| set | Examples | 
| set autoscale [<axis>{min|max}] axis = x | y | x2 | y2 | set autoscale • set autoscale y
   • set autoscale xy • set autoscale xmin • set noautoscale x | 
| set boxwidth [<width>] | |
| set data style {solid|dash-dot|…} | (Use test to see what is available.) | 
| set format {<axis>} "<fmt-string> axis = x | y | x2 | y2 fmt-string = %f | %e|E | %g|G | %t | %S | … | set format y "%t" • set ytics (5, 10) • set format "%s" • set ytics (500, 1000) • set format y "%s %cg" • set ytic(12345) | 
| set key [left | right | top | bottom | outside | below | <position>] [title "<text>"] … | set key left bottom Left title 'Legend' box 3 | 
| set label [<tag>] ["<label_text>"] [at <position>] [font "<name>"", <size>"] … | set label "S" at 8, 0.3 center font "Symbol, 24" | 
| set linestyle <index> [linetype|lt <line_type>] [linewidth|lw <line_width>] [pointtype|pt <point_type>] [pointsize|ps <point_size>] | set linestyle 1 lt 2 lw 2 pt 3 ps 0.5 | 
| With postscript, linetype: 1 red; 2 green; 3 blue; 4 fuchsia; 5 lt-blue; 6 yellow; 7 black; 8 violet; 9 gray. See postscript.pdf | |
| set mxtics {<freq> | default} (or mytics, mx2tics...) | set mxtics 2 (sugg.: ≥ 2) | 
| set term[inal] postscript {portrait|landscape|eps}
   [solid|dashed] ["<fontname>"] [<fontsize>] Default font: Helvetica 14. (w=10" h=7") | |
| set title "<text>" [<xoff> [, <yoff>]]
   ["<font>[,<size>]"] font = AvantGarde(-Book ?), Bookman(…), Century, Courier, Garamond, GillSans[-{[Bold][Italic]}], Helvetica[-Narrow[-{[Bold][Oblique]}], LucidaSans[-{[Bold][Italic]}], NewCenturySchlbk(-Roman)(…), Palatino, Symbol, ZapfChancery, ZapfDingbats | set title "Title…" 3, -0.5 "Bookman, 24" | 
| set {x|y}label "<text>" [<xoff> [, <yoff>]]
   ["<font>[,<size>]"] (See set title.) | set xlabel "x" • set ylabel "f(x)" • set xlabel 'Time (10^6 {/Symbol m}s)' • set xlabel "Point no." 5 "Bookman, 20" | 
| set xtics [axis | border] [no[rotate]] [<incr> | <start>, <incr> [,<end>]] | set xtics 0, .1, .5 • set xtics .1 | 
|  |  | http://web.ist.utl.pt/~mcasquilho/compute/misc/gnuplot_info.php Created: 2006-01-30 — Last update: 2006-02-07 |