Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ How can I draw plots in LaTeX?

[ditka]

I have tried to download and typsett the following document:

http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/gnuplot-basics/

The picture I get looks like this:

Why there is no graphs?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

This example requires:

• gnuplot has to be installed
• --shell-escape or --enable-write18 has to be used

Get gnuplot from here. Well, I used Linux where installing it is much easier. I just typed

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sudo apt-get install gnuplot

Configure your editor to use the shell-escape feature, so it's able to run external programs. I can tell you how it's done in TeXworks, which I'm using.

This is my output:

gnuplot.png (7.33 KiB) Viewed 7746 times

Stefan

[ditka]

I have gnuplot on my computer.

What does this mean:


--shell-escape or --enable-write18 has to be used

Shoud I type this somewere or is it some setting?

[localghost]

These are command line options for the compiler engine which allow to invoke external programs.

• -shell-escape is the parameter when using TeX Live
• --enable-write18 is the parameter when using MiKTeX

You need to add these command line parameters in the corresponding settings of your LaTeX editor. For details refer to its documentation.

Since you are using PCTeX, you have to find out what parameter is accepted by your compiler engine(s). Open a command line any type this line.

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latex --help

The output should be a list with allowed parameters.


Thorsten

[ditka]

You need to add these command line parameters in the corresponding settings of your LaTeX editor.

How exactly I do that?

[localghost]

How are we supposed to know that if you don't tell us which editor you are using? Please provide useful information independently and not only on demand. m(

[ditka]

I download MiKTex, and I wil try to do it there.
Is that what you meant?

[localghost]

No. MiKTeX is a TeX distribution, not an editor. With what do you edit your source files (*.tex)?

[ditka]

Where can I see that?

[localghost]

Do you want to say that you can't tell us the name of your editor? m(