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point type - hexagon/user-defined

Started bynilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com>
First post2012-06-04 23:22 -0700
Last post2012-06-10 21:15 -0700
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  point type - hexagon/user-defined nilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com> - 2012-06-04 23:22 -0700
    Re: point type - hexagon/user-defined sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2012-06-05 08:36 -0700
      Re: point type - hexagon/user-defined nilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com> - 2012-06-10 21:15 -0700

#1176 — point type - hexagon/user-defined

Fromnilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com>
Date2012-06-04 23:22 -0700
Subjectpoint type - hexagon/user-defined
Message-ID<ca50f458-e8a5-4566-91e7-9ff3d1adcd65@googlegroups.com>
Hello,

I want to plot my data points with hexagon point-type.
This shape is not listed in the standard point-type list.
How can I define it and use it?

Thanks in advance.

cheers
nilay

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#1178

Fromsfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net>
Date2012-06-05 08:36 -0700
Message-ID<jql922$qsp$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#1176
nilay wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I want to plot my data points with hexagon point-type.
> This shape is not listed in the standard point-type list.
> How can I define it and use it?

There is no general mechanism for defining new point shapes,
although it can be done for some terminals (e.g. PostScript).

However for a hexagon in particular you can use the
following trick, assuming you have a font with the appropriate
character.

HEX = "⬢"	# unicode point 0x2B22 BLACK HEXAGON
           	# UTF-8: 0xE2 0xAC 0xA2

plot foo using 1:2:(HEX) with labels

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#1196

Fromnilay <nilaybhatt@gmail.com>
Date2012-06-10 21:15 -0700
Message-ID<9e13083d-12ed-45a9-ac73-eeee9525e3bf@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#1178
On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 9:06:33 PM UTC+5:30, sfeam wrote:
> nilay wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I want to plot my data points with hexagon point-type.
> > This shape is not listed in the standard point-type list.
> > How can I define it and use it?
> 
> There is no general mechanism for defining new point shapes,
> although it can be done for some terminals (e.g. PostScript).
> 
> However for a hexagon in particular you can use the
> following trick, assuming you have a font with the appropriate
> character.
> 
> HEX = "⬢"	# unicode point 0x2B22 BLACK HEXAGON
>            	# UTF-8: 0xE2 0xAC 0xA2
> 
> plot foo using 1:2:(HEX) with labels

Thanks for the reply.
How to use unicode or UTF ? 
how to know which point-type no. gives 
hexagon in postscript???

Thanks again.

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