I want to describe here how I make plots using gnuplot with LaTeX output. I created a little bash script called gp2epspdf.bash that converts a file with gnuplot commands to an EPS and a PDF file, ready to include in the LaTeX documents.
You can download the script gp2epspdf.bash from here.
An example of an input file can be downloaded from here. The corresponding EPS and PDF output files are like the image below.
To see all line styles and point types available, create a file containing only the word test, and then type bash gp2epspdf.bash file. If you think you will use often this bash script, you can make an alias in your ~/.bashrc file.
Tables:
I found a very useful perl script, written by Karsten Hilbert and Frank Meineke, that converts a data file (data.dat) to a LaTeX table (table.tex).
The script data2tex.pl can be downloaded from here.
Usage: $ ./data2tex.pl data.dat > table.tex
You can download an example of an input file from here. The example of the corresponding output file (table.tex) is here.
Processing documents:
I have created very simple scripts to make easier the processing of LaTeX documents. The objective of this scripts is to remove all the latex or pdflatex output files except the PDF one, and display the result in the screen. The latex (or pdflatex) command is run twice in order to ensure that all the hyperlinks and bibliography cites work properly.
LaTeXing: the script latexing.bash can be downloaded from here.
Requires: latex, dvips, ps2pdf, xpdf.
Usage: $ bash latexing.bash file.tex
PdfLaTeXing: the script pdflatexing.bash can be downloaded from here.
Requires: pdflatex, xpdf.
Usage: $ bash pdflatexing.bash file.tex
Presenting: the script presenting.bash can be downloaded from here.
Requires: pdflatex, xpdf.
Usage: $ bash presenting.bash file.tex
Postering: the script postering.bash can be downloaded from here.
Requires: latex, dvips, ps2pdf, xpdf.
Usage: $ bash postering.bash file.tex
If you use often the scripts above, I recommend you to make an alias in your ~/.bashrc file. Below you can download some examples of input files for those scripts:
LaTeXing and PdfLaTeXing: I have a very simple example of input file for these scripts: sdocument.tex.
Presenting: A template of a presentation is here. It uses the beamer class.
Postering: You can download an example of a DIN A0 LaTeX poster here. This is a template created by Andreas Jung and modified by me to fit my purposes. It uses the a0poster class.
