David Rowe wrote:
> I use octave (a matlab clone) for plotting, it comes with most linux
> systems:
> ...
> It doesn't have a mouse interface for zooming.
If your version of gnuplot supports it (>= 3.8, I think...), you can have some mouse zooming functionality. From octave:
octave:1> __gnuplot_set__ mouse
octave:2> plot(1,1)
Now you can double click in the plot window to copy the current mouse coordinates to the X buffer. The middle button will paste the text coordinates into a document or terminal window. The right mouse button can select a region for zooming. The middle button places a point at the cursor.
In older version of octave, the syntax is:
gset mouse
Just thought this might come in handy!