I try to create a combination of multiplots (2x2) and a single plot. I am not sure what I am making wrong but I can't figure out how to do it. My attempt:
plot sin(x) title "this should be a single plot"
set multiplot layout 2,2 title "Those are the multiplots"
set title "A!"
plot sin(x)
set title "B!"
plot cos(x) not
set title "C!"
tan(x) title "tan"
set title "D"
tan(0.5*x) not
No matter if I put plot after or earlier but I can't visualize it.
Thanks.
you should add a plot command before the last two functions and maybe a unset multiplot
at the end. This should work. Or do you want the single plot and the multiplot both visible?
plot sin(x) title "this should be a single plot"
set multiplot layout 2,2 title "Those are the multiplots"
set title "A!"
plot sin(x)
set title "B!"
plot cos(x) not
set title "C!"
plot tan(x) title "tan"
set title "D"
plot tan(0.5*x) not
unset multiplot
Edit: (manual setting of sizes, origins and margins)
### Multiplot layout
reset session
set multiplot title "These are five plots"
set ytics 0.5
set margins 5,5,2,8 # l,r,b,t
set size 1,0.5
set origin 0,0.6
set title "top plot"
plot sin(x) title "this should be a single plot"
set size 0.5,0.5
set origin 0,0.3
set title "A!"
plot sin(x)
set origin 0.5,0.3
set title "B!"
plot cos(x)
set origin 0,0
set title "C!"
plot sin(2*x)
set origin 0.5,0
set title "D"
plot cos(2*x)
unset multiplot
### end of code
Result:
Addition:
Just for fun, maybe it is useful to you or somebody else. With a few lines you'll have an easy way to set your layout within a matrix with a few numbers stored in $Layout
. I hope it is self-explaining.
Code: (edit: simplified)
### easy configurable multiplot layout
reset session
# row column height width
$Layout <<EOD
1 1 1 1
1 2 2 2
1 4 2 1
2 1 1 1
3 1 1 4
EOD
stats $Layout u ($1+$3):($2+$4) nooutput # get max number of rows and columns
MPRows = STATS_max_x - 1
MPCols = STATS_max_y - 1
r(i) = word($Layout[i],1)
c(i) = word($Layout[i],2)
h(i) = word($Layout[i],3)
w(i) = word($Layout[i],4)
MPGridX = 1.0/MPCols
MPGridY = 1.0/MPRows
MPSizeX(i) = MPGridX*w(i)
MPSizeY(i) = MPGridY*h(i)
MPOriginX(i) = MPGridX*(c(i)-1)
MPOriginY(i) = 1-MPGridY*(r(i)+h(i)-1)
SetLayout = 'i=i+1; \
set origin MPOriginX(i), MPOriginY(i); \
set size MPSizeX(i) , MPSizeY(i)'
set multiplot
set linetype 1 lc rgb "red"
i=0
@SetLayout
plot sin(x)
@SetLayout
plot cos(x)
@SetLayout
plot x**3
@SetLayout
plot x**2
@SetLayout
plot sin(x)/x
unset multiplot
### end of code
Result: