Re: [Gnuplot-info] dashtypes not showing in "test"

[Ethan M. <eam...@gm...>]

On Saturday, 30 May 2020 17:59:18 PDT Kevin Oberman wrote:
> I wanted to pick a dashtype for a plot so tried "test" to see defaults.
> gnuplot> set term gif size 1024, 600
> 
> Terminal type is now 'gif'
> Options are 'nocrop enhanced size 1024,600 font "arial,12.0" '
> gnuplot> set colors classic
> gnuplot> set output "test.gif
> gnuplot> test
> gnuplot> quit
> 
> The dashtypes are all identical solid lines (gif attached but may not make
> it through filters).
> 
> v5.2p8 on FreeBSD 12.1.
> Is this a known issue?

Yes.  
The terminals based on libgd (gif/jpeg/png) do not support dashed lines.
That is a limitation of the library.

Unfortunately if you need specifically gif there isn't another
direct output option in gnuplot.  You would have to use e.g.
pngcairo and convert it to gif in a separate step.

	Ethan