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I want to use gnuplot more, but I generally find myself spending too much time messing with the plot styles to get something I sort of like. Can anyone point t
by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I want to use gnuplot more, but I generally find myself spending too much time messing with the plot styles to get something I sort of like.
Can anyone point to some pretty styles they've come across?
Here is one I used a while ago: Pretty Plots with Gnuplot [0]
[0]: https://edg.uchicago.edu/tutorials/pretty_plots_with_gnuplot/ https://edg.uchicago.edu/tutorials/pretty_plots_with_gnuplot...
- tyingq 6y agoXkcd style perhaps? https://github.com/rfonseca/xkcd-gnuplot https://github.com/rfonseca/xkcd-gnuplot
- andrepd 6y agoSome problems: the colours are not that great, and also not colourblind-safe. And most grating of all: why are the tics light gray and not black! It's very hard to read.
- hatmatrix 6y agoJust curious but why go for gnuplot (and awk) rather than python or R? At some point you run up to some limit where you want a bit more capability. I don't know that the learning curve is that much less for awk + gnuplot?
- leephillips 6y agoGnuplot (and awk) have several advantages. It’s faster, especially for large datasets; it’s language-independent and can be used through pipes with any language, so the plotting solution you develop can go with you as you change your simulation language; it’s designed to be automated, plot over the network, etc.