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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

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|| '''Slide Number 1'''

'''Title Slide '''
|| Welcome to the tutorial on '''Overview of gnuplot'''.

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|| '''Slide Number 2'''
'''Learning Objectives'''
|| In this tutorial, we will learn about,

* The '''gnuplot''' website
* Important features and capabilities of''' gnuplot '''
* Benefits of gnuplot and
* User forum
We will also play excerpts of '''gnuplot''' tutorials available on this website.

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|| '''Slide Number 3'''

'''System and Software Requirement'''
|| To record this tutorial, I am using

* '''Ubuntu Linux''' v16.04 OS
* Firefox web browser v75 and
* A working Internet connection

|-
|| '''Slide Number 4'''

'''Pre-requisites'''
|| To follow this tutorial,
* Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
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|| '''Slide Number 5'''

'''Gnuplot'''
|| '''Gnuplot''' is,* A command-line driven plotting program in '''C''' language.
* It has several plotting capabilities and has a learning curve.
* Can generate graphs interactively and save the output

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|| '''Slide Number 6'''

'''Download link'''
http://www.gnuplot.info
||
* Download link for gnuplot is shown here.
* It is a cross platform software
* Available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS
* It is a copyrighted software and available free of cost.

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|| Open web browser.
|| Open the web browser of your choice.

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|| Go to '''gnuplot.info'''
|| Go to the web address, '''gnuplot.info'''.

It is the official site of '''gnuplot'''.

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|| Hover mouse on left and right to show the plots.
|| The plots on the homepage represent few of gnuplot’s capabilities.

'''Gnuplot''' has a large database of resources and example tutorials.

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|| Click on '''Books''' link.

Scroll down.
|| Click on the '''Books''' link and scroll down the new page.

The popularity of '''gnuplot''' can be gauged from the several books available.

|-
|| Go back to '''gnuplot''' home page.
|| Go back to the home page.

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|| Click on the External Links section.
|| Click on the '''External Links''' section.

|-
|| Hover mouse over '''programming interfaces''' list
|| The page loads.

Notice the many programming interfaces available for '''gnuplot'''.

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|| Hover mouse over '''Octave''' link.
|| Many popular scientific programs also incorporate '''gnuplot''' in them.

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|| Go to [http://www.gnuplot.info/ http://www.gnuplot.info] .
|| Let’s go back to '''gnuplot''' home page.

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|| Scroll down. Click on the '''Gallery of demos''' link.
|| Let’s scroll down.
Click on the '''Gallery of demos''' link.

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|| Hover the cursor on the demo page.
|| This page has several types of example scripts.

Every link has scripts which generate graphs in various styles.

|-
|| Cursor on 2D, 3D and axis transformation.
|| Notice the 2D and 3D plotting along with axis transformation ability.

|-
|| Cursor on curve fitting, annotation and applications.
|| Examples for curve fitting, annotation and applications are also available.

|-
|| Cursor on the web page.
|| Users may also use these links for learning purpose.

Learners may use this page for choosing styles and learn the various options.

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|| Go to '''gnuplot''' web page.
|| Go back to the '''gnuplot''' home page.

|-
|| Click on the '''Documentation''' link.

Hover cursor next to '''Documentation'''.
|| Click on the '''Documentation''' link.

Notice that, detailed documentation is also available.

Documentation is also available in several languages.

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|| '''Slide Number 7'''

'''User Forum'''
|| Currently, '''Stackoverflow''' and '''Sourceforge''' have an active gnuplot user forum.

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|| Go to, [https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/discussion/ https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/discussion/]
|| Go to the''' Sourceforge''' web page on '''gnuplot'''.

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|| Cursor on '''Help''' and '''Discussion''' link on left frame.
|| Notice the two sections on '''Help''' and '''Discussions'''.

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|| Cursor on the '''Join''' link.
|| Learner must create a free account and sign in to ask questions.

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|| Go to [https://stackoverflow.com/ https://stackoverflow.com/]
|| Now, let’s visit the stackoverflow website as seen here.

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|| Type '''gnuplot''' in the search form and press '''Enter'''.
|| Type '''gnuplot''' in the search form on the top and press '''Enter'''.

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|| Cursor on the refreshed page.
|| Notice the questions users have asked in the forum.

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|| Cursor on signup and login.
|| Here too, learner must sign up and log in to ask questions in the forum.

They are seen on the top right side of the page.

|-
|| '''Slide Number 8'''
'''Benefits of gnuplot'''

|| There are several benefits of using gnuplot. It is,
* Widely used by the scientific community and
* Continuously developed and improved upon

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|| '''Slide Number 9'''

'''Scientific community and gnuplot'''

|| Gnuplot can

* Perform curve fitting to find Mathematical relation between data points
* Save the output in various file formats
* Support plotting back-end of other scientific software

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|| '''Slide Number 10'''

'''Gist of the tutorials in this series'''
||
* Now I will explain about the tutorials created in this series.
* Here are the video-clippings of these tutorials.

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|| # Show Title slide of '''Introduction to gnuplot'''
# Show Title slide of '''Installation of gnuplot on Windows OS'''
|| In these two tutorials, we will install '''gnuplot''' in '''Linux''' and '''Windows''' OS.

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|| # Show test window in Linux
# Show test window in Windows.
|| We will also test the terminal capability of the installed software.

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|| # Show title slide of '''Example files and demo folder'''
# Loading the 2D graphics plot

'''Debian Linux''' 9.3
|| The next tutorial explains about, example scripts available in gnuplot website,
# We will load script files to generate a plot.

|-
|| # Show title slide of '''Plotting functions'''
# Formatted plot
# set table , plot sin(x) command

'''Debian Linux''' 9.3
|| The next tutorial explains about,

# '''Plotting functions''' using '''gnuplot'''.
# Formatting a plot and
# Saving the data points to a table.

|-
|| # Show title slide of Set term and Variations.
# Show the generated image file.
# Show dumb command.
|| This tutorial explains about, the set term command.
# We will save the output to an image file and
# Generate an '''ASCII''' output.

|-
|| Play few seconds of the clip from the tutorial.
|| This tutorial explains about,
* Plotting datasets from a file
* Formatting axis to log scale
* Changing color, line and symbol style
* Adding title and axis label

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|| '''Ubuntu Linux''' OS version 16.04 # Show Title slide of '''Generate 3D plots and Surfaces'''
# Show 3D surface and heat map
# Show Title slide of '''Multiple Graphs in a canvas'''
# Show 4 plots in the canvas
|| In these two tutorials we will write scripts to generate plots.

We will generate '''3D''' plots and learn to script graphs in '''multipot''' mode.

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|| Show Title slide of '''Error bars and Data fitting'''.
# Show error bar
# Data fitting command and
# fitted curve.
|| The next tutorial in the series is '''Error bars and Data fitting'''.

# In this tutorial, the user will,# Incorporate error bars in a graph
# Learn to perform data fitting using '''gnuplot''' and
# Draw an arrow in the graphical window.

|-
|| Show title slide from web site.

# Show terminal command for pause
# Show later file and compiling latex file
|| The Latex and '''gnuplot''' tutorial, explains about, generating '''tex''' files with gnuplot.
* We will learn the pause command and,
* Generate latex and pdf file outputs of a graph using gnuplot.

|-
|| # Show title slide of '''Statistics and boxplot'''
# Show '''statistical summary'''
# Show '''box plot'''
# Show title slide of '''Run gnuplot using Perl script'''.

|| The next two tutorials explains about plotting large data sets.

* We will generate statistical summary
* Draw a boxplot
* Write a '''Perl''' script to generate an outlier file for '''box plot''' and
* Label outliers in a '''box plot''' using a '''Perl''' script.

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|| Show spoken website on '''gnuplot''' tutorials.
|| Later on, we may add more tutorials in this series.

These tutorials will be available on this website.

|-
|| '''Slide Number 11'''

'''Summary'''
|| To summarize, in this tutorial, we

* Learned about '''gnuplot''' and '''gnuplot''' website
* Browsed through capabilities of '''gnuplot''' and example scripts for users
* Visited the user forum
* Played video -clippings of '''gnuplot''' tutorials available on this website.

|-
|| '''Slide Number 12'''

'''Spoken Tutorial Project'''
|| This video summarises the Spoken Tutorial Project.

Please download and watch it.

|-
|| '''Slide Number 13'''

'''Spoken Tutorial workshops'''
|| Spoken tutorial team conducts workshops and give certificates.

For more details, please write to us.

|-
|| '''Slide Number 14'''

'''Forum questions'''
||
* Do you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial?
* Please visit this site.
* Choose the minute and second where you have the question.
* Explain your question briefly.
* Spoken tutorial project will ensure an answer.
* You must register to ask questions.

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|| '''Slide Number 15'''

'''Forum for specific questions:'''
||
* The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial.
* Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them
* This will help reduce the clutter.
* With less clutter, we can use these discussions as instructional material.

|-
|| '''Slide Number 16'''

'''Acknowledgement'''
|| The Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by '''MHRD, Government of India'''.

|-
||
|| This is Rani from '''IIT, Bombay'''.

Thank you for joining.

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 '''Learning Objectives'''
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 '''System and Software Requirement'''
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 '''Pre-requisites'''
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 * Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
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-'''Gnuplot'''
+'''About Gnuplot'''
 || '''Gnuplot''' is,
 * A command-line driven plotting program in '''C''' language.
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 '''Download link'''
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 '''User Forum'''
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 '''Benefits of gnuplot'''
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 '''Scientific community and gnuplot'''
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 '''Gist of the tutorials in this series'''
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 '''Summary'''
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 '''Spoken Tutorial Project'''
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 '''Spoken Tutorial workshops'''
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 '''Forum questions'''
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 '''Forum for specific questions:'''
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 '''Acknowledgement'''

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 * The '''gnuplot''' website
-* Important features and capabilities of''' gnuplot '''
+* Important features and capabilities of ''' gnuplot '''
 * Benefits of gnuplot and
 * User forum
-We will also play excerpts of '''gnuplot''' tutorials available on this website.
+* We will also play excerpts of '''gnuplot''' tutorials available on this website.
 |-
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 '''Pre-requisites'''
 || To follow this tutorial,
- * Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
+* Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
 |-
 || '''Slide Number 5'''
 '''Gnuplot'''
-|| '''Gnuplot''' is,* A command-line driven plotting program in '''C''' language.
+|| '''Gnuplot''' is,
-* It has several plotting capabilities and has a learning curve.
+* A command-line driven plotting program in '''C''' language.
 * Can generate graphs interactively and save the output
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 || Go to '''gnuplot.info'''
 || Go to the web address, '''gnuplot.info'''.
+This is the official site of '''gnuplot'''.
-It is the official site of '''gnuplot'''.
 |-
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 || Users may also use these links for learning purpose.
-Learners may use this page for choosing styles and learn the various options.
+Learner may use this page for choosing styles and learn the various options.
 |-
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 Notice that, detailed documentation is also available.
-Documentation is also available in several languages.
+Documentation is available in several languages.
 |-
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 || Go to, [https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/discussion/ https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/discussion/]
-|| Go to the''' Sourceforge''' web page on '''gnuplot'''.
+|| Go to the ''' Sourceforge''' web page on '''gnuplot'''.
 |-
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 || Gnuplot can
-* Perform curve fitting to find Mathematical relation between data points
+* Perform curve fitting to find mathematical relation between data points
-* Save the output in various file formats
+* Save the output in various file formats and
 * Support plotting back-end of other scientific software
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 '''Debian Linux''' 9.3
-|| The next tutorial explains about, example scripts available in gnuplot website,
+|| The next tutorial explains about, example scripts available in gnuplot website and
 # We will load script files to generate a plot.
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 * Plotting datasets from a file
 * Formatting axis to log scale
-* Changing color, line and symbol style
+* Changing color, line and symbol style and
 * Adding title and axis label
@@ Line 257: / Line 257: @@
 || In these two tutorials we will write scripts to generate plots.
-We will generate '''3D''' plots and learn to script graphs in '''multipot''' mode.
+We will generate '''3D''' plots and learn to script graphs in '''multiplot''' mode.
 |-
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 || The next two tutorials explains about plotting large data sets.
-* We will generate statistical summary
+* We will generate statistical summary for a dataset
 * Draw a boxplot
-* Write a '''Perl''' script to generate an outlier file for '''box plot''' and
+* Write a '''Perl''' script to generate an outlier file for ''gnu plot''' and
 * Label outliers in a '''box plot''' using a '''Perl''' script.
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 * Learned about '''gnuplot''' and '''gnuplot''' website
 * Browsed through capabilities of '''gnuplot''' and example scripts for users
-* Visited the user forum
+* Visited the user forum and
 * Played video -clippings of '''gnuplot''' tutorials available on this website.