Re: 2.9.10, finally?

[Daniel J Sebald]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On  7-Feb-2007, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>
> | Anyway, here is an illustration of various output modes:
> | 
> | http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.1/dashcolor.html
> | 
> | There is a dash-dot in the example, but that doesn't mean it is
> | available on all output formats.  Note that with the use of the new
> | "rgb" mode you are fairly certain of getting the correct color.
>
> I still don't see how to get dashed lines with the X11 terminal
> driver.  I tried
>
>   set term x11 dashed
>   set style line 1 lt 2 lc rgb "red" lw 3
>   plot sin(x) ls 1
>
> and I get a solid red line.

I get a dashed line with those commands.

> Also, is the mapping of line types (integers) to the actual styles
> terminal dependent?

Probably so.  There is a solution, but I don't know if it works well for Octave.  
In gnuplot look at the help under x11->line_resources and you'll see that there 
is a way to control the line dash/dot pattern with the x11 resources file.

Dan