Re: plot style changes when printed to files

[Jonathan Stickel]

Evan wrote:
> On 11/1/07, Jonathan Stickel <address@hidden> wrote:
> > As mentioned, these issues happen because of gnuplot.  Until something
> > better is implemented, the best that can be done is to learn the
> > inconsistencies and work around them.  In this case, if you want dashed
> > lines in your final eps file, use the print command as noted above.  If
> > you want solid lines, use the -depsc (color eps) terminal instead.
>
> I just find that "print" already provides  the -solid and -dashed
> options to do this.

You are right!  I didn't notice these options until now; thanks for 
pointing them out.  These options also work as expected when making an 
errorbar plot.

In summary, with the postscript terminal types, -mono and -color only 
change the way dash and solid lines show; they don't (currently) affect 
the color at all.  I suppose this should be considered a bug, but it 
probably will not be fixed until after octave-3.0.  Instead, choose your 
colors in your plot command.  For better control of solid and dashed 
lines, use the -solid and -dashed options of print.

Jonathan