I am trying to plot a chart with a line/point type using a script. I've tried the following: gnuplot DI --with-lines --time-series --output="display" \ { set title "Diffusion Index for OECD exports"; \ set ylabel "Diffusion Index (50 = no change)" ; \ set grid ytics; \ set style line 1 pt 70; } But it did not work.

PS: what is the standard code for this mailing list regarding "thanks"? I've received some very helpful comments and suggestions / solutions for may questions in the past but never replied "thanks" since I was afraid of crowding the mail box of most users (and particularly those not involved or not interested in the matters being discussed) .

On Wed, 8 Aug 2012, Paulo Grahl wrote: > I am trying to plot a chart with a line/point type using a script. > I've tried the following: > > gnuplot DI --with-lines --time-series --output="display" \ > { set title "Diffusion Index for OECD exports"; \ > set ylabel "Diffusion Index (50 = no change)" ; \ > set grid ytics; \ > set style line 1 pt 70; } > > But it did not work. I presume you want the series to show with "linespoints". To get that effect it's not enough to specify a "pt" variant for the line 1 style, you also have to activate it on the "plot" line in the gnuplot file, as in plot '-' using 1:2 w linespoints (or just "lp" for "linespoints"). That's something you can't do via the mechanism of adding "{...}" material to gretl's "gnuplot" command, since gretl takes charge of writing the "plot" line(s). Perhaps there should be a --with-lp option to the command, but right now there isn't. So you'd have to write out your own gnuplot command file and source it. > PS: what is the standard code for this mailing list > regarding "thanks"? I've received some very helpful comments > and suggestions / solutions for may questions in the past > but never replied "thanks" since I was afraid of crowding > the mail box of most users (and particularly those not > involved or not interested in the matters being discussed) . Good question. I'd say you're probably right (not to send a plain "thanks" message), although if there appears to be any doubt on the helper's part it can be useful to know if a given suggestion has worked. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users