Re: [Gnuplot-info] with labels

[Thomas S. <t.s...@fz...>]

maybe something like this should be added to the help text:

'labels' is a plotting style taking the same arguments like the
'set label' command.


renzresearch wrote:
> 
> Then the help info is confusing, especially (see `set label`)
> part.  I here quote:
> 
> gnuplot> help labels     
>  The `labels` style is available only if gnuplot is built with
> configuration
>  option --enable-datastrings. For a 2-D plot with labels you
> must specify
>  3 input data columns; the text string found in the third
> column is printed at
>  the X and Y coordinates generated by the first two column
> specifiers. The
>  font, color, rotation angle and other properties of the
> printed text may be
>  specified as additional command options (see `set label`).
> The example below
>  will generate a 2-D plot with text labels taken from column 4
> of the input
>  file (`tc lt 2` is shorthand for `textcolor linetype 2`,
> which is green).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:45:44 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: Thomas Sefzick <t.s...@fz...>  
>>Subject: Re: [Gnuplot-info] with labels  
>>To: gnu...@li...
>>
>>
>>'set label' doesn't have any effect on the plotting style
> 'with labels',
>>and a 'set style labels ...' isn't existing up to now, so you
> have to
>>give the rotation angle within the plot command:
>>
>>plot 'file' u 1:2:3 with labels rotate
>>
>>see:
>>http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/node253.html
>>
>>
>>renzresearch wrote:
>>> 
>>> I did:
>>> 
>>> set label rotate
>>> plot 'file' u 1:2:3 with labels
>>> 
>>> Should this be sufficient to make the labels vertical?  What
>>> am I missing?
>>> 
>>> Zhong
>>> 
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