# \[ANN\] Gaston v1.0.0 -- Plotting using gnuplot
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958
**Category:** Package Announcements
**Tags:** plotting, gnuplot, gaston
**Created:** [June 7, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958 "2020-06-07T23:03:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@jlchan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlchan)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/41 "2020-11-04T17:41:00Z")
works like a charm (and so fast!)
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/42 "2020-11-04T17:42:11Z")
Good to know! Are you using the `aqua` terminal? If yes, then I will make it the default on MacOs in the next release.
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### Author:  [@jlchan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jlchan)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/43 "2020-11-04T17:51:32Z")
Yup, I am. I tried a few others. aqua, caca, cgm, domterm seem to work fine. cairolatex and canvas didn’t (maybe expectedly)
EDIT: actually, only aqua seems to work. caca and cgm got gnuplot error messages, and domterm doesn’t seem to produce a plot.
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/44 "2020-11-04T17:55:28Z")
Thanks for the feedback. I’ve opened issues [https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl/issues/153](https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl/issues/153) and [https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl/issues/154](https://github.com/mbaz/Gaston.jl/issues/154).
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### Author:  [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/45 "2020-11-05T21:10:05Z")
😲 At that time Julia must be out officialy for a month or so. In the month I won’t be able to learn any language to the point to start new project. Probably to the point that I can write without learning materials any program more complicated that “Hello World”. I’m very impresed. Also, I would most probably not decided to use such new and untested in real life language.
Also, I know that some people who here about Julia by the word of mouth starts using it even in 2011 or something like that, so there is no reason to not belive you.
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/46 "2020-11-05T22:10:28Z")
This is the HN post in which I learned about Julia: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3606380](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3606380)
At the time I started Gaston, [Winston.jl](https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/Winston.jl) already existed, but I wasn’t aware of it until later (no JuliaHub in those days).
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### Author:  [@paulmunger](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paulmunger)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/47 "2020-11-26T07:13:20Z")
I’ve been using Gaston for about a week now and it’s working great. It’s super fast, the plots look nice, and it’s well-integrated with Julia. Kudos!
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### Author:  [@rashid](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rashid)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/48 "2020-11-26T09:49:34Z")
Great package! Any plans for adding this as a back-end to Plots.jl?
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/49 "2020-11-26T14:52:17Z")
Thank you for the feedback 😃
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/50 "2020-11-26T14:55:19Z")
Thank you! I’m not planning to write a Plots.jl back-end myself, but I’d love to see someone write one.
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### Author:  [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/51 "2020-12-03T21:32:07Z")
If I finally learn Plots.jl, I will try. But, this is very big IF.
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### Author:  [@mbaz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbaz)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/52 "2020-12-03T21:58:28Z")
Good news: @isentropic has a WIP PR for a Gaston backend: [https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/pull/3177](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/pull/3177)
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### Author:  [@isentropic](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/isentropic)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-gaston-v1-0-0-plotting-using-gnuplot/40958/53 "2020-12-04T02:45:18Z")
I was very reluctant to learn Plots.jl too, but try using it for a few days exclusively, you’d see the benefits of very intuitive synatx
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