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

[BBands <bb...@gm...>]

A one word change should clear that up.

"The command set multiplot places gnuplot in the multiplot mode, in
which several
_independent_ plots are placed on the same page, window, or screen."

    John

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Kevin Oberman <rko...@gm...> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker <
> HBB...@t-...> wrote:
>
> > Am 28.07.2016 um 11:03 schrieb Robert von Knobloch:
> >
> > > Using multiplot, I would like to be able to align the temperature with
> > > the date/time of the data, so that the correlation between temp and
> data
> > > can be easily viewed.
> >
> > You really should _not_ be using multiplot for that.  Just plot both
> > data sets in a single 'plot' command, and you'll be done with it.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
> In a word, yes!
>
> "set multiplot" just looks like the right thing when you want multiple
> plots to one screen or file. The manual makes it look like that is the
> answer:
> "The command set multiplot places gnuplot in the multiplot mode, in which
> several plots are placed on
> the same page, window, or screen."
>
> I was lucky enough to read the manual for "plot" and wee that it took
> multiple files, each with the standard options for style and it just
> worked. But, if you search the manual for "multi", you find "multiplot over
> and over along with the repeated (and correct) statement:
> "Remember to close the output file before next plot unless in multiplot
> mode."  makes it sound like multiplot is the intended tool for placing
> multiple data sets onto a single plot when it is actually intended for a
> similar, but different purpose.
>
> I wish the "set multiplot" section had something near that top pointing out
> that 'plot "file1", "file2", ..." is another, possibly more appropriate
> approach.
>