you need to tell your postscript viewer not only to show what's
inside the bounding box but instead to show a 10 inch *10 inch
page.
baalkikhaal wrote:
>
> hello,
> as per 4.2 doc
> set term 5#5terminal_type6#6 size 5#5XX6#6, 5#5YY6#6 controls the size of
> the output file, or canvas
> set size 5#5XX6#6, 5#5YY6#6 scales the plot itself relative to the size of
> the canvas
> set terminal postscript {size <XX>{unit},<YY>{unit}}
> The default size for postscript output is 10 inches x 7 inches.
>
> so i did
>
> set terminal postscript size 10.0,10.0 mono
> set size 0.5,0.5
> set output "plot1.ps"
> #set multiplot
> #set size 0.5 ,0.5
> plot "plotable.dat" using 1:2 title "bu" wi li
> #unset multiplot
>
> to plot in one fourth area of the graph, but instead 'canvas' is decreased
> to 0.5,0.5 but instead on doing
>
>
> set terminal postscript size 10.0,10.0 mono
> #set size 0.5,0.5
> set output "plot1.ps"
> set multiplot
> set size 0.5 ,0.5
> plot "plotable.dat" using 1:2 title "bu" wi li
> unset multiplot
>
> gnuplot works as desired.
> my question is it necessary to be in multiplot mode when dealing with
> scaling or am i missing the concept of 'canvas'?
>
> sincerely,
> sreekar guddeti
> India
>
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