Re: [Gnuplot-info] relative second time data

[Ico <gn...@ze...>]

* On 2015-10-21 18:14:49 +0200, Marek W. Gutowski wrote:
 
> Well, as I can see, one of the formats is not the one intended:
> "S" instead of "s" in timefmt, see your own message below.
> My own result is attached.  Note that this figure was zoomed
> out (using CTRL-mouse wheel down); the raw result was
> disappointing.  The line was straight but x-tics were not all
> different - some were repeated.  Moreover, the points were
> not distributed uniformly (!).

Funny behaviour as well.

> Maybe we are using incompatible versions of gnuplot?

No, it seems we're not, my gnuplot is 4.6 patchlevel 6

> In summary: the timelike data are best graphed when both
> input and output are in timelike format, made known to gnuplot
> in advance.  Otherwise gnuplot may get confused, just like in your case.
> Therefore you have two choices:
> 1. Modify your input data to be formatted similarly to  0:1  (0 minutes, 1 second),
> or
> 2. use seconds  as units on x-axis, don't bother with time, time units may
> be explained then in x-label  (set xlabel "(s)" )

Clear. I've already moved to the first option for my case. Still, this
is a workaround and not a true solution. Can the behaviour we see be
considered a bug and should this be filed somewhere official?

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