Re: 2.9.10, finally?

[Daniel J Sebald]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> On  7-Feb-2007, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>
> | Not just __gnuplot_raw__.  It's nice to have the flexibility to
> | tweak a plot by issuing that command just before a plot() command,
> | by setting some parameter that normal handle graphics may not
> | access.
>
> No, that won't work.  To properly implement compatible graphics,
> Octave must know the entire state of the plot and have complete
> control over it.  Everything must be in the propery list.
>
> | I think there are a few things gnuplot can offer that
> | normal handle graphics can't.
>
> Yes, it will likely always be true that the feature set of gnuplot and
> Octave/Matlab graphics is not a one to one match.  If you want to use
> all the features of gnuplot, then you will have to control it
> directly.

Grumble...

> It also appears that there are some Matlab graphics features that are
> impossible to implement with gnuplot.  For example, how do you
> reliably specify marker types, and are all the marker types that are
> available in Matlab available in gnuplot?  What about lines a dash-dot
> style and with arbitrary colors?

You mean the inconsistency in data points symbols (markers) when switching from 
one terminal type (say X11) to another (say PostScript)?  Yes, I know.  There's 
been plenty of discussion about this.  Not difficult to do, but can't seem to 
get agreement to so, maybe because there'd never be 100% agreement between 
what's available in one terminal and another.

Anyway, here is an illustration of various output modes:

http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_4.1/dashcolor.html

There is a dash-dot in the example, but that doesn't mean it is available on all output 
formats.  Note that with the use of the new "rgb" mode you are fairly certain 
of getting the correct color.

Hey, this CVS version, all I need do is "autoconf" and that should set things up from 
"./configure" onward, right?  The config process is failing at:

config.status: creating libcruft/blas-xtra/Makefile
config.status: creating libcruft/lapack-xtra/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: error: cannot find input file: config.h.in


Dan