In [Gnuplot 6.0.1](http://www.gnuplot.info/ReleaseNotes_6_0_1.html), the following change was introduced: > CHANGE Use of data source '-' inside a multiplot is an error; use a local datablock instead This causes an excessive amount of warnings to be output to the console: > warning: Reading from '-' inside a multiplot not supported; use a datablock instead I can easily reproduce this with the [line plot 1 example](https://github.com/alandefreitas/matplotplusplus/blob/master/examples/line_plot/plot/plot_1.cpp) on MacOS with gnuplot 6.0.1 installed via `brew`.