Re: variable colors with newhistograms

[Valerio S. <val...@gm...>]

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> > What I need in the end is the following:
> > - any column whose value is  <= 0.50 should be in red
> > - any column whose value is between 0.50 and  0.75 should be in orange
> > - any column whose value is between 0.75 1.0  should be in green
> >
> > Does this makes the task any simpler ? ...
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> That is not possible for the "with histograms" plot style.
> It always colors boxes using the next linetype color in sequence.
> You can control the linetype definitions and which one is used
> first but nothing else.
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> There are many other plot styles that do allow providing color
> information in a separate column.  Perhaps you can reformat your
> data so that it can be plotted "with boxes".
>

Ok then. Can you point me to a gnuplot demo where "with boxes" is used, so
that I can adapt my data to the right format ?