Helping you with gnuplot

Firstly, read gnuplot built-in documentation available by the help command, with optional topic like help plot, help datafile, help functions, help palette, help x11, etc. It this does not help your, you can have a look to gnuplot demos in the "demo/" directory. Still cannot figure out your problem? Then

look to the archive at google or to the archive at gmane or to the archive at nabble forums of the newsgroup comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot (same as the mailing list gnuplot-info@lists.sourceforge.net).
post your question to mailing list by e-mail or to the newsgroup, as referenced above
Wiki — Wiki-style discussion forum about gnuplot

There is also a Support section on gnuplot's sourceforge site, but not as lively answered as by using mailing lists or news.

Tutorials and learning gnuplot

See also the gnuplot tutorial and gnuplot reference card available in its documentation.

Tutorial for gnuplot 4.0 at IBM Developer Works
A brief gnuplot tutorial by Henri Gavin
Introduction to gnuplot and Not so FAQ and Solutions: in English and in Japanese by Dr. T. Kawano
gnuplot or, How To Make Your Data Look Neat and Shiny – slides by Ron Ho
LaTeX and the gnuplot plotting program (here in postscript and in pdf) by David Klotz. This tutorial, bundled with gnuplot sources, was written in 1991 for gnuplot version 3.0. It was slightly updated by the gnuplot team for gnuplot 4.0 in March 2004.
gnuplot 3.4 Quick Reference by Burkhard Kirste
Reader-maintained on-line resource for discussing and learning about gnuplot at http://gnuplot.flexkb.net

Localized learning pages about gnuplot

Gnuplot pages in Czech:

Série článků o gnuplotu na rootu, autor Petr Pinkas
Série článků o gnuplotu na linuxsoftu, autor Vladimír Jarý
Tutoriál ke gnuplotu 3.5, autor Petr Michálek

Gnuplot pages in French:

Gnuplot, traceur et grapheur: tutorial de gnuplot 3.7.1; copie de l'introduction aussi dans Le livre de Freeduc-cd
Traductions de la documentation de gnuplot 3.7.1: ici, et ici
Présentation de Gnuplot: introduction courte
Tuteur pour le logiciel gnuplot: une bonne introduction
Gnuplot, LYX et LATEX: une bonne introduction
Du bon usage de gnuplot: une large introduction (version 3.6)
Introduction au logiciel graphique gnuplot: une large introduction, exemples
Traduction partiale du manuel: Pas au courant, mais avec quelques examples utiles.

Gnuplot pages in German:

Gnuplot Kurzanleitung by Axel Bussmann
Datenvisualisierung mit gnuplot – Der Klassiker von Gerhard Fülber in Linux Magazin 1997
Einführung in gnuplot by Frank Elsner
Gnuplot in einer Nußschale by Matthias Schröter
Kurzeinführung in die Arbeit mit gnuplot – Skript K. Könnecke, NAM
Grundkurs Gnuplot by Dr. David Völker (2002)
Ein Gnuplot-Editor, author Sascha Reinhardt (2004). For online web plotting.
gnuplot: Einführung in die grafische Darstellung von Funktionen und Daten by Lars Hoegen (2005). Series of RRZN-Handbuches (paper handbooks, available for a low price).

Gnuplot pages in Indonesian:

Gnuplot book and gnuplot tips and scripts by I Wayan Warmada

Gnuplot pages in Italian:

Tutorial by Giuseppe Ciaburro

Gnuplot pages in Japanese:

Introduction to gnuplot and Not so Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions: in Japanese and in English by Dr. T. Kawano
Examples of pm3d pictures and scripts by Dr. Namio Matsuda
Gnuplot primer by Dr. Naoki Oshiro
First Step to gnuplot by Dr. Osamu Ogurisu

Gnuplot pages in Portuguese:

gnuplot FAQ for Brazilian users
Aplicativo gnuplot: Comandos básicos, tutorial e exemplos de aplição by prof. Mauricio Galo

Gnuplot pages in Slovak:

Série VŠ učebnic FEI TU Košice: gnuplot, autor Jozef Doboš

Miscellaneous articles on the web

Plotting the spirograph equations by Víctor Luaña

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Version: July 2007.