🚀 go-pugleaf

Yesterday, I asked the following question:

> How do you solve the problem of horizontally placed y-label when you use
> the combination of Gnuplot/EEpic(or latex)/LaTeX?

Since then, I received 4 replies. two of them said "No way", TeX
doesn't know how to rotate text. The other two suggested me to use
the "shortstack" way, that is, using

set ylabel "y\\l\\a\\b\\e\\l"

to get

y
l
a
b
e
l

Personally I think it is too ugly to appear in a published paper. Then I
decided to give a look on the GnuPlot EEpic output .tex file, and solve the
problem finally. What I did is simple:

(1) change the corresponding line, say,

	\put(45,472){\makebox(0,0)[r]{$\sin(\theta)$}}

in the .tex file to

	\put(x,y){\rotate{\vbox{sin(x)}}}

where $\sin(\theta)$ is the ylabel, x and y are new proper numbers for
coordinates.

(2) add "rotate" style to the main LaTeX file:

	\documentstyle[...,rotate,...]{...}

That's it. Of source, you must have a PS printer in order to get the
correct output. And, a PS screen previewer (e.g., "gspreview" in X-windows)
will certainly makes this "dirty" job more efficient.

-chin-
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