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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Mariano G. Consoni wrote:

> about gnuplot, how can I change the foreground color of
> a boxes graphic when a jpg file is generated.  

The color is encoded in the 'linetype' argument, assuming your terminal
driver of choice supports coloured output at all.

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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Simone Fulle wrote:

> hello, I'd like to use the short cut for "Angstrom". Does this exist?

There is no pre-made short-cut symbol for that.  Whether such a symbol can
be generated at all depends on the terminal driver you're using.  
Enhanced-mode terminals (originally only PostScript; now others, too) and
TeX can do it by superposition of an 'o' above an 'A'.  TeX probably has
a special math-mode symbol for it as an alternative.

[That's setting aside the fact that Angstrom is an obsolote unit, and has
been for a couple of decades, so you probably shouldn't be using it any
more.]

> And is it possible to define the ylabel vertical? 

That too depends on the terminal driver being used.  As of version 4.0,
most major drivers to support rotated text, and will thus output the
ylabel in vertical orientation.

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Sorry for this e-mail and sorry for my poor english.  I have a question 
about gnuplot, how can I change the foreground color of
a boxes graphic when a jpg file is generated.  I was searching for it in 
google and i could not find it!
Thanks!

    Mariano.-

I hope you could understand my english.

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hello, I'd like to use the short cut for "Angstrom". Does this exist? And is it possible to define the ylabel vertical? Thanks for your efforts and request Simone
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:49:09 +0200 (CEST)
Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Martin D. Weinberg wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:42:09 +0200 (CEST)
> > Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Martin Weinberg wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I seem to have a problem accessing the symbol font in enhanced mode
> > > > with the png terminal.  Superscripts and subscripts work fine but
> > > > use of the symbol font gives me:
> > > > 
> > > > 	gdImageStringFT: Could not find/open font
> > > > 
> > > > I have installed symbol.ttf.   Has anybody got a clue?  Thanks!!
> > > 
> > > Installed it *where*?  How exactly is gnuplot informed about it?
> > 
> > I copied it to /usr/share/fonts/truetype, the dir which contains the
> > truetype fonts.  libgd is clearly able to find this path since it finds
> > the Arial font in this same directory, that I specified in the "set
> > terminal" command.
> 
> I suspect you overlooked updating the catalog file in that directory,
> then.  Generally speaking, it's probably not a good plan to tinker with
> the contents of directories owned by the distribution like that.  This
> kind of work is what the /usr/local hierarchy is for.
> 
> The libfreetype experts can probably enlighten your more thoroughly...
> 

So here is the scoop: libgd only uses path searching to find fonts.  The
reason that symbol wasn't found the first time is that I used the capital
name, e.g. "{/Symbol=18 k}", instead of symbol.   When I made the new
directory in /usr/local, I had both symbol.ttf and Symbol.ttf entries.

I do agree with you about adding stuff to /usr/local rather than /usr.

Anyway, everything is now working perfectly.  The advantage of writing
png directly rather than ps -> png is file size and better looking fonts.

Thanks again!

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Martin D. Weinberg wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:42:09 +0200 (CEST)
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Martin Weinberg wrote:
> > 
> > > I seem to have a problem accessing the symbol font in enhanced mode
> > > with the png terminal.  Superscripts and subscripts work fine but
> > > use of the symbol font gives me:
> > > 
> > > 	gdImageStringFT: Could not find/open font
> > > 
> > > I have installed symbol.ttf.   Has anybody got a clue?  Thanks!!
> > 
> > Installed it *where*?  How exactly is gnuplot informed about it?
> 
> I copied it to /usr/share/fonts/truetype, the dir which contains the
> truetype fonts.  libgd is clearly able to find this path since it finds
> the Arial font in this same directory, that I specified in the "set
> terminal" command.

I suspect you overlooked updating the catalog file in that directory,
then.  Generally speaking, it's probably not a good plan to tinker with
the contents of directories owned by the distribution like that.  This
kind of work is what the /usr/local hierarchy is for.

The libfreetype experts can probably enlighten your more thoroughly...

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:42:09 +0200 (CEST)
Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Martin Weinberg wrote:
> 
> > I seem to have a problem accessing the symbol font in enhanced mode
> > with the png terminal.  Superscripts and subscripts work fine but
> > use of the symbol font gives me:
> > 
> > 	gdImageStringFT: Could not find/open font
> > 
> > I have installed symbol.ttf.   Has anybody got a clue?  Thanks!!
> 
> Installed it *where*?  How exactly is gnuplot informed about it?

I copied it to /usr/share/fonts/truetype, the dir which contains the
truetype fonts.  libgd is clearly able to find this path since it finds
the Arial font in this same directory, that I specified in the "set
terminal" command.

> How did you try to access it?

By using a specific enhanced font command, e.g. "{/Symbol=18 k}" for
kappa.

> And what computing platform are we talking about, anyway?

Debian Linux (sarge).

I *did* manage to get this to work by coping symbol.ttf to another
directory (I used /usr/local/share/fonts/truetype) and then set the
GDFONTPATH explicitly to
/usr/share/fonts/truetype:/usr/local/share/fonts/truetype. I'm not sure
why this worked but the default location did not, but there we have it. It
works wonderfully now.

Thanks all for your replies!

--Martin

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Martin Weinberg wrote:

> I seem to have a problem accessing the symbol font in enhanced mode
> with the png terminal.  Superscripts and subscripts work fine but
> use of the symbol font gives me:
> 
> 	gdImageStringFT: Could not find/open font
> 
> I have installed symbol.ttf.   Has anybody got a clue?  Thanks!!

Installed it *where*?  How exactly is gnuplot informed about it?
How did you try to access it?
And what computing platform are we talking about, anyway?

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Hi folks,

I seem to have a problem accessing the symbol font in enhanced mode
with the png terminal.  Superscripts and subscripts work fine but
use of the symbol font gives me:

	gdImageStringFT: Could not find/open font

I have installed symbol.ttf.   Has anybody got a clue?  Thanks!!

--Martin

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Ding Li wrote:

> Hi,all
> 
> Is there a way to plot an arc through three point? say 
> (0,0),(1,0),(1,1)? Thanks

Well, you could plot them as a datafile with using one of the smoothing
options.  But that probably won't plot you an "arc" of the kind you're
after.  Keep in mind though that this is a plotting program, not an
illustrative art generator.

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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, SWlab wrote:

> * in a postscript term, is it possible to precise an offset for axis 
> labelling? I'd like my tics to be slightly closer from the axis than they 
> currently are.

The axis label has offsets for this, but the tic labels don't, so the 
answer is no.  But there may be a patch in our tracke to do this.

> * how can i set my xtics to be in, and ytics to be out ?

Can't.

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Hi,all

Is there a way to plot an arc through three point? say 
(0,0),(1,0),(1,1)? Thanks

Ding

> >> And a corollary: how could I draw a rectangle in a graph, for example as
> >> a background for a label ?
> >
> > If at all, then only by creating and plotting a manually adjusted box
> > from a datafile ('with boxxyerrorbars', filled).
>
> Or set arrow nohead ?

Now, that's hacking ;)

Well, guess I gonna have to edit my ps output, then...
While wondering about fine-tuning:
* in a postscript term, is it possible to precise an offset for axis 
labelling? I'd like my tics to be slightly closer from the axis than they 
currently are.
* how can i set my xtics to be in, and ytics to be out ?


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Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...> writes:

> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, SWlab wrote:
>

>> And a corollary: how could I draw a rectangle in a graph, for example as a 
>> background for a label ?
>
> If at all, then only by creating and plotting a manually adjusted box
> from a datafile ('with boxxyerrorbars', filled).
>

Or set arrow nohead ?


dd
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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Smith, Ryan H wrote:

> I'm trying to output my graphs in png format, but am not sure how to use the
> libgd and libpng libraries.  Do they need to be installed before compiling
> gnuplot, or does gnuplot use them at run time?  

They absolutely have to be present at install time.  You need them at
run-time only you installed them as shared libraries.

> And where would I
> change/include the path to the libraries so that gnuplot can use them?

The preferred option is to "properly install" them, i.e. put them in a
place where the system linker finds them by itself.  You may have to
change system configuration to that effect, e.g. by setting up environment
variables like LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH.

See the README and INSTALL files for more details.

> I've installed these libraries in a non-standard folder
> (/opt/src/sftw/../../../lib/), which is the cause of my problem, I know.
> But that's the way it needs to be.

If that's "needed", your local needs are rather badly unusual...

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I'm trying to output my graphs in png format, but am not sure how to use the
libgd and libpng libraries.  Do they need to be installed before compiling
gnuplot, or does gnuplot use them at run time?  And where would I
change/include the path to the libraries so that gnuplot can use them?
I've installed these libraries in a non-standard folder
(/opt/src/sftw/../../../lib/), which is the cause of my problem, I know.
But that's the way it needs to be.

Thanks!

-Ryan

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, SWlab wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'd like to include (superpose) a graph in a second one. Fiddling with 
> multiplots, margins, screen coordinates,etc. gives me more or less what I'd 
> need, but for one thing: the background of the included graph is transparent. 
> Is there a way to force it to a given color/pattern (term PNG or PS, BTW) ? 

You can 'clear' it, by the appropriately named command, if your terminal
driver supports it.  If it can do filled-box plots, it does.

> And a corollary: how could I draw a rectangle in a graph, for example as a 
> background for a label ?

If at all, then only by creating and plotting a manually adjusted box
from a datafile ('with boxxyerrorbars', filled).

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Hi all,
I'd like to include (superpose) a graph in a second one. Fiddling with 
multiplots, margins, screen coordinates,etc. gives me more or less what I'd 
need, but for one thing: the background of the included graph is transparent. 
Is there a way to force it to a given color/pattern (term PNG or PS, BTW) ? 
And a corollary: how could I draw a rectangle in a graph, for example as a 
background for a label ?
Thanks in advance


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Dept. of Biological & Environmental Engineering
Cornell University
ITHACA, NY 14853
Tel: (607)255.2463

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Richard C. Yeh wrote:

> I'm running gnuplot 4.0 patchlevel 0 on Windows XP Professional SP1.
> 
> This is to ask if there's any way to prevent gnuplot from exiting if I 
> press the "[Forward]-Delete" key on a blank line.

Ouch, now that's a cute bug you've found there ;-)

> I suppose that this is the analog of logging out by pressing [Ctrl]-D, 

It quite definitely is.  That's how function keys receive their meaning:
by mapping them to their corresponding Emacs basic editing key, and yes,
that's Ctrl-D for the "Delete" key on PC keyboards.

The bug then is that Ctrl-D is interpreted as "End-of-File" somewhere,
which it *really* shouldn't be, and certainly not on Windows.

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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Navarro, Fernando wrote:

> Is there a way to generate statistical box plots (sometimes called box
> and whiskers plots) with gnuplot?  

If the "with candlesticks" style is not what you're looking for, then
gnuplot doesn't have it at all.

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Is there a way to generate statistical box plots (sometimes called box
and whiskers plots) with gnuplot?  

Thanks,
Fernando

I'm running gnuplot 4.0 patchlevel 0 on Windows XP Professional SP1.

This is to ask if there's any way to prevent gnuplot from exiting if I 
press the "[Forward]-Delete" key on a blank line.

I suppose that this is the analog of logging out by pressing [Ctrl]-D, but 
because the "[Forward]-Delete" key on my keyboard is close to several other 
oft-used keys (such as [Ins], for pasting, and [Home] and [End] for moving 
within a line), I have inadvertently exited the program a couple of times 
by accidentally hitting this key instead of one nearby.  Of course, there's 
no confirmation or save dialog to protect the clumsy user who failed save 
early or save often.  But, in few other cases is it possible to wipe out a 
few minutes of work "with just one click", or, in this case, 
keystroke.  [Ctrl]-D actually requires your hand to stretch.

Richard

On Thu, 27 May 2004, Reinhold Zwingel wrote:

> I'm using patchlevel 3.7.1.

Please update.  You're several years behind...

> I've a data file with the time format 
> HH:MM:SS.ssss
> When I read the time, the seconds are read as Integer 0 to 60 (only SS).
> How can I read the fraction .ssss ?

You can't, not even with version 4.0, but that's OK, because you probably
don't really have to.  It's practically impossible to need both time spans
of more than one hour, and sub-second resolution, in the same plot ---
that would require more then 3500 pixels of usable horizontal resolution
on the output format, which practically never is the case.


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On Fri, 28 May 2004, Periklis Akritidis wrote:

> On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 11:49:02PM +0200, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 May 2004, Periklis Akritidis wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Even a simple 3d plot such as splot sin(x) + cos(y) results in numbers
> > > overwriting each other (at the points where the axes meat each other)
> > > as well as the axes. 
> > 
> > What terminal driver?  Which version of gnuplot?  Which font did you use,
> > at which size?
> 
> Postscript driver and gnuplot 4.0, I tried various fonts, but I need them
> to have a certain size so that they are readable, which I guess makes things
> worse (I can prevent them from overwriting each other by changing the xtics
> increment, the problem with overwriting the axes, x and y, remains).

A concrete example would have been better, but I've since found one
myself...

If you compare the behaviour of PostScript with that of the X11 terminal,
you'll find that the problem is almost completely absent in X11 (except at
the corners, where tick labels from neighboring axes do tend to overlap,
but I suspect there's really not much that can be done about that).

I.e. it's quite certainly the mismatch between PostScript's actual font
metrics and gnuplot's guesses of them that's causing this.

> I understand that it may be non-trivial to to it automagically, what I
> was hoping for was something like the xoff and yoff options to xlabel.

Alas such an option doesn't exist.  But here's an alternative that *might*
help: "set tics out".  This will put the tickmarks to the outside of the
graph box, thus pushing the tick labels further away from the borders. You
can even use the ticscale setting to decide how far way they'll be.

> So if such an option does not exist, I would like to submit a wishlist
> item:) What syntax would be appropriate for such an option?

Well, fell free to register this as a Feature Request in the
SourceForge.net project pages.  The syntax should probably be xoff and
yoff options to "set xtics" and friends.

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On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 11:49:02PM +0200, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2004, Periklis Akritidis wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Even a simple 3d plot such as splot sin(x) + cos(y) results in numbers
> > overwriting each other (at the points where the axes meat each other)
> > as well as the axes. 
> 
> What terminal driver?  Which version of gnuplot?  Which font did you use,
> at which size?

Postscript driver and gnuplot 4.0, I tried various fonts, but I need them
to have a certain size so that they are readable, which I guess makes things
worse (I can prevent them from overwriting each other by changing the xtics
increment, the problem with overwriting the axes, x and y, remains).

> Note that for the majority of PostScript fonts this task is harder than
> you may be aware of: With proportional fonts, gnuplot has no means to know
> how wide a given string is actually going to be on output.  Even with
> fixed-width fonts, it has to guess that width from the font size you gave
> it, because it doesn't have access to font metrics.

I understand that it may be non-trivial to to it automagically, what I
was hoping for was something like the xoff and yoff options to xlabel.
Of course ideally you would not have to adjust such things, but with such
options I could manually adjust the offsets so that they do not overwrite
the axes in 3d plots even if gnuplot did not guess correctly the font
height and width. I haven't found such an option but I guess that if
it has been implemented for xlabel, it should not be more difficult
to implement it for the axes numbers too.  Actually, xlabel sometimes
has similar problems, but they are always fixable manually using xoff
and yoff.

So if such an option does not exist, I would like to submit a wishlist
item:) What syntax would be appropriate for such an option?

Thanks,
Pericles

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