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Using plots for points in gnuplot

I have a frivolous question. Is there a way to use an image instead of points in gnuplot? For example, if I was writing pasta consumption data or whatever, I would have photographs of pasta (instead of the usual gnuplot points).

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Another option is to find a font tingbat font with a suitable glyph. Then you can use "plot with labels" using this symbol as the label string. See for example 5th plot in demo   http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/stringvar.html



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I haven't played with this function at all, but there is:

http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/barchart_art.html



Which shows the use of png files on a histogram (note that this feature was added in Gnuplot 4.5 - I think). With a little creativity, it seems like you can use this function to do what you ask, although it would require a whole bunch of plot commands to do so, so it would be helpful to write a script to generate a gnuplot script (or use iteration depending on your set data). Obviously, your image files must be in a format that your version of gnuplot also understands ...

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A possible strategy might be an option plot with rgbimage

in gnuplot.

See the second example here: http://www.gnuplot.info/demo_4.2/image.html

If you are linking a parameter center

to your data points it might be possible.

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