Re: [Gnuplot-info] data-based absolute plot sizes

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Rob Mahurin wrote:

> I'm making several plots of a large data set and I'd like for the
> postscript versions of my plots to all have the same scale rather than
> the same size.  For example a plot of 10 days' data might be 5 inches
> long, and 14 days' data would then be 7 inches long.  This will make
> comparing the printouts in my logbook easier.

It will also make some printouts impossible to generate, though --- 30 
days' data would be longer than your paper.

> Is there an easy way to do this?  I'm setting the plot ranges via set
> xrange, etc.

The only way of doing this reliably is to always set your x range to the 
same interval, in data units, e.g. always 20 days, and only modify the 
starting point.  For full stability, you'll then also want to fix all 
the margins (--> "help set lmargin").