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 The command `set multiplot` places `gnuplot` (Note: gnuplot ) in the
 multiplot mode, in which several plots are placed on the same page, window, or
 screen.

 Syntax:
       set multiplot
       set nomultiplot

 For some terminals, no plot is displayed until the command `set nomultiplot`
 is given, which causes the entire page to be drawn and then returns `gnuplot`
 to its normal single-plot mode.  For other terminals, each separate `plot`
 (Note: plot ) command produces a plot, but the screen may not be cleared
 between plots.

 Any labels or arrows that have been defined will be drawn for each plot
 according to the current size and origin (unless their coordinates are
 defined in the `screen` system).  Just about everything else that can be
 `set` (Note: set-show ) is applied to each plot, too.  If you want something
 to appear only once on the page, for instance a single time stamp, you'll need
 to put a `set time`/`set notime` pair around one of the `plot`, `splot`
 (Note: splot ) or  `replot` (Note: replot ) commands within the `set
 multiplot`/`set nomultiplot` block.

 The commands `set origin` (Note: origin ) and  `set size` (Note: size )
 must be used to correctly position each plot; see `set origin` and `set size`
 for details of their usage.

 Example:
       set size 0.7,0.7
       set origin 0.1,0.1
       set multiplot
       set size 0.4,0.4
       set origin 0.1,0.1
       plot sin(x)
       set size 0.2,0.2
       set origin 0.5,0.5
       plot cos(x)
       set nomultiplot

 displays a plot of cos(x) stacked above a plot of sin(x).  Note the initial
 `set size` and `set origin`.  While these are not always required, their
 inclusion is recommended.  Some terminal drivers require that bounding box
 information be available before any plots can be made, and the form given
 above guarantees that the bounding box will include the entire plot array
 rather than just the bounding box of the first plot.

 `set size` and `set origin` refer to the entire plotting area used for each
 plot.  If you want to have the axes themselves line up, you can guarantee
 that the margins are the same size with the `set margin` (Note: margin )
 commands.  See `set margin` for their use.  Note that the margin settings are
 absolute, in character units, so the appearance of the graph in the remaining
 space will depend on the screen size of the display device, e.g., perhaps
 quite different on a video display and a printer.