Part 3. Advanced Gnuplot

In this part, we look at several more complicated topics in detail. First we discuss several more sophisticated plotting techniques that we have not encountered before; then we talk about ways to configure gnuplot’s terminals and use its scripting capabilities.

Chapter 8 introduces three-dimensional plots.

Chapter 9 is about color plots and also discusses different ways color can be used to convey information in a graph.

Chapter 10 discusses some special techniques, such as graphs containing several subplots, or polar and parametric plots. I also introduce gnuplot’s curve-fitting capabilities.

Chapter 11 describes in detail how to export graphs from gnuplot to file, using gnuplot’s terminal capabilities.

Chapter ...

Get Gnuplot in Action now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.