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

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

>set term png size xxxx,yyyy

It says undefined variable xxxx

 
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 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Gnuplot-info] Dealing with a big chart
 

I use this line:

set term pngcairo size 3000,3000 butt crop

but essentially,

set term png size xxxx,yyyy

will be enough.

On 8 May 2013 11:33, Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...> wrote:
> Which options are good for this purpose?
> set terminal png ?? ?? ??
>
>
> Regards,
> Mahmood
>
> ________________________________
> From: Clement Law <the...@gm...>
> To: Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...>
> Cc: "gnu...@li..."
> <gnu...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 3:00 PM
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> 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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