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

[Kevin O. <rko...@gm...>]

Thanks, Ethan. On to plan 'B'.
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On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 7:11 PM Ethan Merritt <eam...@gm...> wrote:

> 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
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