Re: pslatex code contaminating the gnuplot core

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

Ethan Merritt wrote:

> only the final composite set of all sub-plots.  So instead of
> layering, you end up with redundant redrawing of the same final
> composite plot on top of itself.

> To do this properly, I think you would need to save each subplot
> to a separate file and emit a corresponding \includegraphics
> statement somewhere in term->suspend() or possibly in term->resume().

I'm quite sure that that can't work either --- at the time of a
term->suspend() or term->resume() call, one of the multiple plots is
either completely finished, or hasn't actually been started yet. I.e. an
\includegraphics issued at either of these points would always either
end up with the graphical elements displayed in front of all texts, or
behind all texts, neither of which is any better than the original state
of things.

I suspect multiplot vs. \includegraphics is a lost cause.   It's one of 
the situations where the old pslatex terminal's mode of operation with 
only one output file (postscript \specials directly interspersed with 
the LaTeX output) is a better idea --- even if it's seriously oldfashioned.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
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