LaTeX-examples/math/gnuplot/high-order-knot

Use gnuplot within latex

• First make sure that you can use gnuplot:
  • Execute gnuplot in your command line
    • Doesn't work:
      • Look up where the binary is located (e.g. C:\Programs\gnuplot\bin\gnuplot.exe)
      • Add the binary directory to your path (Windows + Pause -> System variables -> Path)
      • Try executing gnuplot in terminal again
• It is a good idea to separate gnuplot-code from LaTeX-code! (see plot.gnuplot)
• -shell-escape or enable-write18 is NOT needed for this solution!
• You have to create the plot-tmp.tex file first. Use gnuplot plot.gnuplot to do so.

GnuPlot Terminal types

Available terminal types:

       aed512  AED 512 Terminal
       aed767  AED 767 Terminal
         aifm  Adobe Illustrator 3.0 Format
     bitgraph  BBN Bitgraph Terminal
          cgm  Computer Graphics Metafile
        corel  EPS format for CorelDRAW
         dumb  ascii art for anything that prints text
          dxf  dxf-file for AutoCad (default size 120x80)
        eepic  EEPIC -- extended LaTeX picture environment
          emf  Enhanced Metafile format
        emtex  LaTeX picture environment with emTeX specials
     epslatex  LaTeX picture environment using graphicx package
 epson_180dpi  Epson LQ-style 180-dot per inch (24 pin) printers
  epson_60dpi  Epson-style 60-dot per inch printers
  epson_lx800  Epson LX-800, Star NL-10, NX-1000, PROPRINTER ...
          fig  FIG graphics language for XFIG graphics editor
          gif  GIF images using libgd and TrueType fonts
         gpic  GPIC -- Produce graphs in groff using the gpic preprocessor
      hp2623A  HP2623A and maybe others
       hp2648  HP2648 and HP2647
       hp500c  HP DeskJet 500c, [75 100 150 300] [rle tiff]
         hpdj  HP DeskJet 500, [75 100 150 300]
         hpgl  HP7475 and relatives [number of pens] [eject]
       hpljii  HP Laserjet series II, [75 100 150 300]
         hppj  HP PaintJet and HP3630 [FNT5X9 FNT9X17 FNT13X25]
       imagen  Imagen laser printer
         jpeg  JPEG images using libgd and TrueType fonts
   kc_tek40xx  MS-DOS Kermit Tek4010 terminal emulator - color
   km_tek40xx  MS-DOS Kermit Tek4010 terminal emulator - monochrome
        latex  LaTeX picture environment
           mf  Metafont plotting standard
          mif  Frame maker MIF 3.00 format
           mp  MetaPost plotting standard
      nec_cp6  NEC printer CP6, Epson LQ-800 [monocrome color draft]
      okidata  OKIDATA 320/321 Standard
          pbm  Portable bitmap [small medium large] [monochrome gray color]
         pcl5  HP Designjet 750C, HP Laserjet III/IV, etc. (many options)
          png  PNG images using libgd and TrueType fonts
   postscript  PostScript graphics, including EPSF embedded files (*.eps)
      pslatex  LaTeX picture environment with PostScript \specials
        pstex  plain TeX with PostScript \specials
     pstricks  LaTeX picture environment with PSTricks macros
          qms  QMS/QUIC Laser printer (also Talaris 1200 and others)
        regis  REGIS graphics language
      selanar  Selanar
        starc  Star Color Printer
          svg  W3C Scalable Vector Graphics driver
  tandy_60dpi  Tandy DMP-130 series 60-dot per inch graphics
      tek40xx  Tektronix 4010 and others; most TEK emulators
      tek410x  Tektronix 4106, 4107, 4109 and 420X terminals
      texdraw  LaTeX texdraw environment
         tgif  TGIF X11 [mode] [x,y] [dashed] ["font" [fontsize]]
     tkcanvas  Tk/Tcl canvas widget [perltk] [interactive]
         tpic  TPIC -- LaTeX picture environment with tpic \specials
      unknown  Unknown terminal type - not a plotting device
        vttek  VT-like tek40xx terminal emulator
          wxt  wxWidgets cross-platform windowed terminal
          x11  X11 Window System
         xlib  X11 Window System (gnulib_x11 dump)
        xterm  Xterm Tektronix 4014 Mode

The following sound good:

        eepic  EEPIC -- extended LaTeX picture environment
        emtex  LaTeX picture environment with emTeX specials
     epslatex  LaTeX picture environment using graphicx package
        latex  LaTeX picture environment
      pslatex  LaTeX picture environment with PostScript \specials
     pstricks  LaTeX picture environment with PSTricks macros
      texdraw  LaTeX texdraw environment
         tpic  TPIC -- LaTeX picture environment with tpic \specials
          svg  W3C Scalable Vector Graphics driver
          png  PNG images using libgd and TrueType fonts

Sources

• konze.org: Thanks for mentioning the image source
• soukoreff.com/gnuplot: Thanks for this amazing knot
• eelvex.net: Thanks for the solution that actually worked