1.12.3 Can you answer these questions?

Can you answer these?

1.12.3.1 gnuplot in LaTeX with Pdflatex, without gnuplottex

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/271625/gnuplot-in-latex-with-pdflatex-without-gnuplottex

I wonder if it is possible to find an analogical solution for pdflatex instead of latex, see gnuplot in LaTeX, without gnuplottex. 
Changing the gnuplot code to: 
\begin{gnuplot}[terminal=cairolatex,  ...
 

- asked by A~\221ako 3votes

1.12.3.2 Is it possible to increase the line's width from its start to its end?

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/270856/is-it-possible-to-increase-the-lines-width-from-its-start-to-its-end

I was wondering if it is possible to let the line's width dynamically increase from its start to its end. I found such an illustration in a book: 
I am a TikZ noob but what I came up with would be  ...
 

- asked by taocp 3votes

1.12.3.3 Unusual texify error

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/271345/unusual-texify-error

I recently updated all my packages in MiKTeX, and now have an unusual crash when I build a file. 
Straight from ST2, I get the pdflatex.exe has stopped working error, but the pdf generates without an  ...
 

- asked by Dimpl 2votes

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