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176 gnuplot 4.3 77 TERMINAL
part of the base distribution and thus part of any LaTeX implementation. Please do not forget to use
this package. Other point types use symbols from the amssymb package.
The default size for the plot is 5 inches by 3 inches. The size option changes this to whatever the user
requests. By default the X and Y sizes are taken to be in inches, but other units are possible (currently
only cm).
Examples: About label positioning: Use gnuplot defaults (mostly sensible, but sometimes not really
best):
set title ’\LaTeX\ -- $ \gamma $’
Force centering both horizontally and vertically:
set label ’{\LaTeX\ -- $ \gamma $}’ at 0,0
Specify own positioning (top here):
set xlabel ’[t]{\LaTeX\ -- $ \gamma $}’
The other label – account for long ticlabels:
set ylabel ’[r]{\LaTeX\ -- $ \gamma $\rule{7mm}{0pt}}’
77.40 Linux
The linux driver has no additional options to specify. It looks at the environment variable GSVG-
AMODE for the default mode; if not set, it uses 1024x768x256 as default mode or, if that is not
possible, 640x480x16 (standard VGA).
77.41 Macintosh
Several options may be set in the ’macintosh’ driver.
Syntax:
set terminal macintosh {singlewin | multiwin} {vertical | novertical}
{size , | default}
’singlewin’ limits the output to a single window and is useful for animations. ’multiwin’ allows multiple
windows. ’vertical’ is only valid under the gx option. With this option, rotated text
be drawn vertically. novertical turns this option off.
size , overrides the graph size set in the preferences
dialog until it is cleared with either ’set term mac size default’
or ’set term mac default’.
’set term mac size default’ sets the window size settings to those set in
the preferences dialog.
’set term mac default’ sets all options to their default values.
Default values: nogx, multiwin, novertical.
If you generate graphs under the multiwin option and then switch to singlewin,
the next plot command will cause one more window to be created. This new
window will be reused as long as singlewin is in effect. If you switch back
to multiwin, generate some graphs, and then switch to singlewin again, the
orginal ’singlewin’ window will be resused if it is still open. Otherwise
a new ’singlewin’ window will be created. The ’singlewin’ window is not numbered.