Re: [Gnuplot-info] Problems with long plot command (main)

Hi Ethan,

Thanks for the response. I will dig a bit more in this and see if the 
problem is as you suggest.

H.

Den 2026-04-13 kl. 06:35, skrev Ethan Merritt:
> I cannot reproduce this problem by cut-and-paste from the text in
> the previous message.  For me it succeeds using gnuplot executables with
> and without the previous fix.  I tested with executables as far back as 5.4.
>
> So I don't know what might be causing your problem.
> Is it possible there is some issue with whitespace or non-printing
> characters that did not survive being embedded in Email?
>
> 	Ethan
>
>> /H.
>>
>> Den 2026-04-12 kl. 15:12, skrev Hernán De Angelis:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> We recently had some discussion on problems with long commands. If I
>>> understand correctly it had to do with cases where a file had no data
>>> and notitle was passed.
>>>
>>> I am now encountering a similar problem with a script that uses a long
>>> plot command. I use this script often and that never previously had
>>> issues with it. The script has a long plot command involving 52 small
>>> files (5 of which currently have no data points) to be plotted as
>>> boxes where all calls have the "notitle" tag (see below).
>>>
>>> The script works if no title tag is passed, but it will fail with the
>>> notitle tag (as below), or with some title (e.g. "title 'title'").
>>>
>>> It seems that the fix done recently may require a different approach
>>> but I am unsure what that may be. In my case I wish the "notitle" tag
>>> could be passed and understood by gnuplot as before.
>>>
>>> Any hint will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Hernán
>>>
>>> PS: this occurs while using main branch
>>>
>>>
>>> gnuplot script:
>>>
>>> set terminal pngcairo enhanced size 960,640 font "DejaVu-Sans,9"
>>> set output 'file.png'
>>> set title 'my title' font "DejaVu-Sans-Bold,12"
>>> set key left
>>> set grid
>>> set xrange [0.5:52.5]
>>> set xtics 2
>>> set ylabel "qty"
>>> set style fill transparent solid 0.5
>>> plot  'foo-0.dat' u (0):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-1.dat' u (1):1
>>> w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-2.dat' u (2):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-3.dat' u (3):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-4.dat' u (4):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-5.dat' u (5):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-6.dat' u (6):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-7.dat' u (7):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-8.dat' u (8):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-9.dat' u (9):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-10.dat' u (10):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-11.dat' u (11):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-12.dat' u (12):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-13.dat' u (13):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-14.dat' u (14):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-15.dat' u (15):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-16.dat' u (16):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-17.dat' u (17):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-18.dat' u (18):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-19.dat' u (19):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-20.dat' u (20):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-21.dat' u (21):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-22.dat' u (22):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-23.dat' u (23):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-24.dat' u (24):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-25.dat' u (25):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-26.dat' u (26):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-27.dat' u (27):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-28.dat' u (28):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-29.dat' u (29):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-30.dat' u (30):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-31.dat' u (31):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-32.dat' u (32):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-33.dat' u (33):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-34.dat' u (34):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-35.dat' u (35):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-36.dat' u (36):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-37.dat' u (37):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-38.dat' u (38):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-39.dat' u (39):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-40.dat' u (40):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-41.dat' u (41):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-42.dat' u (42):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-43.dat' u (43):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-44.dat' u (44):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-45.dat' u (45):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-46.dat' u (46):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-47.dat' u (47):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-48.dat' u (48):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-49.dat' u (49):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-50.dat' u (50):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>> 'foo-51.dat' u (51):1 w boxplot lw 2 notitle, 'foo-52.dat' u (52):1 w
>>> boxplot lw 2 notitle,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stdout:
>>>
>>> "gnuplot.conf" line 11: invalid command
>>>
>>>
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