title: Rotated datapoint labels in gnuplot
body: <p>With regards to the answer given here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/14609537/2000581">https://stackoverflow.com/a/14609537/2000581</a></p>
  
  <p>How can I apply special formatting (e.g. rotate) to the labels ?</p>
  
  <p>I can use </p>
  
  <pre><code>set label {tag} rotate by 45 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to get a 45 degree rotated label. But plotting labels at datapoints, as given in the previously mentioned answer, has a different command format (... w labels u ...).</p>
  
  <p>Perhaps a way to change the default label formatting ?</p>