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Re: FAQ : Why are the developers planning to replace Gnuplot with an Ope


From: Mike Miller
Subject: Re: FAQ : Why are the developers planning to replace Gnuplot with an OpenGL backend?
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 10:22:56 -0700
User-agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01)

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:46:12 +0200, Julien Bect wrote:
> The FAQ says :
> 
> /The development of Octave is committed to being both compatible with Matlab
> and adding additional features. Toward those ends, the development community
> has chosen to introduce a native OpenGL backend that supports Matlab handle
> graphics and its uicontrols. Starting with the 3.8 release, Octave now uses
> OpenGL graphics by default with FLTK widgets. A Qt OpenGL toolkit is also
> under development.//
> //
> //There are no plans to remove the gnuplot backend. While a better backend
> may some day become the new default plotter, the gnuplot backend will still
> be available as long as our users find it useful.
> 
> 
> /Shouldn't this be modified, since qt is now the default in 4.0.x ?

Yes, please do. It's a wiki, don't worry about writing something wrong,
someone can edit it again.

-- 
mike



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