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gnuplot
are that keywords
and options are order-dependent. Options and any accompanying parameters are
separated by spaces whereas lists and coordinates are separated by commas.
Ranges are separated by colons and enclosed in brackets [], text and file
names are enclosed in quotes, and a few miscellaneous things are enclosed
in parentheses. Braces {} are used for a few special purposes.
Commas are used to separate coordinates on the set
commands arrow
,
key
, and label
; the list of variables being fitted (the list after the
via
keyword on the fit
command); lists of discrete contours or the loop
parameters which specify them on the set cntrparam
command; the arguments
of the set
commands dgrid3d
, dummy
, isosamples
, offsets
, origin
,
samples
, size
, time
, and view
; lists of tics or the loop parameters
which specify them; the offsets for titles and axis labels; parametric
functions to be used to calculate the x, y, and z coordinates on the plot
,
replot
and splot
commands; and the complete sets of keywords specifying
individual plots (data sets or functions) on the plot
, replot
and splot
commands.
Parentheses are used to delimit sets of explicit tics (as opposed to loop
parameters) and to indicate computations in the using
filter of the fit
,
plot
, replot
and splot
commands.
(Parentheses and commas are also used as usual in function notation.)
Brackets are used to delimit ranges, whether they are given on set
, plot
or splot
commands.
Colons are used to separate extrema in range
specifications (whether they
are given on set
, plot
or splot
commands) and to separate entries in
the using
filter of the plot
, replot
, splot
and fit
commands.
Semicolons are used to separate commands given on a single command line.
Braces are used in text to be specially processed by some terminals, like
postscript
. They are also used to denote complex numbers: {3,2} = 3 + 2i.
Text may be enclosed in single- or double-quotes. Backslash processing of sequences like \n (newline) and \345 (octal character code) is performed for double-quoted strings, but not for single-quoted strings.
The justification is the same for each line of a multi-line string. Thus the center-justified string
"This is the first line of text.\nThis is the second line." |
This is the first line of text. This is the second line. |
'This is the first line of text.\nThis is the second line.' |
This is the first line of text.\nThis is the second line. |
Filenames may be entered with either single- or double-quotes. In this manual the command examples generally single-quote filenames and double-quote other string tokens for clarity.
At present you should not embed \n inside {} when using the enhanced option of the postscript terminal.
The EEPIC, Imagen, Uniplex, LaTeX, and TPIC drivers allow a newline to be specified by \\ in a single-quoted string or \\\\ in a double-quoted string.
Back-quotes are used to enclose system commands for substitution.
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