Henry Lenzi wrote:
> Hello --
>
> I'm running maxima on a Linux box. I don't really like the quality of
> the plots (not smooth, anti-aliased).
> Is there something I can tweak in or. er to obtain better graphics?
>
> TIA,
> Henry
The quality of the output depends on the terminal.
By default, linux systems use the x11 terminal, but I find that the
wxwidgets terminal has a better visual effect:
draw3d(
terminal = wxt,
explicit(20*exp(-x^2-y^2)-10,x,-3,3,y,-3,3));
In case you want your plot in a file, probably the Postscript terminal
is your better choice:
draw3d(
terminal = eps,
explicit(20*exp(-x^2-y^2)-10,x,-3,3,y,-3,3));
You can also select the terminal with Maxima's standard plotting
functions plot2d and plot3d:
plot3d(
20*exp(-x^2-y^2)-10,[x,-3,3],[y,-3,3],
[gnuplot_preamble , "set term wxt"]);
Mario