## Demo scripts for gnuplot version 4.2

Gnuplot is distributed with a large set of scripts demonstrating various features of the program. Collected below are the results of running most of these scripts using gnuplot version 4.2. Interactive demo scripts are not included on this page.

#### Basic 2D plot styles

- simple functions
- filled curves
- fill between curves
- candlesticks
- error bars
- histograms
- step functions
- mixing styles
- variable size points
- parametric functions
- vector fields

#### Math functions and
curve fitting

- B-splines
- Bezier splines
- parameter fitting
- probability
- probability (more)
- random numbers
- recursion, etc...

#### Binary and Image data

- binary data
- image data

#### Surfaces and
3D plotting

- surfaces 1
- surfaces 2
- contours
- singularities
- hidden surfaces
- pm3d coloring
- pm3d hidden surfaces
- 3D mapping

#### Coordinate and
axis transforms

- polar coords
- polar data
- cylindrical/spherical
- time/date coords

#### Animation

- animated gif

#### Colors

- user-defined colors
- RGB coloring
- pm3d colors
- pm3d gamma

#### Sample Applications

- control models
- discrete contours
- financial data
- non-gridded data

#### Text options

- colored text
- rotated text
- 'enhanced' text
- string data
- string variables

#### Page Layout

- plot key
- multiplot layout
- multiple plots
- axis tics
- rectangles

#### Styles

- line styles
- fill styles
- arrow styles

####

Most of these plots were generated using

    set terminal png transparent font "arial" 8

generated by Ethan Merritt
August 2006

- Gnuplot development pages on SourceForge
- On-line documentation in HTML and PDF