Re: [Gnuplot-info] Attach preview for gnuplot eps files to be viewed inWORD

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jfcarrol wrote:

> set term postscript eps enhanced
> plot .....
> set output "~/*.eps"
> replot
> save "~/.gnu"
> quit
> 
> Is there something incorrect with this procedure?

This sequence doesn't make terribly much sense.  The first "plot" output 
goes to your gnuplot session's standard output.  Then you change the 
output to a disk file (whose name is illegal as stated, but I'll take it 
the actual name doesn't have a '*' in it), and recreate the same output 
to that file.  So you create *two* PostScript outputs --- why?

If what you really wanted is to create an EPS file, the recommended 
procedure would be

	set .... # all your settings here...
	set term postscript eps enhanced
	set output "~/foo.eps"
	plot .....
	set output

If you actually wanted the EPS to go to the standard output stream, drop 
both "set output" commands.  For the meaning of "set output", please see 
the documentation.

You don't really need the "save" command unless you want to record the 
exact circumstances of the plot for posterity.  The 'quit' isn't needed 
either.