[newbie] zero file length when plotting (gnuplot-syntax)

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, Hugo Coolens wrote:

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< On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Leo Butler wrote:
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< > On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Hugo Coolens wrote:
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< > < I'm trying to make a pslatex-file from a plot as follows:
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< > < deltaurlrel(x):=1-1/(x*(1-x)*%beta+1);
< > < relplots:makelist(deltaurlrel(x),%beta,[0.1,0.213,0.444,1,4.545]);
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< > plot2d(relplots,[x,0.01,1],[legend,"beta0.1","beta0.213","beta0.444","beta1","beta4.545"],[gnuplot_preamble,"set
< > < terminal pslatex; set output 'plotrel.tex';"]);
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< > < unfortunately the resulting file "plotrel.tex' is empty
< > < can anyone here tell me what (syntax?) error I'm making here?
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< > Hugo, this works in 5.22.1,
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< > plot2d(relplots,
< >       [x,0.01,1],
< >       [legend,"beta0.1","beta0.213","beta0.444","beta1","beta4.545"],
< >       [gnuplot_term,'pslatex],
< >       [gnuplot_out_file,"example.tex"]);
< This solves my problem, however I can't figure out how to set the size
< properly. I tried (reading the documentation):
< plot2d(relplots,[x,0.01,1],[legend,"beta0.1","beta0.213","beta0.444","beta1","beta4.545"],[gnuplot_term,'pslatex],[gnuplot_ps_term_command,
< set size 25cm,18cm],[gnuplot_out_file,"example.tex"]);
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< I als tried:
< [gnuplot_term,'pslatex size 25cm, 18cm]
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< but this doesn't work neither.
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< can anyone tell me how to set the size properly?
 
 Hi Hugo,
 I think, if you look at gnuplot documentation, that the command

 set size 1,1

 sets the figure to be 5in x 3in in most terminals. So the
 command

 set size x,y

 should set the figure size to be 5*x by 3*y inches.

 Leo
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