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Asked: 2026-06-03T21:39:37+00:00

im trying to save a graph as a jpeg but for some reason i

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im trying to save a graph as a jpeg but for some reason i cant get it to work. Im following the example in the Manning Gnuplot in action but no jpeg seems to be created when i replot. Below is the code, if someone could point out where im going wrong i would really appreciate it.

gnuplot> plot sin(x)
gnuplot> set terminal jpeg
Terminal type set to 'jpeg'
Options are 'nocrop font "arial,12" fontscale 1.0 size 640,480 '

gnuplot> set output "c:\Users\*****\Desktop\sinxplot.jpeg"
gnuplot> replot
gnuplot> set terminal wxt enhanced
Terminal type set to 'wxt'
Options are '0 enhanced'
gnuplot> set output
gnuplot>

FYI, Im using version 4.6 patchlevel 0

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  1. Editorial Team

    gnuplot uses \ as escape character in strings, so that probably messes up your path.
    try using single quotes instead of double, or use \\ as path separator.

    (oh, and by the way: jpeg isn’t really goot for plots because of it’s compression algorithm which results in having artefacts, png is much better here.)

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