Basic 2D plot styles

• simple functions
• filled curves
• fill between curves
• candlesticks
• error bars
• histograms (more)
• step functions
• multiple axis scales
• mixing styles
• variable size points
• parallel axis plots
• parametric functions
• piecewise functions
• vector fields
• circles
• boxplots
• rug plot

Math functions

• approximation
• B-splines
• Bezier splines
• complex functions
• probability
• probability (more)
• random numbers
• recursion, etc...
• data statistics

3D plots and surfaces

• surfaces 1
• surfaces 2
• contours
• singularities
• hidden surfaces
• pm3d coloring
• pm3d hidden surfaces
• 3D mapping

Coordinate and
axis transforms

• linked axes
• polar coords
• polar data
• cylindrical/spherical
• time/date coords

Binary and Image data

• binary data
• RGB + alpha channel
• rescaled images

Colors

• data-dependent coloring
• RGB coloring
• RGB + alpha channel
• pm3d colors

Sample Applications

• control models
• discrete contours
• financial data
• non-gridded data
• running averages
• binning/histograms
• 2D and 3D heat maps

Text options

• enhanced text
• string data
• variable font size
• utf8 math symbols
• hypertext

Page Layout

• multiplot layout
• multiple plots
• aligned plots
• axis location
• rectangles
• end-labeled plots

Styles

• line and arrow styles
• fill styles
• transparency
• transparent solids

Animation

• not supported

Example of mouse tracking, zoom/unzoom

➀ x   y   Note: Zoom using right (Firefox, Konqueror) or center (Opera, Safari) mouse button Mark point using left mouse button ➀ toggles first plot on/off   # toggles grid on/off

• Gnuplot development pages on SourceForge
• On-line PDF documentation in English and Japanese