GNUPlot Manual

122 gnuplot 4.0 36 SET-SHOW
36.59.46.1 Metapost Instructions - Set your terminal to Metapost, e.g.:
set terminal mp mono "cmtt12" 12
- Select an output-file, e.g.:
set output "figure.mp"
- Create your pictures. Each plot (or multiplot group) will generate a separate Metapost beginfig...endfig
group. Its default size will be 5 by 3 inches. You can change the size by saying set size 0.5,0.5 or
whatever fraction of the default size you want to have.
- Quit gnuplot.
- Generate EPS files by running Metapost on the output of gnuplot:
mpost figure.mp OR mp figure.mp
The name of the Metapost program depends on the system, typically mpost for a Unix machine and
mp on many others. Metapost will generate one EPS file for each picture.
- To include your pictures in your document you can use the graphics package in LaTeX or epsf.tex in
plainTeX:
\usepackage{graphics} % LaTeX
\input epsf.tex % plainTeX
If you use a driver other than dvips for converting TeX DVI output to PS, you may need to add the
following line in your LaTeX document:
\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{eps}{*}{}
Each picture you made is in a separate file. The first picture is in, e.g., figure.0, the second in figure.1,
and so on.... To place the third picture in your document, for example, all you have to do is:
\includegraphics{figure.2} % LaTeX
\epsfbox{figure.2} % plainTeX
The advantage, if any, of the mp terminal over a postscript terminal is editable output. Considerable
effort went into making this output as clean as possible. For those knowledgeable in the Metapost
language, the default line types and colors can be changed by editing the arrays lt[] and col[]. The
choice of solid vs dashed lines, and color vs black lines can be change by changing the values assigned
to the booleans dashedlines and colorlines. If the default tex option was in effect, global changes
to the text of labels can be achieved by editing the vebatimtex...etex block. In particular, a LaTeX
preamble can be added if desired, and then LaTeX’s built-in size changing commands can be used for
maximum flexibility. Be sure to set the appropriate MP configuration variable to force Metapost to run
LaTeX instead of plainTeX.
36.59.47 Mtos
The mtos terminal has no options. It sends data via a pipe to an external program called GPCLIENT.
It runs under MULTITOS, Magic 3.x, MagicMAC. and MiNT. If you cannot find GPCLIENT, than
mail to dirk@lstm.uni-erlangen.de.
36.59.48 Next
Several options may be set in the next driver.
Syntax:
set terminal next {} { } {} {}
{""} {} title {""}
where is default, which sets all options to their defaults; is either new or old, where
old invokes the old single window; is either color or monochrome; is either solid
or dashed; "" is the name of a valid PostScript font; is the size of the font in
PostScript points; and is the title for the GnuTerm window. Defaults are new, monochrome,
dashed, "Helvetica", 14pt.
Examples: