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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a simple gnuplot ‘plot’ command within a tikzpicture
block as follows<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>\begin{tikzpicture}[domain=-5:5]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\draw[arrows={-latex}]
(-5,0) -- (6,0) node[below] {$x$};<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\draw[arrows={-latex}]
(0,-1.2) -- (0,2.5) node[above] {$f(x)$};<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\draw[thick, color=blue, samples=100]
plot[id=2] function{x} node[above] {$f(x) = x$};<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\end{tikzpicture}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This segment *<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>IS</span></b>* able to
generate the <job>.2.gnuplot so I know gnuplot does execute (not a
\write18 issue).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>When I use the gnuplot interactive program (windows xp, gnuplot V 4.2
patch 4) and ‘load’ the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><job>.2.gnuplot file, the corresponding <job>.2.table *<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>IS</span></b>* created in the same directory that
would have contained the file generated by my code.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The set of packages used is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>\usepackage{verbatim}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\usepackage{amsmath} <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\usepackage{amssymb}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\usepackage{tikz}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-qt-block-indent:0'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>\usepackage[americaninductor]{circuitikz}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='-qt-paragraph-type:empty;-qt-block-indent:0'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have searched long and wide and could not find a clue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ovi</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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