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All To make the examples on this page talk about how the things are supposed to work once the new terminal is uploaded, you need Gnuplot 4.6. The code described doesn't work yet unless you download new files from the darcs repository 0 or later (see belowor self-compiled binary).}}

\startGNUPLOTscript{[sin}]

* '''recent version of ConTeXt''' and '''texmfstart''' in your PATH* '''[http://modules.contextgarden.net/gnuplot Gnuplot module]''' (on MikTeX ** in TeX Live you need to have <code>context-gnuplot</code> installed, in [[ConTeXt Standalone]] you can install it's part of the distribution already)with <code>--modules=t-gnuplot</code> switch

:On most Linux installations this is probably already the case. On Windows gnuplot.exe is usually also shipped and you have need to make sure that it is in PATH. In case that the binary has a different name, you could create a file <code>gnuplot.bat</code> with something like: "C:\Program Files\gnuplot\bin\wgnupl32.exe" %*:(if that was the binary name) and put that file to a <i>"visible place"</i> (has to be found in PATH).* if you want to use the ConTeXt terminal (default), '''you need modified binaries''' until they officially become part of gnuplot** Please note: if you want to try it on Linux, you have to download the source from http://www.gnuplot.info, add [http://renojrl.lrv.uvsq.fr/projects/gpcontext/term/context.trm context.trm], fix the file calling <code>term.hgnuplot</code> and compile it.** For windows version of binary or if from cmd works for you have problems compiling it, please mail me there is no need to <mojcado anything extra.miklavec.lists(at)gmail.com>

If you want to use the version from trunk: # unofficial; you can also use official cvs git clone git://github.com/gnuplot/gnuplot.git ./prepare ./configure make make installI use <icode>The module has some strange problems when used on MikTeX (memory limit exceeded or something similar). I'll try to figure out what exactly is going on./configure --prefix=$PWD/inst</icode> --[[User:Mojca Miklavec|Mojca]]to avoid cluttering the system and install gnuplot to my personal directory. You can use other flags to configure for a different choice of GUI terminals.

Gnuplot support output in different formats with, for example set The latest version of context terminal mp color solidwill output a metapost document with colors and without dashed linesis available at http://github. After some appropriate preprocessing (with [[MPtoDF]] for this particular case) this file can be included in PDF documentscom/mojca/gnuplot/raw/master/term/context.trm.

You can specify the terminal with<texcode>\setupGNUPLOTFeel free to contact [terminal=mp,options=color solid[User:Mojca Miklavec|Mojca]</texcode> * <code>terminal=</code> is mandatory since that't the only way to tell ConTeXt how to preprocess the file.* <code>options=</code> is optional and is appended to the end ] in case of <code>set terminal [terminal name]</code>. You can also override it by saying<texcode>\startGNUPLOTinclusionsset terminal mp color solid\stopGNUPLOTinclusions</texcode>But you have to be careful that you don't set any other terminal with <code>output=</code> thenproblems.

<!== Creating stand-alone, whole- Another way to specify it is to override the terminal setting -->page plots ==

Currently supported terminals are:* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#mp mp/metapost]: <b>most beautiful results</b>, uses [[MPtoPDF]] to convert images Here's an example of how to pdf, but the context terminal should replace it* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#postscript_ ps/postscript]: most advanced in the number of supported features* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#png_(OLD) png]: outputs bitmap images (no preprocessing needed)* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#pdf pdf]: outputs PDF directly (no preprocessing needed), but is usually not available in most binaries of gnuplot* '''context'''make a stand-alone ConTeXt document with one plot per page: new

=== More complex set term context standalone size 15cm,10cm header '\usetypescript[iwona]' font 'iwona,ss' 10dd set output 'example with MetaPost or ConTeXt terminal ===.tex' plot ...

% output may be "mp/metapost", "ps/postscript", "pdf" or "png"; ps is currently the default\setupGNUPLOT[terminal=mptikz,option=color]% terminal=mp if you only have an old gnuplot at hand

set format y '\%.1f'

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\startGNUPLOTscript{[sin}]

You can use Gnuplot support output in different terminals formats with, for plotting the same functionexample set terminal mp color solidwill output a metapost document with colors and without dashed lines. After some appropriate preprocessing (with [[MPtoPDF]] for this particular case) this file can be included in PDF documents.

{{todo|an example, similar to You can specify the one in terminal with<texcode>\setupGNUPLOT[[source:m-gnuplot.tex|m-gnuplot.tex]terminal=mp,options=color solid], some images to get a visual impression of the main differences in terminals}}</texcode>

* <code>terminal=</code> is mandatory since that't the only way to tell ConTeXt how to preprocess the file.* <code>options= Development =</code> is optional and is appended to the end of <code>set terminal [terminal name]</code>. You can also override it by saying<texcode>\startGNUPLOTinclusionsset terminal mp color solid\stopGNUPLOTinclusions</texcode>But you have to be careful that you don't set any other terminal with <code>output=</code> then. <!-- Another way to specify it is to override the terminal setting --> Currently supported terminals are (attention: links not from the latest documentation):* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#mp mp/metapost]: uses [[MPtoPDF]] to convert images to pdf, but the context terminal should replace it* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#postscript_ ps/postscript]: most advanced in the number of supported features* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs_4.0/gnuplot.html#png_%28NEW%29 png (1)],[http://www.gnuplot.info/docs_4.2/gnuplot.html#x1-41500051.53 png (2)]: outputs bitmap images (no preprocessing needed)* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docs_4.0/gnuplot.html#pdf pdf (old)],[http://www.gnuplot.info/docs_4.2/gnuplot.html#x1-41300051.51 pdf (new)]: outputs PDF directly for (no preprocessing needed), but is usually not available in most binaries of gnuplot* '''context''':

* The current gnuplot-documentation can be downloaded [http://renojrlwww.lrvgnuplot.uvsqinfo/docs_4.fr6/darcswebgnuplot.cgi?r=gpConTeXt;a=summary darcs repositorypdf here] (maintained by Renaud Aubin)* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnuplot-context mailing list]