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[Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality
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Eric Schulte |
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[Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality |
Date: |
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:23:44 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:35:52 -0700, "Eric Schulte" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> WRT: the ugliness of gnuplot to file, I've wrestled with this myself and
>> I know exactly what you mean. Currently I try to use svg or png images
>> when exporting to html, and for pdf I use the gnuplot tikz terminal [2].
>
> John & Eric,
>
> Another approach, which I use and which doesn't require using the
> development version of gnuplot for the tikz support, is to generate
> encapsulated postscript files:
>
> set terminal postscript eps enhanced 20
> set output "graph.eps"
>
Thanks!
I just tried the above (well technically the below [1]) and it does look
great and scales well. It's nice to have a light-weight alternative to
tikz -- a great addition to my plotting toolbox.
Best -- Eric
>
> for instance. Then, if I need bitmap images, I use "convert" from
> ImageMagick to create these from the EPS files with the required
> density (depending on intended use, whether screen display or
> printing), as in
>
> convert -density 300 graph.eps graph.png
>
> With EPS, you can get very nice looking text, especially with the
> "enhanced" gnuplot set terminal option and the result is size
> independent.
Footnotes:
[1]
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+begin_src gnuplot
set terminal postscript eps enhanced 20 color
set output "~/Desktop/graph.eps"
set isosample 30,30
set title 'bumpy'
set xrange[-4:4]
set yrange[-4:4]
splot sin(x) + sin(y) notitle
#+end_src
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
- [Orgmode] org-plot file export options, John Hendy, 2010/06/11
- Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options, Eric Schulte, 2010/06/11
- [OT] gnuplot quality (was Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options), Eric S Fraga, 2010/06/12
- Re: [OT] gnuplot quality (was Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options), Eric S Fraga, 2010/06/12
- Re: [OT] gnuplot quality (was Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options), John Hendy, 2010/06/18
- [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Eric Schulte, 2010/06/18
- Re: [OT] gnuplot quality (was Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options), Nick Dokos, 2010/06/18
- Re: [OT] gnuplot quality (was Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options), John Hendy, 2010/06/18
- Re: [OT] gnuplot quality (was Re: [Orgmode] org-plot file export options), John Hendy, 2010/06/12
- [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality,
Eric Schulte <=
- [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Eric S Fraga, 2010/06/12
- Re: [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Alan E. Davis, 2010/06/12
- [Orgmode] [OT] what about asymptote ?, Nicolas Goaziou, 2010/06/13
- Re: [Orgmode] [OT] what about asymptote ?, Eric Schulte, 2010/06/13
- Re: [Orgmode] [OT] what about asymptote ?, Nicolas Goaziou, 2010/06/13
- [babel] Re: [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Eric S Fraga, 2010/06/15
- Re: [babel] Re: [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Eric Schulte, 2010/06/15
- [Orgmode] Re: [babel] Re: Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Štěpán Němec, 2010/06/16
- Re: [babel] Re: [Orgmode] Re: [OT] gnuplot quality, Alan E. Davis, 2010/06/16