GNUPlot Manual

78 gnuplot 4.0 36 SET-SHOW
string this string is used as c format specifier and should contain two float specifiers, e.g. set mouse
mouseformat "mouse = %5.2g, %10.2f". Use set mouse mouseformat "" to turn this string off
again.
The following formats are available (format 6 may only be selected if the format string was specified
already):
0 real coordinates in brackets e.g. [1.23, 2.45]
1 real coordinates w/o brackets e.g. 1.23, 2.45
2 x == timefmt [(as set by ‘set timefmt‘), 2.45]
3 x == date [31. 12. 1999, 2.45]
4 x == time [23:59, 2.45]
5 x == date / time [31. 12. 1999 23:59, 2.45]
6 alt. format, specified as string ""
Choose the option labels to get real gnuplot labels on Button 2. (The default is nolabels which makes
Button 2 drawing only temporary annotations at the mouse positions). The labels are drawn with the
current setting of mouseformat. labeloptions controls which options are passed to the set label
command. The default is "pointstyle 1" which will plot a small plus at the label position. Note that the
pointsize is taken from the set pointsize command. Labels can be removed by holding the Ctrl-Key
down while clicking with Button 2 on the label’s point. The threshold for how close you must be to the
label is also determined by the pointsize.
If the option zoomjump is on, the mouse pointer will be automatically offset a small distance after
starting a zoom region with button 3. This can be useful to avoid a tiny (or even empty) zoom region.
zoomjump is off by default.
If the option verbose is turned on the communication commands are shown during execution. This
option can also be toggled by hitting 6 in the driver’s window. verbose is off by default.
Press ’h’ in the driver’s window for a short summary of the mouse and key bindings. This will also
display user defined bindings or hotkeys which can be defined using the bind command, see help for
bind (p. 24). Note, that user defined hotkeys may override the default bindings.
Press ’q’ in the driver’s window to close the window. This key cannot be overridden with the bind
command.
See also help for bind (p. 24) and label (p. 73).
36.36.1 X11 mouse
X11 mouse support is turned on by default if standard input comes from a terminal (tty). Mouse support
is turned off if standard input does not come from a tty, e.g. a pipe. If you want to use mouse support
while writing to gnuplot from a pipe, the mouse must be turned on *before* starting the x11 driver,
e.g. immediately after startup with the explicit command set mouse. Beware: on some UNIX flavours,
special input devices as /dev/null might not be select-able; turning on the mouse when using such
devices will hang gnuplot.
If multiple X11 plot windows have been opened using the set term x11 terminal option, then
only the current plot window supports the entire range of mouse commands and hotkeys. The other
windows will, however, continue to display mouse coordinates at the lower left.
36.37 Multiplot
The command set multiplot places gnuplot in the multiplot mode, in which several plots are placed
on the same page, window, or screen.
Syntax:
set multiplot
unset multiplot