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Re: lt 2

From	sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: lt 2
Date	2015-08-20 21:46 -0700
Organization	gnuplot development team
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Dieter Britz wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:06:43 +0200, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
> 
>> Am 20.08.2015 um 11:36 schrieb Dieter Britz:
>>> I have a figure in which one plot is meant to be dashed, lt 2.
>>> As can be seen.
>>> 
>>> http://www.dieterbritz.dk/cottimperr3-eps-converted-to.pdf
>>> 
>>> the plot is indeed dashed when looking at the large picture, but
>>> reduced to a smaller size in a manuscript, it looks much like the
>>> other two plots.
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to space the dashes further from each other? The plot
>>> is point to point so I can't do it by skipping points. I suppose I
>>> am asking for a nonexistent line type.
>>> 
>>> 
>> You know this from the Tex newsgroup: Please give a minimal example.
>> And write which gnuplot version you're using.
>> 
>> P.S. As you have surely checked the help, you know that most
>> terminals have a "dashlenght" option. Did you also try it?
> 
> I think the link says it all, plus my question, and I say I am using
> line type 2. I have gnuplot V. 4.6,

That is exactly why it is important to provide the version number
along with the question.  Dash handling changed radically in version 5,
so the answer is not the same for 4.6 as it would be for 5.0

> but I admit I didn't know about
> dashlength. You say terminal - does that also include eps? 

Yes.  Version 4 answer:

   set term post eps dashed dashlength 3

(or whatever factor you want to stretch the default dash patterns by)

	Ethan


> As I wrote,
> this figure goes into a manuscript with reduced size, so that the
> dashes merge visually into a continuous line. I will now look up
> dashlength.
>

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lt 2 Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-20 09:36 +0000
  Re: lt 2 Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-20 14:06 +0200
    Re: lt 2 Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-20 20:00 +0000
      Re: lt 2 sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2015-08-20 21:46 -0700
        Re: lt 2 Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 09:56 +0000

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