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+all: examples/sequential.png examples/diverging.png examples/qualitative.png
+
+examples/sequential.png: examples/sequential.plt $(wildcard sequential/*.plt)
+	(cd examples && gnuplot $(notdir $<))
+
+examples/diverging.png: examples/diverging.plt $(wildcard diverging/*.plt)
+	(cd examples && gnuplot $(notdir $<))
+
+examples/qualitative.png: examples/qualitative.plt $(wildcard qualitative/*.plt)
+	(cd examples && gnuplot $(notdir $<))