[Gretl-users] Fwd: Re: missing pixels for Windows PNG driver

2009-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
A suggestion ... Alan Original Message Subject: Re: missing pixels for Windows PNG driver List-Post: gretl-users@gretlml.univpm.it Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:33:28 -0800 From: sfeam Reply-To: sfeam(a)users.sourceforge.net Organization: gnuplot development team Newsgroups: comp.gr

Re: [Gretl-users] missing pixels at beginning of ylabel

2009-11-02 Thread Sven Schreiber
Hi, I haven't followed the details of this thread, I just want to confirm that I have seen this "clipping" problem myself quite often. Since I use gretl both on Linux and Windows I can't remember on which platform that was. One of the reasons why I didn't report it earlier was that with the probl

Re: [Gretl-users] How to draw a vertical line on a time series plot?

2009-11-02 Thread Summers , Peter
Yi-Nung, One way to do this is to create a dummy variable equal to 1 for the observation where you want the line to be, then plot this along with your other variable(s). Then edit the plot, click on the "lines" tab, and select "impulses" for your dummy variable. HTH, PS -Original Message

Re: [Gretl-users] pdfcairo

2009-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 11/2/2009 10:21 AM, Allin Cottrell wrote: > Ah, that calls for a plot that is 680 inches by 400 inches. > PDF and EPS don't go by pixels for sizing. Aha, ok, I had guessed it would use points, not inches. (Inches!?) So using a reasonable value, I get perfect output using the pdfcairo termina

Re: [Gretl-users] pdfcairo

2009-11-02 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Alan G Isaac wrote: > > On 11/2/2009 9:00 AM, Allin Cottrell wrote: > > And what happens > > if you click on a graph, select "Save as PDF", and try previewing > > the output? > > Perfect output, including all fonts. > If I understand you, this is alos using cairo, right? > (Th

Re: [Gretl-users] pdfcairo

2009-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 11/2/2009 9:00 AM, Allin Cottrell wrote: > And what happens > if you click on a graph, select "Save as PDF", and try previewing > the output? Perfect output, including all fonts. If I understand you, this is alos using cairo, right? (This should be a clue about the PNG bug.) So I must be misun

Re: [Gretl-users] pdfcairo

2009-11-02 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Alan G Isaac wrote: > On 11/2/2009 6:29 AM, Sven Schreiber wrote: > > pdf and eps files > > That reminds me of another question: if I use > gretl's gnuplot and use > set terminal pdfcairo > I get no usuable output. Should this work? Yes, of course. What's wrong with th

Re: [Gretl-users] missing pixels at beginning of ylabel

2009-11-02 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Sven Schreiber wrote: > I haven't followed the details of this thread, I just want to confirm > that I have seen this "clipping" problem myself quite often. Since I use > gretl both on Linux and Windows I can't remember on which > platform that was... > > I agree with Allin it

Re: [Gretl-users] pdfcairo

2009-11-02 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 11/2/2009 6:29 AM, Sven Schreiber wrote: > pdf and eps files That reminds me of another question: if I use gretl's gnuplot and use set terminal pdfcairo I get no usuable output. Should this work? Thanks, Alan