Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Configuration gnuplot and teXnicCenter

[gdminfo]

Hi

I would like to use gnuplot and Latex as the results of the first one are directly computed by Latex and will be print on the final Latex pdf document.

For example, it is possible to write :

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plot "myFile1" u 3:1, "myFile1" u 5:6 

in order to make 2 lines computed from the file 'myFile1' and which are described on x1 column 3 y1 column 1, x2 column 5, y2 column 6.

A this time in teXnicCenter I have in ouput

"path to the (La)Tex compiler" : C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\pdflatex.exe

and

"command line arguments to pass to the compiler : " -interaction=nonstopmode "%pm"

I know that I have to create a new ouput profile and change some parameters, but what ?

Thanks you for your help.

GDM

[localghost]

Take a look at the gnuplottex package or think about doing your plots with pgfplots (based on pgf/tikZ) or PSTricks. Another alternative could be Asymptote. There is also an asymptote package for use with LaTeX.


Best regards
Thorsten

[gdminfo]

Thanks for your advices, I choose to use pgfplots, so I did not have to configure teXnicCenter.

For information :

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\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgf}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{etex} % really useful ?

% With a file fichierD.dat describes below

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{loglogaxis}[
xlabel=Cost ,
ylabel=Error]
\addplot[color=blue,mark=*] table[x=Cost,y=Error] {fichierD.dat};
\addplot[color=red,mark=*] table[x=Level,y=Error] {fichierD.dat};
\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}

File fichierD.dat :

Level Cost Error
1 7 8.471e-02
2 31 3.044e-02
3 111 1.022e-02
4 351 3.303e-03
5 1023 1.038e-03
6 2815 3.196e-04
7 7423 9.657e-05
8 18943 2.873e-05
9 47103 8.437e-06

This makes 2 lines.

GDM.

[pseudostrg]

Just in case someone runs into the same problem: (as I feel its an odd solution)
Using gnuplot with TeXniccenter on Windows (XP, Vista?) won't work because gnuplot can't be found (e.g. for making plots with TikZ)

a) add the path to the /bin directory where u installed gnuplot to the windows "path" variable (under control panel -> system -> advanced -> environment variables)

b) make sure there is a COPY of the executable in the /bin folder called "gnuplot.exe" (what i had to do is copy "pgnuplot.exe" to "gnuplot.exe"... wtf!?)

c) add "-enable-write18" to the command line options of the output profile ur using in texniccenter

d) have a nice DaY

H

[localghost]

b) make sure there is a COPY of the executable in the /bin folder called "gnuplot.exe" (what i had to do is copy "pgnuplot.exe" to "gnuplot.exe"... wtf!?)

Renaming 'pgnuplot.exe' to 'gnuplot.exe' will suffice.

c) add "-enable-write18" to the command line options of the output profile ur using in texniccenter

This only works for MiKTeX. The Tex Live compilers need the switch -shell-escape to get things work.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[rgreenhaw]

Also, gnuplot called from LaTeX in teXnicCenter does not work well with file names that contain spaces (e.g., My Thesis.tex).

[gdminfo]

Many thanks for all these additional comments !

GDM.