Re: gnuplot and dashed lines

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 12/21/2012 12:39 AM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 12/20/2012 09:02 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> > On 12/20/2012 08:51 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> > >
> [snip]
> > > Also, I looked at the "test" plots for x11. I don't see any dashed
> > > lines there.
> >
> > I sent the list a note and I've isolated the dates for which the X11
> > terminal test is failing.
> >
> > Dan
>
> I've figured out how to activate the X11 dashed lines, which I'll
> explain. How to set this up for users when they install could be
> challenging.
>
> gnuplot utilizes the standard X11 defined settings interface. This is
> explained in gnuplot under
>
> gnuplot> help set term x11 line_resources
>
> Basically, one puts the definitions for the dash patterns inside a local
> .Xdefaults file. For example
>
> ! gnuplot settings
> gnuplot*dashed: on
> gnuplot*borderDashes: 0
> gnuplot*axisDashes: 16
> gnuplot*line1Dashes: 0
> gnuplot*line2Dashes: 42
> gnuplot*line3Dashes: 13
> gnuplot*line4Dashes: 44
> gnuplot*line5Dashes: 15
> gnuplot*line6Dashes: 4441
> gnuplot*line7Dashes: 42
> gnuplot*line8Dashes: 13
>
> and then at the shell command line type
>
> shell> xrdb -merge .Xdefaults
>
> I've put the above command in my shell script resource file. (Try xrdb
> -query if you run into problems.)

One doesn't even have to do that much.  On my system .Xresources is the 
file name, not .Xdefaults, and no xrdb command is needed.  The 
.Xresources file is queried every time a new session is started (log 
out, log back in).

Dan