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



On Tue, 7 Dec 2010, Leo Butler 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?
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> Hi Hugo,
> I think, if you look at gnuplot documentation, that the command
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> set size 1,1
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> sets the figure to be 5in x 3in in most terminals. So the
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> set size x,y
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> should set the figure size to be 5*x by 3*y inches.
OK, but how can I actually set it? I tried to all kinds of combinations 
but I always get errors like this:
incorrect syntax: SIZE is not an infix 
operator,'pslatex,SpacesetSpacesizeSpace                  ^

any idea how to solve this?

thanks in advance
hugo


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