Re: pdflatex + gnuplot?

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Leo Butler wrote:

> Ben Abbott <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Leo Butler wrote:
>> 
>>> I am using octave 3.6.2 and gnuplot 4.6.0, both from debian testing. The
>>> documentation for print states
>>> 
>>> ,----
>>> |          `pdflatex'
>>> |                Generate a LaTeX (or TeX) file for labels, and eps/ps/pdf
>>> |                for graphics.  The file produced by `epslatexstandalone'
>>> |                can be processed directly by LaTeX.  The other formats
>>> |                are intended to be included in a LaTeX (or TeX)
>>> |                document.  The `tex' device is the same as the
>>> |                `epslatex' device.  The `pdflatex' device is only
>>> |                available for the FLTK graphics toolkit.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> The cairolatex terminal is capable of generating nice pdf/eps+latex
>>> files, with the only change in code being eps -> pdf.
>>> 
>>> I realize that octave provides an abstraction layer above gnuplot/fltk,
>>> but perhaps there is some really easy way to implement this in octave as
>>> it stands without patching code? Am I right- or wrong-headed?
>>> 
>>> Leo
>> 
>> You can use the drawnow() function to output a gnuplot plot-stream and then 
>> modify the plot-stream to use the cairolatex.  I haven't tested the 
>> instructions below, so some modification may be needed.
>> 
>> (1) Produce your plot
>> (2) drawnow ("x11", "/dev/null", false, "plotstream.gp")
>> (3) Edit plotstream.gp and change "set term x11..." to "set term cairolatex 
>> ...", also specify a new output file.
>> (4) Run gnuplot and load plotstream.gp
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> That does work, thanks.
> 
> Is it possible to direct the gnuplot plot-stream to a string? I don't
> know how to rebind stdout in octave.
> 
> Leo

I don't think so.  But you can read the result using fread (or another i/o 
function).

Ben