Re: [Gnuplot-info] scale y axis to smooth curve

[Thomas S. <t.s...@fz...>]

Andras Horvath <mail <at> log69.com> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I plot data using the smooth csplines type curve and the y axis does not
scale down to the resulted curve, but
> shows a maximum value of the input data that would anyway be seen when
using the normal straight lines for plotting.
> 
> Could anyone kindly tell me if it is possible to scale down the y axis to
the drawn smooth curve?
> 
> 2 examples (first with normal lines, second drawn with smooth curves):
> 
> http://i.imgur.com/AmvODbV.png
> http://i.imgur.com/pvVnd1Z.png
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andras

you may write the smoothed data points into a table
(see "set table") and use this file for plotting:

set table "table_filename"
plot "your_data_file" ...
unset table
plot "table_filename" using 1:2 ...