diff --git a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1.gp b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1.gp
index 5bb246e..cda2b31 100644
--- a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1.gp
+++ b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1.gp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 reset
 set terminal dumb size 80, 25
+max=3
+min=-3
 n=100 #number of intervals
 width=(max-min)/n #interval width
 #function used to map a value to the intervals
diff --git a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1b.gp b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1b.gp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28e5f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term1b.gp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+reset
+set terminal dumb size 80, 25
+n=100 #number of intervals
+max=5. #max value
+min=-5. #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 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 style fill solid 0.5 #fillstyle
+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
diff --git a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp
index 8e5885f..b527d81 100644
--- a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp
+++ b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term3.gp
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 reset
 
-stats 'data.dat'
+stats 'data.dat' nooutput
 # show variables all
-# STATS_min
-# STATS_max
+max=STATS_max 
+min=STATS_min 
 
-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
+n=1000 
+width=(max-min)/n 
 hist(x,width)=width*floor(x/width)+width/2.0
+
 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
 
+unset xtics
+unset ytics
+unset border
+set xtics out nomirror norotate offset 0,0
+set ytics out nomirror norotate
+set ytics in nomirror norotate offset 0,0
+set tics scale 0,0,0,0
+
+set xlabel "x"
+
+set terminal dumb size 100, 25
+plot "data.dat" u (hist($1,width)):(1.0) smooth freq w boxes notitle
diff --git a/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term4.gp b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term4.gp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f70ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratchpad/plotting/gnuplot/term4.gp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+reset
+
+stats 'data.dat' nooutput
+# show variables all
+max=STATS_max 
+min=STATS_min 
+
+n=1000 
+width=(max-min)/n 
+hist(x,width)=width*floor(x/width)+width/2.0
+
+set xrange [min:max]
+set yrange [0:]
+
+unset xtics
+unset ytics
+unset border
+set xtics out nomirror norotate offset 0,0
+set ytics out nomirror norotate
+set ytics in nomirror norotate offset 0,0
+set tics scale 0,0,0,0
+
+set xlabel "x"
+
+set terminal dumb size 100, 25
+plot 'data.dat' u (hist($1,width)):(1.0) smooth freq w boxes notitle