Re: pslatex terminal output

[Quentin Spencer]

Jonathan Stickel wrote:

> Quentin Spencer wrote:
>
> > Pete Gustafson wrote:
> >
> > > As a secondary question, how do I get pslatex output
> > > using the print() command?  It doesn't seem to be an
> > > option.  I need pslatex in order to have mathematical
> > > symbols in the legend and axis labels.
> > >  
> >
> > My preferred way of doing this is to use fig output and then convert 
> > the xfig file to eps using fig2ps 
> > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/fig2ps/). This is a really nice perl 
> > script that converts to PS/PDF using LaTeX to do the typesetting on 
> > all of the text, so you can put any equation you want in the figure. 
> > It's available in Debian, and I'm in the process of trying to get it 
> > into Fedora Extras.
>
> Quentin
>
> I would like to use the fig terminal and use fig2ps (actually I 
> suggested it on this list awhile ago), but there are no default circle 
> or filled symbols for data plots.  I recently discovered it is 
> possible to get them using advanced gnuplot commands, but that is 
> cumbersome to use on a regular basis.  Do you have a good resolution 
> for this issue?


No. I have typically just used line plots in most of my work lately, so 
this hasn't been a problem for me. However, I have noticed this weakness 
of the plot and print commands. What are the advanced gnuplot commands? 
Maybe someone here can use them to improve plot and/or print.

-Quentin



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