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Winston Smith
Winston Smith

Reputation: 396

Display gnuplot default line styles

How can I show gnuplot's default line styles (for a given output terminal)?

I see that if I define my own line style, I can show it. But it doesn't show the specification of the default styles as displayed by the test command.

gnuplot> show style line

gnuplot> set style line 44 lt 2 lc rgb "green" lw 2
gnuplot> show style line
        linestyle 44,  linetype 2 linecolor rgb "green"  linewidth 2.000 pointtype 2 pointsize default pointinterval 0

I'd like to see the specification of the default line style colors so that I can use corresponding colors in the web page that will include my plot.

Note that I am not asking "how do I draw a particular line style", or "how do I graphically display what the line styles look like" (test command). I am asking how to list the (text) description of default line styles.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5025

Answers (2)

Christoph
Christoph

Reputation: 48390

With gnuplot version 5 the command show linetype 1 gives you the definition of the first default linetype.

gnuplot> show linetype 1

    linetype 1,  linecolor rgb "dark-violet"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 1 pointsize default pointinterval 0

And with show linetypes you a list of all predefined linetypes:

gnuplot> show linetypes

    linetype 1,  linecolor rgb "dark-violet"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 1 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 2,  linecolor rgb "#009e73"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 2 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 3,  linecolor rgb "#56b4e9"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 3 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 4,  linecolor rgb "#e69f00"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 4 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 5,  linecolor rgb "#f0e442"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 5 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 6,  linecolor rgb "#0072b2"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 6 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 7,  linecolor rgb "#e51e10"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 7 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    linetype 8,  linecolor rgb "black"  linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid pointtype 8 pointsize default pointinterval 0
    Linetypes repeat every 8 unless explicitly defined

Upvotes: 6

John_West
John_West

Reputation: 2399

You can see them (visually) by using test command. From documentation (v 4.2):

"Each terminal has a default set of line and point types, which can be seen by using the command test".

Upvotes: 2

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