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aed512
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aed767
aed767
:
aed767
cgi
:
cgi
cgm
:
cgm
context
:
context
corel
:
corel
debug
:
debug
dospc
:
dospc
dpu414
:
epson_180dpi
dumb
:
dumb
dxf
:
dxf
dxy800a
:
dxy800a
eepic
:
eepic
emf
:
emf
emtex
:
latex
emxvesa
:
emxvga
emxvga
:
emxvga
epscairo
:
epscairo
excl
:
excl
ggi
:
ggi
gpic
:
gpic_
gpic
:
gpic
graph-menu
:
windows
grass
:
grass
hcgi
:
cgi
hp2623a
:
hp2623a
hp2648
:
hp2648
hp500c
:
hp500c
hpdj
:
hpljii
hpgl
:
hpgl
hpljii
:
hpljii
hppj
:
hppj
imagen
:
imagen
kc-tek40xx
:
tek40
kyo
:
kyo
latex
:
latex
linux
:
linux_
linux
:
linux
lua
:
lua
macintosh
:
macintosh
mif
:
mif
okidata
:
epson_180dpi
pbm
:
pbm
pcl5
:
hpgl
pdf
:
External_libraries
pdf
:
pdf
pdf
:
cairo_(pdfcairo
png
:
png_
png
:
gd_(png
png
:
cairo_(pdfcairo
prescribe
:
kyo
pstricks
:
pstricks
qms
:
qms
regis
:
regis_
regis
:
regis
starc
:
epson_180dpi
sun
:
sun
svg
:
svg
svga
:
svga
tek40
:
tek40
tek410x
:
tek410x_
tek410x
:
tek410x
texdraw
:
texdraw
text-menu
:
windows
tgif
:
tgif_
tgif
:
tgif
tkcanvas
:
tkcanvas
tpic
:
tpic
unixpc
:
unixpc
vgagl
:
vgagl
vgal
:
emxvga
vttek
:
tek40
VWS
:
VWS
vx384
:
vx384
wgnuplot.ini
:
windows
wgnuplot.mnu
:
windows
windows
:
windows
wxt
:
wxt
wxt
:
cairo_(pdfcairo
xlib
:
xlib_
xlib
:
xlib
xterm
:
tek40
Table of Contents
Master Menu
1 gnuplot
1.1 Copyright
1.2 Introduction
1.3 Seeking-assistance
1.4 New features
1.4.1 New syntax
1.4.2 Local customization of linetypes
1.4.3 New plot styles
1.4.4 Revised polar axes
1.4.5 New smoothing algorithms
1.4.6 New time/date handling
1.4.7 Statistical summary of data
1.4.8 New or revised terminal drivers
1.5 Backwards compatibility
1.6 Batch/Interactive Operation
1.7 Canvas size
1.8 Command-line-editing
1.9 Comments
1.10 Coordinates
1.11 Datastrings
1.12 Enhanced text mode
1.13 Environment
1.14 Expressions
1.14.1 Functions
1.14.1.1 abs
1.14.1.2 acos
1.14.1.3 acosh
1.14.1.4 airy
1.14.1.5 arg
1.14.1.6 asin
1.14.1.7 asinh
1.14.1.8 atan
1.14.1.9 atan2
1.14.1.10 atanh
1.14.1.11 EllipticK
1.14.1.12 EllipticE
1.14.1.13 EllipticPi
1.14.1.14 besj0
1.14.1.15 besj1
1.14.1.16 besy0
1.14.1.17 besy1
1.14.1.18 ceil
1.14.1.19 cos
1.14.1.20 cosh
1.14.1.21 erf
1.14.1.22 erfc
1.14.1.23 exp
1.14.1.24 expint
1.14.1.25 floor
1.14.1.26 gamma
1.14.1.27 ibeta
1.14.1.28 inverf
1.14.1.29 igamma
1.14.1.30 imag
1.14.1.31 invnorm
1.14.1.32 int
1.14.1.33 lambertw
1.14.1.34 lgamma
1.14.1.35 log
1.14.1.36 log10
1.14.1.37 norm
1.14.1.38 rand
1.14.1.39 real
1.14.1.40 sgn
1.14.1.41 sin
1.14.1.42 sinh
1.14.1.43 sqrt
1.14.1.44 tan
1.14.1.45 tanh
1.14.1.46 voigt
1.14.1.47 gprintf
1.14.1.48 sprintf
1.14.1.49 strlen
1.14.1.50 strstrt
1.14.1.51 substr
1.14.1.52 strftime
1.14.1.53 strptime
1.14.1.54 system
1.14.1.55 word
1.14.1.56 words
1.14.1.57 column
1.14.1.58 columnhead
1.14.1.59 defined
1.14.1.60 exists
1.14.1.61 stringcolumn
1.14.1.62 timecolumn
1.14.1.63 tm_hour
1.14.1.64 tm_mday
1.14.1.65 tm_min
1.14.1.66 tm_mon
1.14.1.67 tm_sec
1.14.1.68 tm_wday
1.14.1.69 tm_yday
1.14.1.70 tm_year
1.14.1.71 time
1.14.1.72 valid
1.14.1.73 elliptic integrals
1.14.1.74 Random number generator
1.14.1.75 value
1.14.2 Operators
1.14.2.1 Unary
1.14.2.2 Binary
1.14.2.3 Ternary
1.14.3 Summation
1.14.4 Gnuplot-defined variables
1.14.5 User-defined variables and functions
1.15 Fonts
1.15.1 cairo (pdfcairo, pngcairo, epscairo, wxt terminals)
1.15.2 gd (png, gif, jpeg terminals)
1.15.3 postscript (also encapsulated postscript *.eps)
1.16 Glossary
1.17 linetypes, colors, and styles
1.17.1 colorspec
1.17.1.1 background color
1.17.1.2 linecolor variable
1.17.1.3 rgbcolor variable
1.17.2 linestyles vs linetypes
1.18 mouse input
1.18.1 bind
1.18.1.1 bind space
1.18.2 Mouse variables
1.19 Plotting
1.20 Start-up (initialization)
1.21 String constants and string variables
1.22 Substitution and Command line macros
1.22.1 Substitution of system commands in backquotes
1.22.2 Substitution of string variables as macros
1.22.3 String variables, macros, and command line substitution
1.23 Syntax
1.23.1 Quote Marks
1.24 Time/Date data
2 plotting styles
2.1 boxerrorbars
2.2 boxes
2.3 boxplot
2.4 boxxyerrorbars
2.5 candlesticks
2.6 circles
2.7 ellipses
2.8 dots
2.9 filledcurves
2.10 financebars
2.11 fsteps
2.12 fillsteps
2.13 histeps
2.14 histograms
2.14.1 newhistogram
2.14.2 automated iteration over multiple columns
2.15 image
2.15.1 transparency
2.15.2 image failsafe
2.16 impulses
2.17 labels
2.18 lines
2.19 linespoints
2.20 points
2.21 polar
2.22 steps
2.23 rgbalpha
2.24 rgbimage
2.25 vectors
2.26 xerrorbars
2.27 xyerrorbars
2.28 yerrorbars
2.29 xerrorlines
2.30 xyerrorlines
2.31 yerrorlines
2.32 3D (surface) plots
2.32.1 2D projection (set view map)
3 Commands
3.1 cd
3.2 call
3.3 clear
3.4 Do
3.5 evaluate
3.6 exit
3.7 fit
3.7.1 adjustable parameters
3.7.2 short introduction
3.7.3 error estimates
3.7.3.1 statistical overview
3.7.3.2 practical guidelines
3.7.4 control
3.7.4.1 control variables
3.7.4.2 environment variables
3.7.5 multi-branch
3.7.6 starting values
3.7.7 tips
3.8 help
3.9 history
3.10 if
3.10.1 if-old
3.11 iteration
3.12 load
3.13 lower
3.14 pause
3.15 plot
3.15.1 axes
3.15.2 binary
3.15.2.1 general
3.15.2.2 array
3.15.2.3 record
3.15.2.4 skip
3.15.2.5 format
3.15.2.6 endian
3.15.2.7 filetype
3.15.2.8 keywords
3.15.3 data
3.15.3.1 every
3.15.3.2 example datafile
3.15.3.3 index
3.15.3.4 smooth
3.15.3.5 special-filenames
3.15.3.6 thru
3.15.3.7 using
3.15.3.8 volatile
3.15.4 errorbars
3.15.5 errorlines
3.15.6 functions
3.15.7 parametric
3.15.8 ranges
3.15.9 iteration
3.15.10 title
3.15.11 with
3.16 print
3.17 pwd
3.18 quit
3.19 raise
3.20 refresh
3.21 replot
3.22 reread
3.23 reset
3.24 save
3.25 set-show
3.25.1 angles
3.25.2 arrow
3.25.3 autoscale
3.25.3.1 parametric mode
3.25.3.2 polar mode
3.25.4 bars
3.25.5 bind
3.25.6 bmargin
3.25.7 border
3.25.8 boxwidth
3.25.9 clabel
3.25.10 clip
3.25.11 cntrparam
3.25.12 color box
3.25.13 colornames
3.25.14 contour
3.25.15 data style
3.25.16 datafile
3.25.16.1 set datafile fortran
3.25.16.2 set datafile nofpe_trap
3.25.16.3 set datafile missing
3.25.16.4 set datafile separator
3.25.16.5 set datafile commentschars
3.25.16.6 set datafile binary
3.25.17 decimalsign
3.25.18 dgrid3d
3.25.19 dummy
3.25.20 encoding
3.25.21 fit
3.25.22 fontpath
3.25.23 format
3.25.23.1 gprintf
3.25.23.2 format specifiers
3.25.23.3 time/date specifiers
3.25.24 function style
3.25.25 functions
3.25.26 grid
3.25.27 hidden3d
3.25.28 historysize
3.25.29 isosamples
3.25.30 key
3.25.30.1 key placement
3.25.30.2 key samples
3.25.31 label
3.25.32 linetype
3.25.33 lmargin
3.25.34 loadpath
3.25.35 locale
3.25.36 logscale
3.25.37 macros
3.25.38 mapping
3.25.39 margin
3.25.40 mouse
3.25.40.1 doubleclick
3.25.40.2 mouseformat
3.25.40.3 scrolling
3.25.40.4 X11 mouse
3.25.40.5 zoom
3.25.41 multiplot
3.25.42 mx2tics
3.25.43 mxtics
3.25.44 my2tics
3.25.45 mytics
3.25.46 mztics
3.25.47 object
3.25.47.1 rectangle
3.25.47.2 ellipse
3.25.47.3 circle
3.25.47.4 polygon
3.25.48 offsets
3.25.49 origin
3.25.50 output
3.25.51 parametric
3.25.52 plot
3.25.53 pm3d
3.25.53.1 algorithm
3.25.53.2 position
3.25.53.3 scanorder
3.25.53.4 clipping
3.25.53.5 color_assignment
3.25.53.6 hidden3d
3.25.53.7 interpolate
3.25.53.8 deprecated_options
3.25.54 palette
3.25.54.1 rgbformulae
3.25.54.2 defined
3.25.54.3 functions
3.25.54.4 cubehelix
3.25.54.5 file
3.25.54.6 gamma correction
3.25.54.7 postscript
3.25.55 pointintervalbox
3.25.56 pointsize
3.25.57 polar
3.25.58 print
3.25.59 psdir
3.25.60 raxis
3.25.61 rmargin
3.25.62 rrange
3.25.63 rtics
3.25.64 samples
3.25.65 size
3.25.66 style
3.25.66.1 set style arrow
3.25.66.2 boxplot
3.25.66.3 set style data
3.25.66.4 set style fill
3.25.66.5 set style function
3.25.66.6 set style increment
3.25.66.7 set style line
3.25.66.8 set style circle
3.25.66.9 set style rectangle
3.25.66.10 set style ellipse
3.25.67 surface
3.25.68 table
3.25.69 terminal
3.25.70 termoption
3.25.71 tics
3.25.72 ticslevel
3.25.73 ticscale
3.25.74 timestamp
3.25.75 timefmt
3.25.76 title
3.25.77 tmargin
3.25.78 trange
3.25.79 urange
3.25.80 variables
3.25.81 version
3.25.82 view
3.25.82.1 equal_axes
3.25.83 vrange
3.25.84 x2data
3.25.85 x2dtics
3.25.86 x2label
3.25.87 x2mtics
3.25.88 x2range
3.25.89 x2tics
3.25.90 x2zeroaxis
3.25.91 xdata
3.25.92 xdtics
3.25.93 xlabel
3.25.94 xmtics
3.25.95 xrange
3.25.96 xtics
3.25.96.1 xtics time_data
3.25.96.2 xtics rangelimited
3.25.97 xyplane
3.25.98 xzeroaxis
3.25.99 y2data
3.25.100 y2dtics
3.25.101 y2label
3.25.102 y2mtics
3.25.103 y2range
3.25.104 y2tics
3.25.105 y2zeroaxis
3.25.106 ydata
3.25.107 ydtics
3.25.108 ylabel
3.25.109 ymtics
3.25.110 yrange
3.25.111 ytics
3.25.112 yzeroaxis
3.25.113 zdata
3.25.114 zdtics
3.25.115 zzeroaxis
3.25.116 cbdata
3.25.117 cbdtics
3.25.118 zero
3.25.119 zeroaxis
3.25.120 zlabel
3.25.121 zmtics
3.25.122 zrange
3.25.123 ztics
3.25.124 cblabel
3.25.125 cbmtics
3.25.126 cbrange
3.25.127 cbtics
3.26 shell
3.27 splot
3.27.1 data-file
3.27.1.1 matrix
3.27.1.2 example datafile
3.27.2 grid data
3.27.3 splot surfaces
3.28 stats (Statistical Summary)
3.29 system
3.30 test
3.31 undefine
3.32 unset
3.33 update
3.34 While
4 Terminal types
4.1 complete list of terminals
4.1.0.1 aed767
4.1.0.2 aifm
4.1.0.3 aqua
4.1.0.4 be
4.1.0.5 epscairo
4.1.0.6 canvas
4.1.0.7 cgi
4.1.0.8 cgm
4.1.0.9 context
4.1.0.10 corel
4.1.0.11 debug
4.1.0.12 svga
4.1.0.13 dumb
4.1.0.14 dxf
4.1.0.15 dxy800a
4.1.0.16 eepic
4.1.0.17 emf
4.1.0.18 emxvga
4.1.0.19 epson_180dpi
4.1.0.20 excl
4.1.0.21 fig
4.1.0.22 png
4.1.0.23 ggi
4.1.0.24 gpic
4.1.0.25 gpic
4.1.0.26 grass
4.1.0.27 hp2623a
4.1.0.28 hp2648
4.1.0.29 hp500c
4.1.0.30 hpgl
4.1.0.31 hpljii
4.1.0.32 hppj
4.1.0.33 imagen
4.1.0.34 kyo
4.1.0.35 latex
4.1.0.36 linux
4.1.0.37 linux
4.1.0.38 lua
4.1.0.39 macintosh
4.1.0.40 mf
4.1.0.41 mp
4.1.0.42 mif
4.1.0.43 next
4.1.0.44 Openstep (next)
4.1.0.45 pbm
4.1.0.46 dospc
4.1.0.47 pdf
4.1.0.48 pstricks
4.1.0.49 qms
4.1.0.50 regis
4.1.0.51 regis
4.1.0.52 sun
4.1.0.53 svg
4.1.0.54 tek410x
4.1.0.55 tek410x
4.1.0.56 tek40
4.1.0.57 texdraw
4.1.0.58 tgif
4.1.0.59 tgif
4.1.0.60 tkcanvas
4.1.0.61 tpic
4.1.0.62 unixpc
4.1.0.63 vx384
4.1.0.64 vgagl
4.1.0.65 VWS
4.1.0.66 windows
4.1.0.67 wxt
4.1.0.68 x11
4.1.0.69 x11
4.1.0.70 xlib
4.1.0.71 xlib
5 Bugs
5.1 known limitations
5.2 External libraries
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