Re: clunky fn plots

[<pl...@pi...>]

On 10/11/11 18:42, sfeam (Ethan Merritt) wrote:
> 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
>

Many thanks Ethan .

in fact my college had just discovered that setting via wgnuplot's menus 
. It would have taken me a lot longer on linux digging blindly thought 
the help.

Is there a particular reason this is such a course setting by default. ? 
I've often been frustrated by quality when working with functions and I 
would imagine most users would be too, or more likely confused by odd 
effects that happen with things like sine plots with many cycles displayed.

Since most PCs will be operating with at least 600x800 window, wouldn't 
sample 1000 be a better choice?

regards, Peter.