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

[Roman D. <rom...@gm...>]

Mahmood,

other option is to reduce original data.
For example, you can replace groups of close to each other original points
with their median.
In this case you'll reduce PDF size, while still have decent zoom.


2013/5/8 Mahmood Naderan <nt_...@ya...>

>
> >set term png size xxxx,yyyy
>
> It says undefined variable xxxx
>
>
> Regards,
> Mahmood
>
>
>
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>
> 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..."
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> > 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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