Re: [Gnuplot-info] Can't plot simple graph

[Leonardo L. G. <leo...@gm...>]

Thanks a lot, really helps!
 I didn't now about the CD thing at all
Since you said it works, I gotta believe in you.
All that is actually "generated" by my program, so i didn't see that warnin=
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message really, my bad.
 Thanks again!

 On 7/11/05, Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...> wrote:=
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> Leonardo Luigi Giacomet wrote:
> > Anyhow, I must plot a graph from a file to a .png, I've got all the=20
> commands
> > right, but it apparently creates a .png file that crashes Windows=20
> Explorer
> > and Internet Explorer.
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> I tried to reproduce your failure using the distributed native Windows
> binary of gnuplot version 4.0.0, but all went nicely. Which means
> whatever the actual problem is, it's related to one of the aspects that
> differ between the box I tested this on, and yours:
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> 1) What version and SP level of Windows (and IE)?
> 2) What version of gnuplot ("show version long" output)?
> 3) The path names you're using are rather excessively long. That may
> contribute to the problem. I used an inline data file, and a very
> short output name in the current working directory.
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> I suggest you try the following modifications to the command script:
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> Instead of
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> > set output
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> 'H:\homewin\30pcento\FLI_Traffic\Traffic1\Out\relatorios\Images\Throughpu=
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> > 5.png'
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> cd 'h:\homewin\30pcento\FLI_Traffic\Traffic1\Out\relatorios'
> set output 'Images\Throughput10-5.png'
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> By cd'ing to the shared toplevel directory, you keep the remaining
> commands shorter and more legible. So instead of
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> > plot
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> 'H:\homewin\30pcento\FLI_Traffic\Traffic1\Out\relatorios\dat\GraphThrough=
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> > 5.vloh' using ($1):($2) t "" with linespoints 5 5
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> you can write
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> p 'dat\GraphThroughput10-5.vloh' u ($1):($2) t "" w lp lt 5 pt 5
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> And add a line
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> set output
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> at the end of the script, to close the output file.
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> > And since I'm here, i should also suggest that they warn people that
> > gnuplot won't create the folders for the output file if they doesn't=20
> exist,
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> What do you mean 'suggest that [we] warn'? Look:
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> gnuplot> set out '\doesnt_exist\foo.png'
> ^
> cannot open file; output not changed
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> If you don't get this message, that's because the version of gnuplot
> you're using has no place to put it.
>