X-Received: by 10.13.194.68 with SMTP id e65mr13820970ywd.150.1503354842836; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:34:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.36.122.82 with SMTP id a79mr511932itc.13.1503354842799; Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:34:02 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!e2no1091968qta.1!news-out.google.com!c139ni1931itb.0!nntp.google.com!m81no3280976itb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:34:02 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=131.228.197.16; posting-account=j-3L0goAAAD8ngXXGM8odQCKftWnH1Fd NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.228.197.16 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Few problems using GnuPlot 5.0 on Mac OS X From: Kevin Buchs Injection-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:34:02 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lines: 84 Xref: csiph.com comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot:3718 I have tried gnuplot for a plotting need in the past, but found the overhea= d for the task I wanted to accomplish way too high. Still, I see people tou= ting the application, so today I decided to go all in and figure out how to= make it do what I wanted. I downloaded the source for 5.0.7 and the accomp= anying manual. I built it on OS X 10.12.5 with Gnu toolchain (./configure;m= ake;make install) and took off. I wanted a vertical bar chart, with text labels overlaying the bars. Starti= ng from several examples and the manual, along with a lot of hacking, I hav= e what I want, sort of. However, along the way, I found numerous items that= didn't work as documented. Maybe someone can help me determine if this is = me, if what I don't know about gnuplot is lacking or if there are some oppo= rtunities for improvement. Here is my script.=20 8><------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------- # I had to amend my data by adding 4th and 5th columns to control the label= position and rotation.=20 $Data <<------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------- All my questions/problems are in-line, but just to reiterate 1) Right justification for the labels failed to work 2) Setting fixed rotation for the labels didn't work 3) Since I needed to specify a fixed y-value for my labels as well as their= rotation, I thought it would be nice to be able to specify constant values= instead of having to amend my data, but I could not determine how to do th= is. 4) I was seeking a rapid REPL since I tried about a thousand variations. I = thought maybe the Tkcanvas or aquaterm would give me that, but didn't work.= Perhaps those have to be present/specified at build time. Is there a bette= r REPL? BTW, the data above is the extent of what I was working with. I probably co= uld have drawn this by hand in a time much shorter than the 3 hours I spent= on it. Steep learning curve.