Re: Povray terminal output

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

Ga=C3=ABl Varoquaux wrote:

>   This is a bit a crazy idea, but I was wondering if it would be possib=
le to
> have a povray terminal output for gnuplot, a bit like the latex termina=
l. I
> don't know povray much so I don't know how suited it would be for displ=
aying the
> 2D elements of a gnuplot output, but it is clearly very powerfull for 3=
D display.

That issue of 2D vs. 3D is actually a major part of the problem.=20
gnuplot's terminal driver layer is entirely 2D by design.  The only case =

where 3D data actually survives into an splot's output is 'set term=20
table'.  IIRC, filtering that into POVray as, say, a heightfield is=20
quite easy.  It'll probably be even easier by way of a 'with image' or=20
pm3d output saved to graylevel image, which POVray already accepts as
heightfield input.