The heads of the arrows shown with "test" are changed when an arrow is set and plotted with a changed arrowstyle:
set style arrow 1 heads size screen 0.02,5 lw 4 test # nothing changed set arrow from -3,3 to screen 3,3 arrowstyle 1 test # nothing changed plot x test # test arrows now all have head size and angle from arrowstyle 1
It doesn´t matter which arrowstyle number is used, and the linewidth is unaffected. It seems that "test" always takes the size and angle from the last arrow that was added to the last plot:
set arrow from -3,-3 to 3,-3 test # no new change plot x test # arrows have default heads again
(gnuplot500, any terminal)
Duplicate of Bug #1546.
Already fixed in CVS for 5.0 and 5.1