Re: [Gnuplot-info] Multiple sources on a common X axis

[Craig D. <def...@bo...>]

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> On Jul 28, 2016, at 11:38 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBB...@t-...> wrote:
> 
> I keep wondering how so many people arrive at the belief that they 
> should be using multiplot for so many jobs it's the completely wrong 
> tool for.  Is the concept of
> 
>    plot 'file1', 'file2'
> 
> really that hard to pick up from the documentation and demos?
> 

Actually, yes, I think it is.  Gnuplot uses a different paradigm than most other plotting package: in essence, one is specifying a plot object (axes, frame, etc.) at a time.  Most other plotting packages instead approach the problem from a procedural standpoint: conceptually, one is issuing instructions for how to manipulate a plot object, until it gets to the final desired state.  

That paradigmatic difference between gnuplot and, say, matplotlib could probably do with some introductory material inthegeneral overview at the top of the documentation...





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