

So, apparently you have to reset them, e.g. Note, margins are the space between graph border and canvas-border.Īpparently, the margins which you are setting in the multiplot layout are kept for your extra plot. This (sub-)”canvas” still can have some individual b,t,l,r margins. Setting origin and size is setting the place for the (sub-)”canvas”. It’s a matter of taste and convenience and depends on your situation. My guess would be that it is a bit unclear documentation. Is there a way to print the settings of origin, size, margins and any other relevant settings that are automatically calculated (and used) when the layout option is specified?.What would be the cleanest way to produce the plot that I am looking for that would be easily reproducible (for any other problem, not just 3 plots but any plots and without some tedious calculations of positions)?.Can someone provide a deeper explanation when one should use which? (For me it feels the proper way that was meant to do it is set origin and margins just became a dirty trick that works but was not meant for that) multiplot offers two ways to position the sub-plots, set origin + set size and set *margin where * stands for one of b,t,l,r.Is this a bug that should be reported or is this poorly formulated documentation issue (that layout can be overridden by set position and set size)?.What it should do is to plot 3 plots under each other and then create an inset at screen position (0.3,0.5) of size relative to canvas (0.2,0.1). gnuplot completely ignores set size and set origin commands. My understanding of that text is that layout sets origin and size and at any time, i can change those specifications. With the layout option you can generate simple multiplots without having to give the set size and set origin commands before each plot: Those are generated automatically, but can be overridden at any time. But the referenced question never received the answer to the point whether the issue presented here is a bug or documentation confusion.ĭocumentation states with respect to the layout option of multiplot:

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