Re: clunky fn plots

[sfeam (E. Merritt) <eam...@gm...>]

On Tuesday, 11 October 2011, pl...@pi... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was under the impression that plotting functions and data in the same 
> plot command meant the interval for the fn plot would follow the 
> datafile. 

The sample interval for function plots is controlled only by the
"set sample" and "set isosample" commands.   There is no connection to
the number or location of points in any of the data plots.

	Ethan


> Hwvr, this seems not to be the case.
> 
> This seems to be a bit of a short-coming.
> 
> For ex. I have raw data and a fitted function. I plot the two on the 
> same graph but the function (which should be a nice smooth gaussian 
> bell) is decidedly clunky.
> 
> If I zoom the wxt window I get a smoother line but it seems a bit 
> incoherent that data file has more detail than the analytic function plot.
> 
> This is also unfortunate since I'm outputting to svg as well and when I 
> try to make use of the zoom in svg to get a closer look, I find I have a 
> very poor rendition of the function.
> 
> I would have expected to see exactly as many points (vectors) in the 
> function line as in the data line.
> 
> 
> Best regards, Peter.
> 
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