Re: [Gnuplot-info] Write text value for a specific x; shift text vertically

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

plot "b.txt" u 1:2 w lp, "" u 1:2:3 w labels offset graph 0.1,0.0


LukasP wrote:
> 
> Thanks, this works perfectly.
> 
> I would have one more question. I'm drawing plot by:
> 
> plot "b.txt" u 1:2 w lp, "" u 1:2:3 w labels
> 
> Is it possible to specify somehow the alignment of the texts? E.g. to be
> aligned above or under the coordinates read from file? If I use the
> command written above, the text gets "scratched" by the plot. If texts
> were placed higher, they wouldn't seem scratched.
> 
> I know I can write:
> 
> plot "b.txt" u 1:2 w lp, "" u 1:($2+100):3 w labels
> 
> which moves texts 100 units above. But the problem is that I'm using the
> script for plotting many files and y-range of each varies. Thus I don't
> know what the offset (= 100 in the example) should be - this one value
> doesn't work generally for all files to be plotted.
> 
> I tried as well:
> 
> plot "b.txt" u 1:2 w lp, "" u 1:2:(stringcolumn(3)."\n") w labels
> 
> hoping that the "\n" character will cause the text to be shifted above
> (similarly 1:2:("\n".stringcolumn(3)) to shift down). But it doesn't work.
> 
> So is there a switch like "w labels above" or "w labels ls XYZ" where
> "XYZ" would define the shift?
> 
> Or how would you solve the problem?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> LukasP
> 
> 

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