvga.              (line   6)
* emxvga:                                emxvga.              (line   6)
* enhanced:                              postscript_.         (line 102)
* epslatex:                              epslatex.            (line   6)
* epson-180dpi:                          epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* epson-60dpi:                           epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* epson-lx800:                           epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* excl:                                  excl.                (line   6)
* fontfile:                              postscript_.         (line 202)
* ggi:                                   ggi.                 (line   6)
* gif:                                   gif.                 (line   6)
* gnugraph:                              Gnugraph(GNU_plotutils).
                                                              (line   6)
* gpic <1>:                              gpic_.               (line   6)
* gpic:                                  gpic.                (line   6)
* gpr:                                   gpr.                 (line   6)
* graph-menu:                            windows.             (line  33)
* grass:                                 grass.               (line   6)
* hcgi:                                  cgi.                 (line   6)
* hercules:                              hercules.            (line   6)
* hp2623a:                               hp2623a.             (line   6)
* hp2648:                                hp2648.              (line   6)
* hp500c:                                hp500c.              (line   6)
* hpdj:                                  hpljii.              (line   6)
* hpgl:                                  hpgl.                (line   6)
* hpljii:                                hpljii.              (line   6)
* hppj:                                  hppj.                (line   6)
* imagen:                                imagen.              (line   6)
* iris4d:                                iris4d.              (line   6)
* kc-tek40xx:                            tek40.               (line   6)
* km-tek40xx:                            tek40.               (line   6)
* kyo:                                   kyo.                 (line   6)
* latex:                                 latex.               (line   6)
* linux <1>:                             linux_.              (line   6)
* linux:                                 linux.               (line   6)
* macintosh:                             macintosh.           (line   6)
* mgr:                                   mgr.                 (line   6)
* mif:                                   mif.                 (line   6)
* mtos:                                  mtos.                (line   6)
* nec-cp6:                               epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* okidata:                               epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* pbm:                                   pbm.                 (line   6)
* pcl5:                                  hpgl.                (line   6)
* pdf:                                   pdf.                 (line   6)
* png:                                   png_(NEW).           (line   6)
* postscript:                            postscript_.         (line   6)
* prescribe:                             kyo.                 (line   6)
* printing:                              windows.             (line  63)
* pslatex:                               pslatex_and_pstex.   (line   6)
* pstex:                                 pslatex_and_pstex.   (line   6)
* pstricks:                              pstricks.            (line   6)
* qms:                                   qms.                 (line   6)
* regis <1>:                             regis.               (line   6)
* regis:                                 regis_.              (line   6)
* rgip:                                  rgip.                (line   6)
* selanar:                               tek40.               (line   6)
* ssvgalib:                              hercules.            (line   6)
* starc:                                 epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* sun:                                   sun.                 (line   6)
* svg:                                   svg.                 (line   6)
* svga:                                  svga.                (line   6)
* svgalib:                               hercules.            (line   6)
* table:                                 table.               (line   6)
* tandy-60dpi:                           epson-180dpi.        (line   6)
* tek40:                                 tek40.               (line   6)
* tek410x <1>:                           tek410x_.            (line   6)
* tek410x:                               tek410x.             (line   6)
* texdraw:                               texdraw.             (line   6)
* text-menu:                             windows.             (line  82)
* tgif <1>:                              tgif_.               (line   6)
* tgif:                                  tgif.                (line   6)
* tkcanvas:                              tkcanvas.            (line   6)
* tpic:                                  tpic.                (line   6)
* uniplex:                               rgip.                (line   6)
* unixpc:                                unixpc.              (line   6)
* unixplot:                              unixplot.            (line   6)
* vdi:                                   atari_ST_(via_VDI).  (line   6)
* vgagl:                                 vgagl.               (line   6)
* vgal:                                  emxvga.              (line   6)
* vgalib:                                hercules.            (line   6)
* vgamono:                               hercules.            (line   6)
* vttek:                                 tek40.               (line   6)
* VWS:                                   VWS.                 (line   6)
* vx384:                                 vx384.               (line   6)
* wgnuplot.ini:                          windows.             (line 148)
* windows:                               windows.             (line   6)
* windows3.0:                            windows.             (line 183)
* xlib <1>:                              xlib_.               (line   6)
* xlib:                                  xlib.                (line   6)



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