X11_singleWindow

Displays plots on the screen (in X11 windows, using ghostviewor other viewing application selected using the set viewer command). Each time a new plot is generated, it replaces the old one, to prevent the desktop from becoming flooded with old plots.¹ [default when running interactively; see below]

X11_multiWindow

As above, but each new plot appears in a new window, and the old plots remain visible. As many plots as may be desired can be left on the desktop simultaneously.

X11_persist

As above, but plot windows remain open after Pyxplot closes.

bmp

Sends output to a Windows bitmap (.bmp) file. The filename for this file should be set using set output. This is a bitmap graphics terminal.

eps

As above, but produces Encapsulated PostScript.

gif

As above, but produces a gif image. This is a bitmap graphics terminal.

jpeg

As above, but produces a jpeg image. This is a bitmap graphics terminal.

pdf

As above, but produces pdf output.

png

As above, but produces a png image. This is a bitmap graphics terminal.

postscript

As above, but sends output to a PostScript file. [default when running non-interactively; see below]

svg

As above, but produces an svg image.²

tiff

As above, but produces a tiff image. This is a bitmap graphics terminal.

color

Allows datasets to be plotted in color. Automatically they will be displayed in a series of different colors, or alternatively colors may be specified using the with color plot modifier (see below). [default]

color

Equivalent US spelling of the above.

monochrome

Opposite to the above; all datasets will be plotted in black by default.

dpi

Sets the number of dots per inch at which rasterised graphic output should be sampled (i.e. the output image resolution)

portrait

Sets plots to be displayed in upright (normal) orientation. [default]

landscape

Opposite of the above; produces side-ways plots. Not very useful when displayed on the screen, but you fit more on a sheet of paper that way around.

invert

Modifier for the bitmap output terminals identified above – i.e. the bmp, gif, jpeg, png and tiff terminals – which produces output with inverted colors.³

noinvert

Modifier for the bitmap output terminals identified above; opposite to the above. [default]

transparent

Modifier for the gif and png terminals; produces output with a transparent background.

solid

Modifier for the gif and png terminals; opposite to the above. [default]

antialias

Modifier for the bitmap output terminals identified above; produces antialiased output, with color boundaries smoothed to disguise the effects of pixelisation [default]

noantialias

Modifier for the bitmap output terminals identified above; opposite to the above

enlarge

Enlarge or shrink contents to fit the current paper size.

noenlarge

Do not enlarge output; opposite to the above. [default]