[R] [OT] Make plots with GNUplot. Have anyone tried that?

Mark Difford mark_difford at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Mar 1 08:53:48 CET 2008


Hi Everyone,

Please don't denigrate the capabilities of GNUplot (Louise excluded).  It
can, in fact, do some truly awesome stuff.

http://linuxgazette.net/133/luana.html

The PDF is worth a shot.

Cheers, Mark.


Louise Hoffman-3 wrote:
> 
>>  If you still want to then read ?write.table, that can export your data
>>  into a spreadsheet-like ascii format which can be used from GNUplot
>>  easily.
> 
> Very interesting.
> 
> So if I e.g. write:
> ts.sim <- arima.sim(list(order = c(1,1,0), ar = 0.7), n = 200)
> ts.plot(ts.sim)
> 
> How do I know the names of the rows to put in the data.frame() command?
> 
>>  Btw, comparing the graphics capabilities of GNUplot and R, it is
>>  something like a three-wheel bicycle and a spaceship. Guess
>>  which is which.
> 
> =) I know that I will most likely spend a lot of time on just making
> the plots, but I atleast (for now =) ) think it could be fun to try.
> 
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