Re: pdflatex + gnuplot?

[Leo Butler]

Ben Abbott <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Leo Butler wrote:
>
>> I am using octave 3.6.2 and gnuplot 4.6.0, both from debian testing. The
>> documentation for print states
>> 
>> ,----
>> |          `pdflatex'
>> |                Generate a LaTeX (or TeX) file for labels, and eps/ps/pdf
>> |                for graphics.  The file produced by `epslatexstandalone'
>> |                can be processed directly by LaTeX.  The other formats
>> |                are intended to be included in a LaTeX (or TeX)
>> |                document.  The `tex' device is the same as the
>> |                `epslatex' device.  The `pdflatex' device is only
>> |                available for the FLTK graphics toolkit.
>> `----
>> 
>> The cairolatex terminal is capable of generating nice pdf/eps+latex
>> files, with the only change in code being eps -> pdf.
>> 
>> I realize that octave provides an abstraction layer above gnuplot/fltk,
>> but perhaps there is some really easy way to implement this in octave as
>> it stands without patching code? Am I right- or wrong-headed?
>> 
>> Leo
>
> You can use the drawnow() function to output a gnuplot plot-stream and then 
> modify the plot-stream to use the cairolatex.  I haven't tested the 
> instructions below, so some modification may be needed.
>
> (1) Produce your plot
> (2) drawnow ("x11", "/dev/null", false, "plotstream.gp")
> (3) Edit plotstream.gp and change "set term x11..." to "set term cairolatex 
> ...", also specify a new output file.
> (4) Run gnuplot and load plotstream.gp
>
> Ben

That does work, thanks.

Is it possible to direct the gnuplot plot-stream to a string? I don't
know how to rebind stdout in octave.

Leo