Re: Plots and Latex

[A. Scottedward Hodel]

I have had very good experience with printing to xfig and then  
running fig2ps (available at sourceforge.net) to convert an xfig file  
with embedded LaTeX commands into .eps.  I've used this with both  
LaTeX and with LyX.  With fig2ps I use a line like this in my  
Makefile so that conversion is automated:
        fig2ps --forcespecial --add=epsfig --eps --bbox=dvips $<

In Octave, I use
        print -dfig myfile.fig

and the rest is fairly straightforward.


A. Scottedward Hodel, 334 844-1854, fax 334 844-1809
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On Mar 18, 2007, at 4:25 PM, juanjo wrote:

> `gnuplot' has several terminals to print the plot. One of them is  
> `gpic'.
> `gpic' was developed to work with troff but you can use it to get  
> latex
> pictures. Although `gpic' has a latex output, I recommend you using  
> `dpic' a
> pic processor written by Dwight Aplevich
> (http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/). After you  
> have
> plotted your figure with octave and gnuplot follow the next steps  
> (write
> these commands):
> 1. octave:>__gnuplot_set__('terminal gpic')
> 2. octave:>__gnuplot_set__ output "filename.pic"
> 3. octave:>replot
> 4. octave:>__gnuplot_set__('terminal x11')
>
> The first command activates the gpic terminal. The second command  
> indicates
> the name of the file where the figure will be saved. The third command
> redraws the plot, but is done as a file. The last command  
> reactivates the
> x11 terminal.
> The next step is open the file `filename.pic' . Then, the lines  
> that are out
> of the macros .PS and .PE must be delete.
> The last step is write:
> [prompt]$ dpic -p filename.pic > filename.tex
>
> And you get a pstricks file to be used with latex. You can read the
> Aplevich's documentation about dpic to get other outputs: TikZ,  
> metapost
> format, ...
>
>
> Ana Rakonjac wrote:
> > When generating plots in Matlab, there is a nice m-file called
> > laprint.m that makes the graph nice for Latex, eg. changing the fonts
> > to match the default Latex fonts. When I try using it in Octave, I  
> > get
> > an error.
> >
> > I know the way Matlab does plots and the way Octave does plots are
> > different, so I wouldn't really expect laprint.m to work. Is there a
> > similar way to make plots nice for Latex in Octave?
> >
> > Also, is there a way to get rid of the "Line 1" legend that is on
> > plots by default?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ana
> >
> >
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