diff --git a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term2.gp b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term2.gp
index 28e5f10..7b44713 100644
--- a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term2.gp
+++ b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term2.gp
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ set xlabel "x"
 set ylabel "Frequency"
 #count and plot
 plot "data.dat" u (hist($1,width)):(1.0) smooth freq w boxes lc rgb"green" notitle
+
+stats 'data.dat'
+show variables all
+
diff --git a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp
index e0315e4..8e5885f 100644
--- a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp
+++ b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 reset
-set terminal dumb size 80, 25
 
-n=100 #number of intervals
-max=3. #max value
-min=-3. #min value
+stats 'data.dat'
+# show variables all
+# STATS_min
+# STATS_max
+
+set terminal dumb size 100, 25
+n=1000 #number of intervals
+max=STATS_max #max value
+min=STATS_min #min value
 width=(max-min)/n #interval width
-#function used to map a value to the intervals
 hist(x,width)=width*floor(x/width)+width/2.0
-set boxwidth width*0.9
-
+set xrange [min:max]
+set yrange [0:]
+#to put an empty boundary around the
+#data inside an autoscaled graph.
+# set offset graph 0.05,0.05,0.05,0.0
+# set xtics min,(max-min)/5,max
+# set boxwidth width*0.9
+# set tics out nomirror
+set xlabel "x"
+set ylabel "Frequency"
 #count and plot
 plot "data.dat" u (hist($1,width)):(1.0) smooth freq w boxes lc rgb"green" notitle
+