[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I need to use gnuplot, but the standard template that comes with >> LyX 1.3.3 (at least as it appears in the FreeBSD ports collection) >> supports only >> raster images, Xfig, chess diagrams, and the date utility. No >> gnuplot. >> >> Has someone come up with template verbiage for gnuplot that I can >> just copy, or will I have to figure out the syntax well enough to >> roll my own? > > gnuplot exports a wide range of file formats > set terminal postscript > set output 'filename' > . > . > load 'customizing stuff -- labels, whatever' > plot ..... > > Postscript works. I think other terminals do as well.
I think that the interesting point here is not that gnuplot can export, but rather that by using the 'External' inset I would need to retain only the gnuplot data file if I could also define a conversion script from data->postscript. In practice, I suspect that each data set will need its own set of conversion commands. That being the case, it seems to me that it is 'safer' to perform the conversion myself, once, preferably retaining the batch script, and to then include the generated PostScript, Latex, or Xfig file in the lyx file. -- Angus
