- not so Frequently Asked Questions -
update 2004/12/17
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- not so Frequently Asked Questions - update 2004/12/17
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| command | arguments | description |
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| angles | degrees | radians | unit of angles |
| arrow | { tag } {from pos } {to pos n} { head | nohead } {ls style} {lt type} {lw width} |
draw an arbitrary arrow |
| autoscale | x|y|z|x2|y2|xy {min|max} | axis whose scale is automatically determined |
| bar | small | large | size | a small bar on the top of error-bars |
| border | num {ls style} {lt type} {lw width} |
border lines (frame, axis) |
| boxwidth | width | bar width for box-style |
| clabel | 'format' | format of contour lines in legend |
| clip | points | one | two | data clipping near border |
| cntrparam | {linear | cubicspline | bspline} {points n } {order n } {levels { n | auto { n } | discrete z1 {, z2 ,... } | incremental start,incr,end } |
control contour map |
| contour | {base | surface | both} | display contour lines |
| data | style style | default style for data plot |
| dgrid3d | { row, col, norm } | convert 3D data into grid data |
| dummy | var, var | convert variables into others |
| encoding | value | change character-set encoding |
| format | x|y|z|x2|y2|xy 'format' | format of numeric label on axes |
| function | style style | default style for function plot |
| grid | {{m}xtics {m}ytics ....} {polar {angle}} {ls style} {lt type} {lw width} |
draw grid |
| hidden3d | {offset num ...} {trianglepattern num} {{undefined level} | {noundefined}} {altdiagonal | noaltdiagonal} {bentover | nobentover} |
do hidden line removal |
| isosamples | iso_1 {,iso_2} | number of curves for function plot in 3D mode |
| key | left | right | top | bottom | outside | below {Left | Right} {reverse | noreverse} {samplen length } {spacing spacing } {width width_increment} {title "text"} {box | nobox} {ls style} {lt type} {lw width} |
control legend |
| label | tag "string" at pos {left | right | center} {rotate | norotate} {font "name,size"} |
write arbitrary text in figure |
| linestyle | index
{lt line_type } {lw width } {pt point_type } {ps point_size } |
definition of line and symbols |
| locale | "locale" | locale |
| logscale | {x|y|z|x2|y2|xy} { base } | log-scale |
| mapping | {cartesian | spherical | cylindrical} | coordinate of 3D data |
| margin bmargin lmargin rmargin tmargin | margin | margins outside the border |
| missing | "character" | define a letter which is treated as a missing point in a data file |
| multiplot | - | enter a multi-plot mode |
| offsets | left, right, top, bottom | margin between the curve and borders at autoscaling |
| origin | x_orig, y_orig | origin of the graph |
| output | "file_name" | device name for output |
| parametric | - | use parameters for function plot |
| pointsize | num | default symbol size |
| polar | - | polar coordinate |
| samples | samples_1 {,samples_2} | sampling rate for function plot |
| size | {square | ratio r} { xscale,yscale} |
figure size |
| surface | - | show 3D surface |
| term terminal | terminal-type | terminal name |
| tics | in | out | direction of tics |
| ticscale | major_scale {minor_scale }} | length of tics |
| ticslevel | level | distance between Z-axis and XY-plane |
| time timestamp | "format" {top|bottom} {rotate|norotate} {x_offset}{,y_offset} {"font"} |
display the date |
| timefmt | "format" | date/time format in a data file |
| title | "text" {x_offset}{,y_offset} {"font"} |
figure title |
| view | rot_x {,rot_z} {,{scale} {, scale_z }} |
view point in the 3D plot |
| xdata ydata zdata x2data y2data | {time} | if date/time data |
| xlabel ylabel zlabel x2label y2label | "label" {x_offset}{,y_offset} {"font"} |
axis label |
| xrange yrange zrange x2range y2range rrange trange urange vrange | [min:max] {reverse | noreverse} {writeback | nowriteback} |
max/min values of axes |
| xdtics ydtics zdtics x2dtics y2dtics | - | convert numbers into day |
| xmtics ymtics zmtics x2mtics y2mtics | - | convert numbers into month |
| xtics ytics ztics x2tics y2tics | {axis | border} {mirror | nomirror} {rotate | norotate} {autofreq | incr | start,incr,end | ( "label" pos, ...) } |
control major tics |
| mxtics mytics mztics mx2tics my2tics | { num | default} | control minor tics |
| xzeroaxis yzeroaxis x2zeroaxis y2zeroaxis zeroaxis | {ls style} {lt type} {lw width} | display zero-axis |
| zero | number | threshold for zero |