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Administrator at 19:52, 20 January 2025

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	=== Executable version for OS X ===		=== Executable version for OS X ===

	Precompiled versions of Gnuplot are provided [[Binary versions of Gnuplot for ~~OS X~~\|here]].		Precompiled versions of Gnuplot are provided [[Binary versions of Gnuplot for macOS\|here]].

Administrator: /* Executable version for OS X */

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	=== Executable version for OS X ===		=== Executable version for OS X ===

	Precompiled versions of Gnuplot are provided [[Binary versions of Gnuplot for OS X\|\|here]].		Precompiled versions of Gnuplot are provided [[Binary versions of Gnuplot for OS X\|here]].

Administrator: /* Executable version for OS X */

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Executable version for OS X

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	=== Executable version for OS X ===		=== Executable version for OS X ===

			Precompiled versions of Gnuplot are provided [[Binary versions of Gnuplot for OS X\|\|here]].
	<ul>

	<li>Compiled on OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan)</li>

	<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>

	<li>Current version is Gnuplot 5.2.3</li>

	<li>Includes GNU Readline library and PDF terminal</li>

	<li>Simply download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot-5.2.3.pkg this package] and install.</li>

	<li>You can now invoke gnuplot from a terminal window via <tt>/usr/local/bin/gnuplot</tt></li>

	</ul>

	<!--
	<li>Installation procedure is not very sophisticated, but the resulting installation will be correct. First download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot_osx_501.zip gnuplot_osx_501.zip] and save to <tt>/tmp</tt>. Then:
	<pre>
	cd /usr/local
	sudo unzip /tmp/gnuplot_osx_501.zip
	</pre>
	</li>

	<!--
	<li>Note: Older version still available: [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot_osx_465.zip version 4.6.5], compiled on OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks)</li>
	-->

Administrator: /* Executable version for OS X */

2018-05-06T14:08:30Z

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	<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>		<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>

	<li>Current version is Gnuplot 5.2.2</li>		<li>Current version is Gnuplot 5.2.3</li>

	<li>Includes GNU Readline library and PDF terminal</li>		<li>Includes GNU Readline library and PDF terminal</li>

	<li>Simply download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot-5.2.2.pkg this package] and install.</li>		<li>Simply download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot-5.2.3.pkg this package] and install.</li>

	<li>You can now invoke gnuplot from a terminal window via <tt>/usr/local/bin/gnuplot</tt></li>		<li>You can now invoke gnuplot from a terminal window via <tt>/usr/local/bin/gnuplot</tt></li>

Administrator: /* Executable version for OS X */

2018-04-25T01:54:54Z

Executable version for OS X

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	<ul>		<ul>

	<li>Compiled on OS X ~~10.10.3 (Yosemite), tested up to~~ 10.11.6 (El Capitan)</li>		<li>Compiled on OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan)</li>

	<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>		<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>

	<li>Current version is Gnuplot 5.0.1</li>		<li>Current version is Gnuplot 5.2.2</li>

	<li>Includes GNU Readline library and PDF terminal</li>		<li>Includes GNU Readline library and PDF terminal</li>

	<li>Simply download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/~~gnuplot_5~~.0.1.pkg this package] and install.</li>		<li>Simply download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot-5.2.2.pkg this package] and install.</li>

	<li>You can now invoke gnuplot from a terminal window via <tt>/usr/local/bin/gnuplot</tt></li>		<li>You can now invoke gnuplot from a terminal window via <tt>/usr/local/bin/gnuplot</tt></li>

Administrator at 19:50, 21 April 2018

2018-04-21T19:50:59Z

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	<ul>		<ul>

	<li>Compiled on OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite)</li>		<li>Compiled on OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite), tested up to 10.11.6 (El Capitan)</li>

	<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>		<li>Prior to using this, you need to install X11/XQuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/)</li>

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 <li>Installation procedure is not very sophisticated, but the resulting installation will be correct. First download [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot_osx_501.zip gnuplot_osx_501.zip] and save to <tt>/tmp</tt>. Then:
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 <li>Note: Older version still available: [http://ariadne.ms.northwestern.edu/Download/Gnuplot/gnuplot_osx_465.zip version 4.6.5], compiled on OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks)</li>

Bernie: /* Formatting labels */

2016-04-29T19:30:58Z

Formatting labels

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	{/Symbol-Oblique [text]}		{/Symbol-Oblique [text]}

			In emacs, one can use the shorthand <code>M-x ho</code> for Helvetica-Oblique and <code>M-x so</code> for Symbol-Oblique by inserting the following lines into your .emacs file.

			(fset 'ho
			(lambda (&optional arg) "Keyboard macro." (interactive "p") (kmacro-exec-ring-item (quote ("{/Helvetica-Oblique }^[OD" 0 "%d")) arg)))
			(fset 'so
			(lambda (&optional arg) "Keyboard macro." (interactive "p") (kmacro-exec-ring-item (quote ("{/Symbol-Oblique }^[OD" 0 "%d")) arg)))

	More instructions are available [http://www.gnuplotting.org/manpage-gnuplot-4-6/#Q1-1-42 here].		More instructions are available [http://www.gnuplotting.org/manpage-gnuplot-4-6/#Q1-1-42 here].

Bernie at 18:28, 10 April 2016

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	The following is a sample gnuplot script. Everything in braces should be replaced. Again, see the [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage] or appropriate [http://www.gnuplotting.org/ tutorial] for more comprehensive usage.		The following is a sample gnuplot script. Everything in braces should be replaced. Again, see the [http://www.gnuplot.info/ gnuplot homepage] or appropriate [http://www.gnuplotting.org/ tutorial] for more comprehensive usage.

	set term post eps enh color {dashed\|solid} lw 2		set term post eps enh color {dashed\|solid} lw 2
	set output "filename.eps"		set output "filename.eps"
	set encoding iso_8859_1		set encoding iso_8859_1
	set key top right		set key top right
	set format x "%3.2f" #format tics to have max 3 digits and		set format x "%3.2f" #format tics to have max 3 digits and
	set format y "%3.2f" #max 2 digits after the decimal		set format y "%3.2f" #max 2 digits after the decimal
	set xlabel "{xLabel}"		set xlabel "{xLabel}"
	set ylabel "{yLabel}"		set ylabel "{yLabel}"
	set xrange [{xmin}:{xmax}]		set xrange [{xmin}:{xmax}]
	set yrange [{ymin}:{ymax}]		set yrange [{ymin}:{ymax}]
	plot "datafile.dat" using 1:2:3 with errorbars		plot "datafile.dat" using 1:2:3 with errorbars

	=== General usage tips ===		=== General usage tips ===

Bernie: /* General usage tips */

2015-09-25T23:58:01Z

General usage tips

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	<li>Gnuplot can histogram data without the need for preprocessing:		<li>Gnuplot can histogram data without the need for preprocessing:
	<pre>		<pre>
	rint(x)=(x-int(x)>0.9999)?int(x)+1:int(x)
	binwidth=[binwidth]		binwidth=[binwidth]
	bin(x,width)=width*~~rint~~(x/width) + binwidth/2.0		bin(x,width)=width*floor(x/width) + binwidth/2.0
	set boxwidth binwidth		set boxwidth binwidth
	plot "file.dat" using (bin($[colnum],binwidth)):1.0 smooth freq with boxes		plot "file.dat" using (bin($[colnum],binwidth)):(1.0) smooth freq with boxes
	</pre>		</pre>
	where the user should replace <tt>[binwidth]</tt> with the desired bin width and <tt>[colnum]</tt> with the column number of the data to be binned.		where the user should replace <tt>[binwidth]</tt> with the desired bin width and <tt>[colnum]</tt> with the column number of the data to be binned.