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To make the examples on this page work, you need a modified binary of Gnuplot 4.6.0 or later (see belowor self-compiled binary).

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

:(if that was the binary name) and put that file to a <i>"visible place"</i> (has to be found in PATH).Please note: if calling <code>gnuplot</code> from cmd works for you, there is no need to do anything extra.* '''[[write18]]''' has to be enabled

* for ==== Windows, you ====You can take fetch binaries from [http://dl.contextgardensourceforge.net/modulesprojects/gnuplot-win.zip these] binaries from [[modules:/files/gnuplot-win|Modules in the garden]/ sourceforge (released versions)]* for Linux or Mac you have to download the source from [http://www.gnuplottatsuromatsuoka.info (use [http:com/gnuplot/downloads.sourceforge.netEng/gnuplotwinbin/gnuplot-Tatsuro Matsuoka (latest cvs version)].==== Unix or Mac ====The easiest way is to use version 4.26.0or later shipped by your distribution.tarIf that version is too old, you need to compile your own.gz this file]), extract it, copy [http If you want to use the version from trunk: # unofficial; you can also use official cvs git clone git://dlgithub.contextgarden.net/modulescom/gnuplot-win/gnuplot/term/context.trm context.trm] to <code>term/</code>, add <code>#include "context.trm"</code> to <code>src/term.h</code> and compile it usinggit

* '''[ make installI use <code>./configure --prefix=$PWD/inst</code> 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. If you want to use the released version, get it from [write18http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/ sourceforge]]''' has to be enabledand do the same, just skip the <code>./prepare</code>. The latest version of context terminal is available at http://github.com/mojca/gnuplot/raw/master/term/context.trm. Feel free to contact me [[User:Mojca Miklavec|Mojca]] in case of problems.

set term context standalone size 15cm,10cm header '\usetypescript[iwona][ec]' font 'iwona,ss' 10dd

\setupGNUPLOT[terminal=mptikz,option=color]% terminal=mp if you only have an old gnuplot at hand

set format y '\%.1f'

will output a metapost document with colors and without dashed lines. After some appropriate preprocessing (with [[MPtoDFMPtoPDF]] for this particular case) this file can be included in PDF documents.

Currently supported terminals are(attention: links not from the latest documentation):

* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docsdocs_4.0/gnuplot.html#png_%28NEW%29 png (OLD1) ],[http://www.gnuplot.info/docs_4.2/gnuplot.html#x1-41500051.53 png(2)]: outputs bitmap images (no preprocessing needed)* [http://www.gnuplot.info/docsdocs_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''':  == Development ==

* 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; currently I'm unable to login, so it's not up to date)* [http://groups.google.com/group/gnuplot-context mailing list]