Re: [Gnuplot-bugs] Help for gnuplot

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Rajiv Chavda wrote:

> gnuplot> set term <terninal>
> I set fig and png type terminal
> 
> Then I wrote this script
> gnuplot>set output "simple.dem"

The name you gave this file signals trouble.  You haven't understood 
what 'set output' is about.

> gnuplot>set key left box
> gnuplot>set samples 50
> gnuplot>plot [-10:10] sin(x),atan(x),cos(atan(x))
>  it works fine upto here, then i tried to load file
> gnuplot> load 'simple.den'
> its giving error as a invalid command.

What exactly did you expect this load command to do?  What was the 
*exact* error messag?  And what is in file "simple.den" (note the 
spelling: de_n_), anyway?

> just give me one example for freebsd. because i tried from demo example 
> which is not working in freebsd.

Then either your compilation of gnuplot on freebsd is broken, or your 
expectations what "working" means are wrong.  The demos do work.