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Gnuplot epslatex terminal: No Angstrom symbol
I am trying to put an Angstrom symbol in xlabel with Gnuplot 5.4 patchlevel 3 : set term epslatex standalone color colortext set xlabel "Wavelength, (${\\AA}$)" But it does not work. Many ...
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How to display large integers on tick labels?
When I plot large integers (on any axis) for a 2D plot, the tick marks get displayed in scientific notation. For example: for i in 1 2 3; do date +%s%N; done | gnuplot --persist -e 'plot "-" ...
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line 0: undefined variable: u - How to make shell not interpret gnuplot variable?
#!/bin/zsh for i in $(ls rid_*.xvg | sort -V | head -n1) do echo ${i} gnuplot <<- EOF reset session FILE="${i}" set yrange [0:30] # Gaussian function g(x)=...
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Gnuplot 2D histograms bins in loop
This is a follow up to a similar question Plot with 2D histograms bins answered by @theozh. I've been trying to modify the linked code to work in a loop. However I've encountered a few problems ...
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How to mark some timeslots with a gray background in gnuplot?
I have a data set over several years that I normally plot as a time-series. See the picture below for an example. I would like to mark the winter-months in the (faked!) indicated way. But I don't ...
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gnuplot input and/or tic number processing/formatting
Gnuplot v6.0.3 My data looks like: 2004-01-15 4.89 with a y range in this set of 2 (but potentially +/-200) My script is: set term qt font "sans,9" size 1500,750 set decimal locale set xtic ...
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Why does Gnuplot date processing always render 01-01-1970?
My data file looks like this: 2025-11-07 4450786 2025-11-14 4347929 2025-11-21 4243246 2025-12-12 4292480 2025-12-19 4272879 2025-12-24 4326509 My script file is: set autoscale unset log unset ...
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plot difference between calculated and measured data [closed]
I have files of measured data that I want to compare with calculated values. The calculated plot is exponential decay that I can plot with: plot k + a*exp(b*x). The x axis is time, formatted as %M:%S....
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Adding folders to GNUPLOT_LIB with set loadpath works fine, once. Has to be repeated for every new session
Interactive session: set loadpath 'C:\Gnuplot\commands' show loadpath confirms its inclusion in GNUPLOT_LIB and I successfully load '<command>.gp' and execute the command. At the next ...
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Gnuplot provides set loadpath to add folders to GNUPLOT_LIB. Unsure about the proper syntax to be used
I am using gnuplot 6.0.3. The user manual is somewhat out of whack with its syntax for set loadpath {"pathlist1" {"pathlist2"...}}; the { and } brackets are rejected, as are ...
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How can I tell gnuplot to place a label outside the plotting area?
The gnuplot documentation says that "Labels outside the plotted boundaries are permitted but may interfere with axis labels or other text." Doing this seems like it would be straightforward: ...
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Display labels on both sides of Gnuplot graph
Gnuplot 5 on Raspberry Pi. How can I duplicate the y-axis text (-1, -0.8 etc) on both the left and the right sides of the graph? This is the code used to create it: set key fixed left top vertical ...
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retrieve ruler position for `mouseformat`
Is there a way to have access to the ruler postion? I'm trying to change the mouse format using set mouse mouseformat function: It works with something like: set mouse mouseformat function sprintf(&...
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Don't display a Gnuplot graph in a window
Gnuplot 5.4 on a Raspberry Pi. When run from the command line in a graphical interface, the script below (which I've pruned a bit) creates a png. As it does so, a window appears then disappears. set ...
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gnuplot 6.0 animation not updating
I've never used stack overflow before, but I don't know who else i can go to for this, so apologies if I don't provide all relevant information. I am using "gnuplot 6.0 patch level 3 console ...