Re: [Gnuplot-info] Dealing with a big chart

[Mahmood N. <nt_...@ya...>]

Which options are good for this purpose?
set terminal png ?? ?? ??


 
Regards,
Mahmood



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 From: Clement Law <the...@gm...>
To: Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...> 
Cc: "gnu...@li..." <gnu...@li...> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Gnuplot-info] Dealing with a big chart
 

Importantly, the PNG is lossless (at the size/resolution you
specific). One way around wanting to zoom and see a smaller segment in
greater non-blurry detail is to make a huge PNG and then zoom out on
your image viewer. PNGs are smaller than BMPs.

On 8 May 2013 11:22, Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...> wrote:
>
>>the downside to this is will be fuzzy if you resize it with
>>an image viewer.
>
> Yes that is right. While the chart is plotted with gnuplot, I can zoom and see further data points in details. However the PNG file looks like a bitmap image.
>
>
> Regards,
> Mahmood
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Clement Law <the...@gm...>
> To: Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...>
> Cc: "gnu...@li..." <gnu...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gnuplot-info] Dealing with a big chart
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I deal with huge files too (sometimes ~ gigabytes in size). I would
> recommend png (set term png). PDFs are rendered data point by data
> point (vector) - if there are many many data points, your pdf viewer
> will choke trying to draw each point. Using the png terminal will make
> an image - the downside to this is will be fuzzy if you resize it with
> an image viewer.
>
> Clement
>
> On 8 May 2013 11:12, Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...> wrote:
>> Hi
>> I have a large data file which is 500MB and contains nearly
>>
>>  48M lines. I exported to a pdf file but the resulting pdf file is
>>
>> very big so that adobe reader can not open that.
>>
>>
>> Which format is recommended for such big chart? Maybe this
>> question is off topic but any reply is appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mahmood
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