gnuplot.el pops up a nifty toolbar on the left of a frame - unfortunately, when buffer tabs are turned on, it looks like this: until something causes the frame to be redrawn the version of gnuplot.el I have is: ;; Author: Bruce Ravel <ravel(a)phys.washington.edu&gt; and Phil Type ;; Maintainer: Bruce Ravel <ravel(a)phys.washington.edu&gt; ;; Created: June 28 1998 ;; Updated: January 4, 2001 ;; Version: 0.5n and can be found here: http://leonardo.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/gnuplot-mode/ -- John A. Turner, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Blue Sky Studios, 44 S. Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601 http://www.blueskystudios.com/ (914) 259-6319