Re: Excessive memory usage with the pdfcairo terminal?

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

On 08.10.2010 21:51, Allin Cottrell wrote:

> Isn't the best solution to down-sample the plot?

Not really.  Down-sampling a scatter plot defeats the purpose of the plot.

The best solution is "Don't do that, then".  Don't make million-point 
scatter plots in vector format if you're not prepared to accept the 
consequences (huge files, slow rendering times, possible rejection in 
print).

What one can do instead is down-sample and histogrammize the _data_, 
then make a different kind of plot of those.  E.g. a color-coded density 
plot.