Gnuplot line types

Until version 4.6 The dash type of a linestyle is given by the linetype, which does also select the line color unless you explicitely set an other one with linecolor. However, the support for dashed lines depends on the selected terminal: Some terminals don’t support dashed lines, like png (uses libgd) Other terminals, like pngcairo, support dashed lines, but it is disables by … Read more

Pointtype command for gnuplot

You first have to tell Gnuplot to use a style that uses points, e.g. with points or with linespoints. Try for example: Output: Now try: Output: You may also want to look at the output from the test command which shows you the capabilities of the current terminal. Here are the capabilities for my pngairo terminal: