Re: [Gnuplot-info] margin and ratio -2. for instance

[cédric o. <ced...@gm...>]

I think I am wrong,

it is likely that setting the size for one dimension (say Y) implies,
by the given ratio and a given x range, a size for X. So margins are
to be well set in accordance.

Cédric

2013/8/30, cédric ody <ced...@gm...>:
> Hi,
>
> I am going on plotting with gnuplot.
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> I face a difficulty in setting with accuracy the positions of plots in
> a multiplot session.
>
> When I do not use set size ratio -5. for instance, no problem my plots
> are very well located, one close to each other. To do that, I used set
> {l,r,t,b}margin as explained in the demos.
>
> However, I need to use the ratio option in order to plot vectors of a
> given field but on axis with different units. For instance, I plot the
> components of the speed u(z,t) v(z,t) as a function of time and
> vertical position z. The scale for the vector representation needs to
> be the same for the two components so I set the ratio (-5 for
> instance) and then multiply the u component by 5.
>
> Margins are not respected anymore. In fact, they are for the upper and
> lower plots. But for the left and right plots, they are not.
>
> I have read "set size" was ignored when setting margins at screen
> although the ratio seems to be respected.
>
> Any hint?
>
> Thank you by advance,
>
> Cédric
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> 2013/8/28, cédric ody <ced...@gm...>:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am trying to make animations with multiplot.
>>
>> On the first plot, I would like to plot the whole time serie u(x,t)
>> while on the second one, I'd like to plot the profile u(x,t0). I would
>> like to make an animation of that by updating the profile at each
>> iteration of a loop.
>>
>> I have been able to do that with multiplot but since the time serie is
>> large (in fact, I plot vectors), I would like gnuplot not to replot
>> the first plot for each iteration. On this plot, I would like only to
>> plot a line indicating at which time t0 we are.
>>
>> Thank you by advance,
>>
>> Cédric
>>
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