On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 09:40, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote: > Svetlana Tkachenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > Arno Lehmann wrote:
> > > have a look at gnuplot. > > +1, gnuplot is easy to use for me. How does it work for you, Chris? > The trouble with gnuplot (and many others) is that they are aimed at > plotting functions rather than raw data. > > I've looked at the 2D examples at > https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_6.0/ and none of them show a simple > value (i.e. raw data) versus time plot which is what I'm after. > > I realise that it can be done in gnuplot (running_avg.dem is sort of some > of the way there) but something aimed specifically at time plots, > especially with the ability to squeeze the horizontal (time) ticks would > be much closer to what I'm specifically looking for. Hi, Does this do what you want? $ cat values 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 3 6.5 1.2 $ gnuplot gnuplot> set style line 1 lc rgb '#0060ad' lt 1 lw 1 pt 7 pi -1 ps 1 gnuplot> set pointintervalbox 1.25 gnuplot> plot "values" using 1:2 with lp ls 1 If that does not do what you want, can you explain more clearly what you mean by "squeezing" the x-axis.
