On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Robert T.
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I thought about this some after Ben's question.
I think you are right. Even though I did like gplot, it is far better to
abstract the plotting from the specific tool. MATLAB plotting syntax is
occasionally clunky, but it is reasonably straightforward. To return to
anything gplot specific would be going backwards, not forwards.
A user can always create his own interface if the octave solution doesn't
work.
Plotting has always been a bit of a problem. Back when we did everything in
FORTRAN (just dated myself!) there were a couple of good subroutine packages
that became fairly standardized and life was good. Making good plots
conveniently was something I took for granted. That hasn't really happened
since.
Just my opinion.
Bob
Here's an idea: what about bringing the gplot interface back in the
form of an extension package?
(Not that I like it, I've never used it)