Part 3. Mastering technicalities
The topics treated in this part are of a more technical nature than in the preceding chapters. You’ll need the material in these chapters when you’re no longer satisfied with gnuplot’s defaults and want to establish greater control over the appearance of your figures, or if you want to automate and configure the way you work with gnuplot. Chapter 9 explains how to customize many aspects of graph elements, such as their color, the shape of point symbols, and the dash patterns used to draw lines. You’ll also learn how to change the overall appearance of a graph, such as its size and aspect ratio. Chapter 10 describes in detail how you can export graphs to file, using gnuplot’s terminal capabilities. Chapter 11 ...
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