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Getting started
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The new gnuplot user should begin by reading the general information
available by typing `help` after running gnuplot. Then read about the
`plot` command (type `help plot`). The manual for gnuplot (which is a
nicely formatted version of the on-line help information) is available
as a PDF document.
You can find loads of test and sample scripts in the 'demo' directory.
Try executing `test` and `load "all.dem"` or have a look at the online
version of the demos at
http://www.gnuplot.info/screenshots/index.html#demos
License
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gnuplot binaries
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* gnuplot.exe: Text (console) mode version of the gnuplot executable with full
pipe functionality as on other platforms. In contrast to wgnuplot.exe, this
program can also accept commands on stdin (standard input) and print messages
on stdout (standard output). It replaces a program pgnuplot.exe used by some
earlier gnuplot versions. gnuplot.exe can be used as a graph engine by
3rd party applications like Octave (www.octave.org).
Interactive Terminals
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By default, gnuplot on Windows will use the wxt terminal. If you prefer, you
can change this by setting the GNUTERM environment variable. See below on how
to change environment variables. Alternatively, you can add
set term windows / wxt / qt
to your gnuplot.ini, see `help startup`.
Installation
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gnuplot comes with its own installer, which will basically do the following,
provided you check the corresponding options:
* Extract this package (or parts thereof) in a directory of your coice, e.g.
C:\Program Files\gnuplot etc.
* Create shortcut icons to wgnuplot on your dektop and (on Windows XP and
Vista) within the Quick-Lauch area. Additionally, a menu is added to the
startup menu with links to the programs, help and documentation,
gnuplot's internet site and the demo scripts.
* The path to the gnuplot binaries is added to the PATH environment variable.
That way you can start gnuplot by typing `gnuplot' or `wgnuplot' on a command
line.
* You may select your default terminal of preference (wxt/windows/qt) and the
installer will update the GNUTERM environment variable accordingly.
* If you install the demo scripts, the directory containing the demos is
included in the GNUPLOT_LIB search path, see below.
Customisation:
On startup, gnuplot executes the gnuplot.ini script from the user's
application data directory %APPDATA% if found, see `help startup`. The wgnuplot
text window and the windows terminal load and save settings from/to wgnuplot.ini
located in the appdata directory, see `help wgnuplot.ini`.
Fonts
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Encodings
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Version 5.2 on Windows now supports command line input using all supported
encodings, including UTF-8, see `help encoding`. By default gnuplot will use
an encoding which matches the system's ANSI codepage, if supported. We
recommend to add `set encoding utf8` to your gnuplot.ini file, see below.
Note that while Unicode input on the command line is limited to the Basic
Multilingual Plane (BMP), scripts may contain all characters (as in previous
versions).
Localisation
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gnuplot supports localised versions of the menu and help files. By default,
gnuplot tries to load wgnuplot-XX.mnu and wgnuplot-XX.chm, where XX is a two
character language code. Currently, only English (default) and Japanese (ja)
are supported, but you are invited to contribute.
Please note that currently there's no way to change the language setting from
within gnuplot.
Environmental variables
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Known bugs
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http://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/
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