Preface
On New Year’s Day, 2015, the gnuplot development team released version 5.0—the first major new gnuplot release in over 10 years! I decided to take this opportunity to bring Gnuplot in Action up to date and to cover all the new features gnuplot has acquired since the first edition of this book was written (in 2007).
It quickly became apparent it wouldn’t be sufficient to just add a couple of chapters explaining the new features. In fact, the book you’re reading now has been almost entirely rewritten from scratch. Most of the material from the first edition has been retained, but it’s been heavily rearranged to accommodate the addition of new topics and to reflect the changes in my own understanding and priorities.
Gnuplot 5 is largely ...
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