Index

A

• Aquaterm terminal
  • about / There's more…,
• array of plots
  • arranging /
• arrow
  • labels, adding with / Adding a label with an arrow, How to do it…, How it works…
• arrows
  • multiplotting with / Multiplotting with labels and arrows, How to do it…, How it works…
  • putting, on axes / Putting arrows on the axes, How it works…
• arrowstyle / How it works…
• aspect ratio
  • about /
• auxiliary files
  • about / 2. The auxiliary files
• axes
  • labeling / Labeling the axes, How it works…
  • softening / Softening the axes, How it works…
  • arrows, putting / Putting arrows on the axes, How it works…
  • setting up / Setting up the axes
  • functions, defining / Defining the functions
  • tics, setting up / Setting up the tics
  • break, indicating / Indicating the break
  • coloring / Coloring the axes, How it works…
• axis
  • breaking / Breaking an axis, How to do it…

B

• beamer package
  • about / Creating presentation slides with incrementally displayed graphs
• Bessel functions
  • about / Plotting a function,
• bezier smoothed approximation / Getting ready
• bomb.png
  • about / Getting ready
• box
  • placing, around legend / Putting a box around the legend, How it works…
• boxes
  • plotting / Plotting boxes, How to do it…, There's more…
• breaking_an_axis.gnuplot
  • about / How to do it…

C

• C
  • about / There's more…
  • used, for talking to gnuplot / Talking to gnuplot with C, How it works…
• cairo graphics library
  • about / Introducing gnuplot's high-quality graphics formats [new]
• canvas terminal
  • about / Making an interactive plot for the Web [new]
• character coordinate system
  • about / There's more…
• circles
  • plotting / Plotting circles, Getting ready, How it works…
• Clojure
  • about / Plotting with Clojure
  • URL / Plotting with Clojure
  • plotting with / Getting ready
• cntrparam value / How it works…
• color output device
  • using / There's more…
• complex graphs
  • about / Adding a label with an arrow
• contour, and surface grid plots
  • combining / There's more…
• contour plot
  • about / Making a contour plot
  • creating / How to do it…, How it works…
• contours, and images
  • combining / Combining contours and images, How to do it…, How it works…
• coordinate mappings
  • about / Using coordinate mappings
  • using / How to do it…, Coordinate ranges
• CountryName function / How it works…
• cumulative distribution
  • creating / Creating a cumulative distribution [new], Getting ready, How it works…
• curves
  • coloring /
  • styling /
  • points, plotting with /

D

• 1D graph
  • about / Introduction
• 2D Gaussian surface / There's more…
• 3D
  • path, plotting / Plotting a path in 3D, How to do it…, How it works…
• 3D Lissajous figure / Plotting a path in 3D
• data
  • smoothing / Smoothing your data, How to do it…, How it works…
  • functions, fitting to / Fitting functions to your data, How to do it…, How it works…
  • handling, with gnuplot / Handling the data with gnuplot, How it works…
• data versus time
  • plotting /
• division
  • about / How it works…
• Django framework
  • URL / Getting ready
• document
  • assembling, TikZ used / Assembling a document using TikZ and LaTeX [new], Making the plot, How it works…
  • assembling, LaTeX used / Assembling a document using TikZ and LaTeX [new], Making the plot, How it works…
  • assembling, epslatex terminal used / Assembling a document using epslatex, The LaTeX document, Producing the PDF
• draw function / How it works…

E

• earth
  • mapping / Mapping the Earth, Getting ready, How it works…, There's more…
• earthquakes.dat file / Getting ready
• Emacs
  • about / Using the Emacs GUI
  • installing / Getting ready
  • using / How to do it…
  • gnuplot script, running / 1. Running a gnuplot script
  • help and menus / 2. Help and menus
• empty string
  • about / There's more…
• enhanced text
  • about / Putting equations in your labels
• epslatex terminal
  • used, for assembling document / Assembling a document using epslatex, The LaTeX document, Producing the PDF
  • about / Assembling a document using epslatex
• equations
  • placing, in labels / Putting equations in your labels, How to do it…, How it works…
• error bar
  • about / Dealing with errors, How it works…
  • combining, with other plot styles / There's more…
• errors
  • dealing with / Dealing with errors, How it works…
• European-style decimals
  • using /

F

• figure
  • creating, with gnuplot / Creating the figure
• filled curves
  • drawing / Drawing filled curves, Getting ready, How to do it…
• financial data
  • handling / Handling financial data, Getting ready
• fit command / Fitting functions to your data
• for keyword / How it works…
• for loop
  • about / There's more…
• Fortran
  • about / There's more…
• frames
  • about / The LaTeX document
• front command / How it works…
• function
  • about / Plotting a function
  • plotting / Getting ready
• function keyword / How it works…
• functions
  • fitting, to data / Fitting functions to your data, How to do it…, How it works…

G

• Ghostscript
  • about / Getting ready
• gird
  • fitting, to data / Fitting the grid to the data, How it works…
• github home
  • URL / Getting ready
• global hidden3d setting / How it works…
• gnuplot
  • high-quality graphics formats / Introducing gnuplot's high-quality graphics formats [new], Getting ready
  • figure, creating with / Creating the figure
  • using, within LaTeX / Using gnuplot within LaTeX, How to do it…, How it works…
  • scripting, with own language / Scripting gnuplot with its own language, How to do it…, How it works…
  • kdensity smoothing, used for improving histograms / Using kdensity smoothing to improve on histograms [new], Getting ready, How it works…

  • cumulative distribution, creating / Creating a cumulative distribution [new], Getting ready, How it works…
  • C, used for talking to / Talking to gnuplot with C, How it works…
  • scripting, with Python / Getting ready, How it works…
  • plotting, with Clojure / Getting ready
  • volatile data, handling / Handling volatile data [new], The volatile data source
  • data, handling with / Handling the data with gnuplot, How it works…
  • surface plot, creating / Making a surface plot, How it works…
  • coordinate mappings, using / How to do it…, Coordinate ranges
  • surface, coloring / Coloring the surface, How it works…, There's more…
  • contour plot, creating / How to do it…, How it works…
  • vector plot, creating / How to do it…, How it works…
  • image plot, creating / Making an image plot or heat map, How it works…
  • heat map, creating / Making an image plot or heat map, How it works…
  • contours, combining with images / Combining contours and images, How to do it…, How it works…
  • surfaces, combining with images / Combining surfaces with images, How it works…, There's more…
  • path, plotting in 3D / Plotting a path in 3D, How to do it…, How it works…
  • parametric surfaces, drawing / Drawing parametric surfaces, How it works…, There's more…
  • JGP, using / 2. Doing more with JGP
  • Emacs, using / How to do it…
  • sharing, with PlotShare / How to do it…, How it works…
  • webGUI, writing for / Writing a web GUI for gnuplot, 1. The program, How it works…
  • WebGUI, writing for / How it works…
• Gnuplot
  • about / Introduction
  • function, plotting / Getting ready
  • URL, for info / There's more…
  • multiple curves, plotting / Plotting multiple curves, Getting ready, How it works…
  • two different Y axes, using / Using two different y-axes, How to do it…, How it works…
  • scatterplot, making / Getting ready, How to do it…
  • boxes, plotting / Plotting boxes, How to do it…, There's more…
  • circles, plotting / Plotting circles, Getting ready, How it works…
  • filled curves, drawing / Drawing filled curves, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • financial data, handling / Handling financial data, Getting ready
  • basic histogram plot, making / Making a basic histogram plot, Getting ready, How it works…
  • histograms, stacking / Stacking histograms, How it works…
  • multiple histograms, plotting / Plotting multiple histograms, How it works…
  • dealing, with errors / Dealing with errors, How it works…
  • error bar / Dealing with errors, How it works…
  • statistical whisker plot, making / Making a statistical whisker plot, How it works…
  • impulse plot, making / How to do it…
  • parametric curves, graphing / Graphing parametric curves, How it works…
  • polar coordinates / Plotting with polar coordinates, How to do it…, How it works…
  • axes, labeling / Labeling the axes, How it works…
  • label size, setting / Setting the label size, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • legend, adding / Adding a legend, How to do it…, How it works…
  • box, placing around legend / Putting a box around the legend, How it works…
  • labels, adding with arrow / Adding a label with an arrow, How to do it…, How it works…
  • Unicode characters, using / Getting ready
  • equations, placing in labels / Putting equations in your labels, How to do it…, How it works…
  • curves, coloring /
  • curves, styling /
  • transparency, applying /
  • points, plotting with curves /
  • point style, modifying /
  • plot size, modifying /
  • graphs, positioning on page /
  • pie chart, plotting with objects /
  • manual tics, setting /
  • data versus time, plotting /
  • European-style decimals, using /
  • tic labels, formatting /
  • array of plots, arranging /
  • plots, positioning manually / Positioning plots manually, How it works…
  • inset plot, creating / How to do it…, How it works…
  • multiplotting, with labels and arrows / Multiplotting with labels and arrows, How to do it…, How it works…
  • plotting, on subintervals / Plotting on subintervals, How it works…
  • data, smoothing / Smoothing your data, How to do it…, How it works…
  • functions, fitting to data / Fitting functions to your data, How to do it…, How it works…
• gnuplot, output devices collection
  • wxt terminal / The wxt terminal
  • pdfcairo terminal / The pdfcairo terminal
  • svg terminal / The svg terminal
• gnuplot-lua-tikz package / How it works…
• gnuplot-mode / Using the Emacs GUI
• gnuplot script
  • about / The gnuplot script
  • running / 1. Running a gnuplot script
• graph coordinates
  • about / How it works…
• graphs
  • positioning, on page /

H

• heat map
  • about / Making an image plot or heat map
  • creating / Making an image plot or heat map, How it works…
• help arrowstyle / How it works…
• help set mapping / Using coordinate mappings
• hexadecimal format /
• hidden line removal technique
  • about / There's more…
• high-quality graphics formats, gnuplot / Introducing gnuplot's high-quality graphics formats [new], Getting ready
• histogram plot
  • making / Making a basic histogram plot, Getting ready, How it works…
• histograms
  • stacking / Stacking histograms, How it works…
  • improving, kdensity smoothing used / Using kdensity smoothing to improve on histograms [new], Getting ready, How it works…


I

• if-then-else statement / Scripting gnuplot with its own language
• image plot
  • about / Making an image plot or heat map
  • creating / Making an image plot or heat map, How it works…
• images
  • surfaces, combining with / Combining surfaces with images, How it works…, There's more…
• images, and contours
  • combining / Combining contours and images, How to do it…, How it works…
• impulse plot
  • about / Making an impulse plot
  • making / How to do it…
• incrementally displayed graphs
  • presentation slides, creating with / Creating presentation slides with incrementally displayed graphs, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• inputenc package / How it works…
• inset plot
  • about / Creating an inset plot
  • creating / How to do it…, How it works…
• interactive plot
  • creating, for Web / Making an interactive plot for the Web [new], How to do it…, How it works…
• internationalization features /
• isoline density
  • about / How it works…
• isosamples / Completing the picture

J

• JGP
  • about / Getting ready
  • URL, for home page / Getting ready
  • installing / 1. Installing and starting up
  • using / 2. Doing more with JGP

K

• kdensity smoothing
  • used, for improving on histograms / Using kdensity smoothing to improve on histograms [new], Getting ready, How it works…

• kernel density estimate
  • about / Using kdensity smoothing to improve on histograms [new]
• key
  • about / Adding a legend

L

• labeled contour plot
  • making / Making a labeled contour plot, How to do it…, How it works…
• labels
  • size, setting / Setting the label size, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • adding, with arrow / Adding a label with an arrow, How to do it…, How it works…
  • equations, placing in / Putting equations in your labels, How to do it…, How it works…
  • language, modifying /
  • multiplotting with / Multiplotting with labels and arrows, How to do it…, How it works…
  • plotting, from files / Plotting labels from files, How it works…
• label size
  • setting / Setting the label size, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• language
  • modifying, for labels /
  • gnuplot, scripting with / Scripting gnuplot with its own language, How to do it…, How it works…
• LaTeX
  • used, for adding plot to paper / Adding a plot to a paper using LaTeX, Getting ready, How it works…
  • running / Running LaTeX
  • used, for assembling documents / Assembling a document using TikZ and LaTeX [new], Making the plot, How it works…
  • gnuplot, using within / Using gnuplot within LaTeX, How to do it…, How it works…
• legend
  • about / Adding a legend
  • adding / Adding a legend, How to do it…, How it works…
  • box, placing around / Putting a box around the legend, How it works…
• linecolor
  • about /
• linestyle
  • about /
• linestyles /
• linetype
  • about / How it works…
• linetypes /
• linewidth
  • about / How it works…,

M

• manual tics
  • setting /
• multiple curves
  • plotting / Plotting multiple curves, Getting ready, How it works…
• multiple histograms
  • plotting / Plotting multiple histograms, How it works…
• multiplot mode
  • about /
  / How it works…

N

• NaN
  • about / How it works…
• notitle keyword
  • about / How it works…
• numpy / Getting ready

O

• objects
  • plotting with /
  • about /
• opacity
  • about /
• overlapping labels
  • avoiding / Avoiding overlapping labels, How it works…

P

• ++ pseudofile
  • about / The ++ pseudofile
• --persist flag /
• page
  • graphs, positioning on /
• palette / How it works…
• parameter
  • about / Graphing parametric curves
• parametric curves
  • graphing / Graphing parametric curves, How it works…
• parametric surfaces
  • drawing / Drawing parametric surfaces, How it works…, There's more…
• path
  • plotting, in 3D / Plotting a path in 3D, How to do it…, How it works…
• pdfcairo terminal / The pdfcairo terminal
• pdflatex command / Getting ready
• pdf terminal driver / Introducing gnuplot's high-quality graphics formats [new]
• PGF
  • about / Getting ready
• picture
  • completing / Completing the picture
• pictures
  • plotting with / Plotting with pictures, How it works…
• pie chart
  • plotting, with objects /
• plot
  • size, modifying /
  • adding, to paper with LaTeX / Adding a plot to a paper using LaTeX, Getting ready, How it works…
  • including, in web page / Including a plot in a web page, The HTML source, There's more…
• plot besj0(x) function
  • about / Plotting a function
  • plotting / Getting ready
• plot command / There's more…, How it works…, Smoothing your data, How it works…
  • about / How it works…, How it works…
• plots
  • positioning, manually / Positioning plots manually, How it works…
• Plotshare
  • about / Sharing with Plotshare
  • URL / How to do it…
  • sharing with / How it works…
• plot size
  • modifying /
• pm3d mode / How it works…
• pngcairo version
  • about / Using Unicode characters [new]
• png terminal driver / Introducing gnuplot's high-quality graphics formats [new]
• pointinterval /
• points
  • plotting, with curves /
• pointsize /
• point style
  • modifying /
• point type
  • about / How it works…
• pointtype
  • about / There's more…
  /
• polar coordinates
  • plotting with / Plotting with polar coordinates, How to do it…, How it works…
• polygon object
  • about / Indicating the break
• popen function / How it works…
• POST method / How it works…
• presentation slides
  • creating, with incrementally displayed graphs / Creating presentation slides with incrementally displayed graphs, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…
• pseudofiles / The set mapping command
• Python
  • gnuplot, scripting with / Getting ready, How it works…

R

• refresh command / How it works…
• replot / How it works…
• replot command / How it works…, How it works…
• reread keyword / There's more…
• rgb keyword /

S

• /Symbol tags / How it works…
• scale function / How it works…
• scatterplot
  • about / Making a scatterplot
  • making / Getting ready, How to do it…
• set arrow command / How it works…
• set bmargin command / There's more…
• set border 2 command
  • about / Setting up the axes
• set border 3 command / How it works…
• set border command / How it works…
• set cbrange command
  • about / How it works…
• set cntrparam command / How it works…
• set decimalsign command /
• set grid command / How it works…
• set hidden3d / There's more…
• set hidden3d command / How it works…
• set hidden front command / How it works…
• set isosamples command
  • about / How it works…
• set key command / There's more…, How to do it…
  • about / How it works…
• set lmargin command / There's more…
• set Mapping command / There's more…
• set mapping command / How it works…
  • about / The set mapping command
• set multiplot command / How it works…
• set origin command / How it works…
• set output command / How it works…
• set parametric command / How it works…, There's more…
• set pm3d at base / How it works…
• set pm3d command / There's more…
• set rmargin command
  • about / How it works…
• set samples command
  • about / How it works…
• set size command / How it works…
• set style line / How it works…
• set term command
  • about / Getting ready
  / How it works…, How it works…
• set terminal command / How to do it…
• set title command / How it works…, How it works…
• set urange command / How it works…
• set view command
  • about / How it works…
• set view map command / How it works…
• set ytics nomirror command / How it works…
• show colors command /
• size option /
• smooth plotstyle / Smoothing your data
• special filenames
  • about / There's more…
• splot command
  • about / How it works…
  / How it works…, There's more…
• sprintf function / How it works…
• standalone mode
  • about / How it works…
• statistical whisker plot
  • making / Making a statistical whisker plot, How it works…
• stem plot
  • about / There's more…
• string catenation operator
  • about / How it works…
• stringcolumn function / How it works…
• subintervals
  • plotting on / Plotting on subintervals, How it works…
• surface
  • coloring / Coloring the surface, How it works…, There's more…
• surface grid plots, and contours
  • combining / There's more…
• surface plot
  • about / Making a surface plot
  • creating / Making a surface plot, How it works…
  • with one setting changed / There's more…
• surfaces
  • combining, with images / Combining surfaces with images, How it works…, There's more…
• svg terminal / The svg terminal

T

• test command /
• TeX document / The TeX document
• tic labels
  • formatting /
• tics
  • manual tics, setting /
• tics commands
  • about / Using two different y-axes
• TikZ
  • used, for assembling documents / Assembling a document using TikZ and LaTeX [new], Making the plot, How it works…
• title phrase
  • about / How it works…
• trange
  • about / How it works…
• transparency
  • applying /
• two different Y axes
  • using / Using two different y-axes, How to do it…, How it works…
• two dimensional (2D) plots / Introduction
• two X axes
  • using / There's more…
• typecast
  • about / How it works…

U

• Unicode characters
  • about / Using Unicode characters [new], How it works…
  • using / Getting ready
• unset key / How it works…
• unset multiplot command /
• unset surface command / How it works…
• userstyles
  • about /
• using keyword
  • about / There's more…

V

• vector plot
  • about / Making a vector plot
  • creating / How to do it…, How it works…
• view
  • about / How it works…
• Vim
  • about / Using the Emacs GUI
• volatile data
  • handling / Handling volatile data [new], The volatile data source
• Volatile Data Source
  • about / The volatile data source
• volatile keyword
  • about / Handling the data with gnuplot

W

• Web
  • interactive plot, creating for / Making an interactive plot for the Web [new], How to do it…, How it works…
• webGUI
  • writing, fot gnuplot / Writing a web GUI for gnuplot, 1. The program, How it works…
• WebGUI
  • writing, fot gnuplot / How it works…
• web page
  • plot, including in / Including a plot in a web page, The HTML source, There's more…
• whiskerbars
  • about / How it works…
• world.dat datafile / Getting ready
• wxt terminal / The wxt terminal

X

• xlabel command / How it works…
• xrange / How it works…

Y

• ylabel command / How it works…

Z

• ztics value / How it works…