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Question about gnuplot v 4.0

[Luca M. <mon...@at...>]

Hi,
I would like to know how is possible to write a text  in colour in a
legend, by using the combination of <set key> and the command
<title> in <plot>

e.g.:
set key screen 0.5,0.5 Left reverse spacing 1.1
plot "filename" u 1:5 t "text" w d

The previous version of Gnuplot was doing it automatically, the version
4.0 does not..

Many thanks for your kind reply!!
  L. Montabone

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Re: Question about gnuplot v 4.0

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Luca Montabone wrote:
> I would like to know how is possible to write a text  in colour in a
> legend, by using the combination of <set key> and the command
> <title> in <plot>

Not in any way independent of the choice of terminal driver, I think.

I.e. some will do it by themselves, or governed by some option, others 
won't do it at all.  There's no direct control over this; neither 'plot 
... title' nor 'set key' have a textcolour option.

> The previous version of Gnuplot was doing it automatically, the version
> 4.0 does not..

Using which terminal driver?  Did you check the help for that driver to 
see if the old behaviour can perhaps be turned back on by some new option?