Any graph plotting tool better than GNU plot?
gnuplot, graph, linux
Solution
If you want another tool than `gnuplot`, then you are using it wrongly. I agree, the default colors and settings do not look that pretty, but you can so easily tweak it in your definition file `~/.gnuplot`
set macros
png="set terminal png size 1800,1800 crop enhanced font \"/usr/share/fonts/truetype/times.ttf,30\" dashlength 2; set termoption linewidth 3"
eps="set terminal postscript fontfile \"/usr/share/fonts/truetype/times.ttf\"; set termoption linewidth 3;
set style line 1 linecolor rgb '#de181f' linetype 1 # Red
set style line 2 linecolor rgb '#0060ae' linetype 1 # Blue
set style line 3 linecolor rgb '#228C22' linetype 1 # Forest green
set style line 4 linecolor rgb '#18ded7' linetype 1 # opposite Red
set style line 5 linecolor rgb '#ae4e00' linetype 1 # opposite Blue
set style line 6 linecolor rgb '#8c228c' linetype 1 # opposite Forest green
Sample script:
@png
set output "output.png"
plot x ls 1, -x ls 2, x**3 ls 3
And you have quite a nice graph already. Tweak `linewidth` and `fontsize` a bit, and you can do better than you would ever obtain with Excel.
Problem
I have used GNU-plot for quite a long time and the thing I didn't like about it the quality of graph it produces. I admire the ease with which we can plot graphs in gnu-plot, but i wished that the resultant graph was better in terms of quality. For example: the thickness of lines, color quality etc.. So is there any tool that retains the ease-of-use of GNU PLOT but eliminates the quality issues? [I like the graph that excel produces, but unfortunately its not on Linux...]