Re: [Gretl-devel] integrating gnuplot's multiplot
On Sun, 29 Apr 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
Am 28.04.2018 um 12:07 schrieb Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think it would be useful if gnuplot's capability to put several plots
>> next to each other could be offered to the gretl user. What comes to mind
>> is the 'plot ... end plot' block.
>>
>> What I mean is to introduce a further 'subplot' nested block such that
the
>> following block would produce the same thing as the (already currently
>> working, at least for me) hansl code at the end.
>>
>> Would that be too difficult to arrange?
>
> I guess it would complicate the "plot" syntax considearbly.
I find it relatively intuitive...
What you suggest is intuitive on the user side OK. But I think Jack
was alluding to potential complexities on the side of parsing such a
modified "plot" block.
Once again I'd recommend the easy option (though admittedly, as
things stand, it requires editing the gretl-produced gnuplot code if
you want customized refinements):
<hansl>
open denmark
scatters LRM LRY --with-lines --output=display
</hansl>
"scatters" assumes that multiple time-series plots are wanted if the
dataset is time series and there's no semicolon separator in the
arguments. It would be easy enough to add a layout (rows/cols)
option to "scatters" if enough people find that the automatic layout
does not meet their needs.
Allin