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Re: No dashed lines although terminal set to dashed

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Thank you so much! Problem is solved by this.

Am Freitag, 20. Februar 2015 06:44:46 UTC+1 schrieb Ethan A Merritt:
> 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I have the following problem: Even if I set the terminal option
> > 'dashed', my terminal still produces only solid lines, apart from
> > style 0. 
> 
> The treated of line properties (color, dash/dot) is very different
> in version 5.   There is no longer any need for the terminal option
> "set term ... dashed" because dashed lines are always possible.
> 
> Both the Release Notes and the User Manual for version 5 explain
> how dashed lines now work.  
> 
>    http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/ReleaseNotes_5_0.html
> 
> Here is a very brief summary from the Release Notes:
> 
> %%%%%
> Earlier versions of gnuplot used the keyword "linetype" to mean both
> the color and the solid/dot/dash pattern of a line. Version 5 has
> separate keywords "linecolor" and "dashtype". You can use these keywords
> directly in a plot command or assign any desired color and a dash pattern
> to a linetype.  You do not need to change the current terminal or
> terminal mode in order to use dashed lines.
> %%%%%
> 
> The following command assigns different dash patterns to linetypes
> 1 through 4.  It does not affect the color of the linetypes.
> 
>    set for [i=1:4] linetype i dashtype i
> 
> To return the linetype properties to their original state
> 
>    set for [i=1:4] linetype i dashtype solid
> 
> There are other options for setting or defining dash patterns,
> but that should get you started
> 
> 	Ethan
> 
> 
> > I use the following code:
> > 
> > set encoding utf8
> > set terminal pdfcairo dashed enhanced
> > set termoption dashed
> > set output 'test.pdf'
> > test
> > 
> > This behaviour seems to occur only on Windows machines, as the exact
> > same code produces the proper line types on an Apple machine. I need a
> > PDF output, so the code above would be the most convenient. Is there
> > anything I can do to make my Windows-GnuPlot plot dashed/dotted lines?
> > 
> > Thank you in advance!
> > 
> > 
> > P.S.: I'm using gnuplot 5.0 patchlevel 0.

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No dashed lines although terminal set to dashed florian.stoertz@googlemail.com - 2015-02-19 15:24 -0800
  Re: No dashed lines although terminal set to dashed Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 21:44 -0800
    Re: No dashed lines although terminal set to dashed florian.stoertz@googlemail.com - 2015-02-20 03:29 -0800

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