gnuplot
1 Overview | 2 Using | 2.1 Terminal Type:
Overview
gnuplot: A portable command-line driven graphing utility for Linux, OS/2, MS Windows, OSX, VMS, and many other platforms.
Using
Use the module name gnuplot
to discover versions available and to load the application.
Terminal Type:
By default, when you start gnuplot it sets the terminal to qt.
[@blog1 ~]$ gnuplot
G N U P L O T
Version 5.4 patchlevel 5 last modified 2022-09-28
Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2022
Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
gnuplot home: http://www.gnuplot.info
faq, bugs, etc: type "help FAQ"
immediate help: type "help" (plot window: hit 'h')
Terminal type is now 'qt''
Depending on what you are using gnuplot
for, this might cause issues. For example, if using an interactive desktop via SouthPass, using say plot sin(x)
will fail. The terminal needs to be set to use x11. There are two ways to do this:
Option 01: From the gnuplot
command line:
gnuplot> show t
terminal type is qt 0 font "Sans,9"
gnuplot> set term x11
Terminal type is now 'x11'
Options are ' nopersist enhanced'
gnuplot> show t
terminal type is x11 nopersist enhanced
Option 02: Create a .gnuplot
file in your home folder, containing:
[salexan5@blog1 ~]$ cat .gnuplot
set term x11
then when you start gnuplot
: