From 7c3019af3f83f1911c282bfc825fd19a481d02a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:53:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add tektronix/xterm/gnuplot post. --- posts/Tektronix_emulation_and_Gnuplot.mdwn | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/Tektronix_emulation_and_Gnuplot.mdwn diff --git a/posts/Tektronix_emulation_and_Gnuplot.mdwn b/posts/Tektronix_emulation_and_Gnuplot.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37bdc18 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/Tektronix_emulation_and_Gnuplot.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +I just discovered that [gnuplot][] has an `xterm` terminal output mode +which uses [xterm][]'s tektronix emulator ([since gnuplot +4.2.6][release]). This is useful if you have logged into a remote +machine and want to plot something, but you didn't have the foresight +to use `ssh -Y` to bring along a connection to your X server. I used to use + + gnuplot> set term dumb + +but often the low resolution available with standard terminal +characters left the resulting output almost unintelligible. With + + gnuplot> set term xterm + +your `xterm` will pop up a new window in tektronix mode, in which you +get very nice monochrome graphics. + +Besides the “forgot to tunnel X” use case outlined above, this output +would also be useful if you wanted to avoid exposing yourself to [[X +vulnerabilies|X_hacks]] while logging into an untrusted machine. + +Obviously, you'll have to be running `xterm` for any of this to work ;). + +[gnuplot]: http://www.gnuplot.info/ +[xterm]: http://invisible-island.net/xterm/ +[release]: http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.2.6 + +[[!tag tags/fun]] +[[!tag tags/linux]] -- 2.26.2