## Dumb

The dumb terminal driver plots into a text block using ascii characters. It has an optional size specification and a trailing linefeed flag.

Syntax:

         set terminal dumb {size <xchars>,<ychars>} {[no]feed}
                           {aspect <htic>{,<vtic>}}
                           {[no]enhanced}

where xchars and ychars set the size of the text block. The default is 79 by 24. The last newline is printed only if feed is enabled.

The aspect option can be used to control the aspect ratio of the plot by setting the length of the horizontal and vertical tic marks. Only integer values are allowed. Default is 2,1 - corresponding to the aspect ratio of common screen fonts.

Example:

         set term dumb size 60,15 aspect 1
         set tics nomirror scale 0.5
         plot [-5:6.5] sin(x) with impulse ls -1

             1 +-------------------------------------------------+
           0.8 +|||++                   ++||||++                 |
           0.6 +|||||+                 ++|||||||+  sin(x) +----+ |
           0.4 +||||||+               ++|||||||||+               |
           0.2 +|||||||+             ++|||||||||||+             +|
             0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
          -0.2 +        +|||||||||||+              +|||||||||||+ |
          -0.4 +         +|||||||||+                +|||||||||+  |
          -0.6 +          +|||||||+                  +|||||||+   |
          -0.8 +           ++||||+                    ++||||+    |
            -1 +---+--------+--------+-------+--------+--------+-+
                  -4       -2        0       2        4        6