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Subject: Re: Question about linetype lt
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:57:35 +0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:40:06 +0100, Gudrun wrote:
> Am 27.06.11 17:23, schrieb Alois Steindl:
>> Gudrun<bestenborstel@gmail.com>  writes:
>>> Dear users,
>>> As far as I have understood linetype or lt is the command that takes
>>> care about the symbol when plotting with points. Is there a complete
>>> overview about all available linetypes available? I checked the
>>> manual, but I did not find a table with all symbols. Kind regards
>>> Gudrun
>> Hello,
>> that depends on the terminal in use.
>> Just type 'test', to see the supported symbols, colors, ... for your
> 
> Dear Alois,
> I just typed test and nothing happened in gnuplot. I use either aqua or
> terminal postscript for eps output.
> My version is gnuplot4.5.

When I enter next three lines in gnuplot 4.4.0,
  set output 'item.ps'
  set terminal postscript
  test
a file item.ps is created, which when viewed via 
  gv item.ps
shows a page including a chart of 32 line types and symbols.
I don't have aqua installed.

[Not directly related to your question, but to some kind of bug:
  gnuplot> set terminal aqua
                      ^
         unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list

  gnuplot> test
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)
after which:
  > uname -rispo
  Linux 2.6.35.13-92.fc14.i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
  > gnuplot --version
  gnuplot 4.4 patchlevel 0
]

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jiw