Re: [Gretl-users] Could we please make the default graphing style nicer?
Am 11.11.18 um 15:02 schrieb Artur T.:
Dear all,
this is a proposal which I have had in mind for a long time. Before
starting, this thread is really just meant as a proposal, so please
don't take it personally at all! :-)
We all like gretl and gnuplot very much. But let's be honest,
gnuplot's default plotting settings are not fancy at all. When I
introduce gretl to potentially interested people, I instantly add
"Not, this program is not from the 1990s, and yes, you can make the
graphs much more fancy by your own".
In principle I agree with Artur. I also remember that years ago (when I
was young and foolish) I suggested to move to something like matplotlib
to replace gnuplot. Of course Artur's initiative is much less radical.
OTOH the default time-series plot is relatively OK I think. But the "+"
symbol for scatterplots indeed looks very much 20th century.
I wonder if there is something like "themes" in gnuplot nowadays.
Because diving into the plotting details and tune every detail is going
to be a lot of work and also .... subjective.
cheers,
sven