Re: gset sends binary plot data to stdout

[daniel . sebald]

>>>> I guess it would take some getting used to, but I personally prefer
>>>> not to have automatic replots at all. The data I am dealing with
>>>> often very large and plots take few seconds. So if I forgot to
>>>> set axes labels and title before plotting the data, I would
>>>> have to endure multiple replots...

I too am not crazy about autoreplot.  I find it odd to set the title and
labels after plotting.  As you say, takes some getting used to I guess.

>> Development version of gnuplot (4.1) has binary data support for 2d
>> plotting... But anyway it looks like a long shot to me.
>
>
> I wrote the binary interface code for the very reason you are discussing.
> More specifically, I wanted an image routine in gnuplot.  Transfering a 1M
> image took about 8 seconds.  Too slow.  I've an image M-file which writes
> data to a temp file using Octave's fwrite and uses gnuplot's binary
> feature.

Binary data can also be fed to gnuplot via the pipe.  However, I didn't
want to mess with Octave innards if possible; plus pipes seem sometimes a
bit dodgy across platforms.

Dan