Three Dimensional Terminals - Graphics

In article <ef1n27$bol$1@tribune.usask.ca>,
Ian MacPhedran <macphed@duke.usask.ca> wrote:
>I've been out of the loop for a long time, so these may have been
>answered long ago. I guess these apply to the version 4.1 / 4.2.
>
>1) Are there any three dimensional output devices supported? I have some
> three dimensional plots I'd like to have "true" 3D representations of
> so I can manipulate them outside gnuplot. (A file type terminal
> device is preferred.)

Not yet. Several people have expressed an interest in working on an
OpenGL output path, but the patches contributed to date are minimal.

>2) What happened to the "table" terminal in the new gnuplot? It was the
> only true three dimensional output device from way back, even though
> its direct use is somewhat limited ;-)

It is now:

set table "filename.out"

This way it doesn't interfere with the current terminal settings.
So you can do
set term post
set output "foo.ps"
plot <something> title "plot1"
set table "plot1.out"
replot
unset table
plot <something> title "plot2"
...

and have all the PostScript plots end up in the same file.


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Ethan A Merritt