#2479 error in "make pdf" in develpment source

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

In "make pdf" in development source (5.5), "make pdf" ends with representation of the following message.

Making pdf in tutorial
make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/d/Work/Tatsuro/cygwinwork/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/gnuplot-main/build_openspecfun_qt/tutorial'
if test -x ../src/gnuplot ; then GNUPLOT_PS_DIR=../../term/PostScript GNUPLOT_LIB=../../tutorial GNUTERM=latex ../src/gnuplot ../../tutorial/eg1.plt ; else gnuplot ../../tutorial/eg1.plt ; fi

set term latex
         ^
line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list

WARNING: Error during initialization


set terminal latex
             ^
"../../tutorial/eg1.plt" line 1: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list

make[1]: *** [Makefile:520: eg1.tex] Error 1

gnuplot> set terminal

Available terminal types:
            block  Pseudo-graphics using Unicode blocks or Braille characters
       cairolatex  LaTeX picture environment using graphicx package and Cairo backend
           canvas  HTML Canvas object
              cgm  Computer Graphics Metafile
          context  ConTeXt with MetaFun (for PDF documents)
          domterm  DomTerm terminal emulator with embedded SVG
           dpu414  Seiko DPU-414 thermal printer [small medium large]
             dumb  ascii art for anything that prints text
              dxf  dxf-file for AutoCad (default size 120x80)
              emf  Enhanced Metafile format
         epscairo  eps terminal based on cairo
         epslatex  LaTeX picture environment using graphicx package
     epson_180dpi  Epson LQ-style 180-dot per inch (24 pin) printers
      epson_60dpi  Epson-style 60-dot per inch printers
      epson_lx800  Epson LX-800, Star NL-10, NX-1000, PROPRINTER ...
              fig  FIG graphics language V3.2 for XFIG graphics editor
              gif  GIF images using libgd and TrueType fonts
           hp500c  HP DeskJet 500c, [75 100 150 300] [rle tiff]
             hpdj  HP DeskJet 500, [75 100 150 300]
             hpgl  HP7475 and relatives [number of pens] [eject]
           hpljii  HP Laserjet series II, [75 100 150 300]
Press return for more:
             hppj  HP PaintJet and HP3630 [FNT5X9 FNT9X17 FNT13X25]
             jpeg  JPEG images using libgd and TrueType fonts
              lua  Lua generic terminal driver
          nec_cp6  NEC printer CP6, Epson LQ-800 [monochrome color draft]
          okidata  OKIDATA 320/321 Standard
              pbm  Portable bitmap [small medium large] [monochrome gray color]
             pcl5  PCL5e/PCL5c printers using HP-GL/2
         pdfcairo  pdf terminal based on cairo
           pict2e  LaTeX2e picture environment
              png  PNG images using libgd and TrueType fonts
         pngcairo  png terminal based on cairo
       postscript  PostScript graphics, including EPSF embedded files (*.eps)
          pslatex  LaTeX picture environment with PostScript \specials
            pstex  plain TeX with PostScript \specials
         pstricks  LaTeX picture environment with PSTricks macros
          sixelgd  sixel using libgd and TrueType fonts
         sixeltek  Sixel output using bitmap graphics
            starc  Star Color Printer
              svg  W3C Scalable Vector Graphics
      tandy_60dpi  Tandy DMP-130 series 60-dot per inch graphics
          tek40xx  Tektronix 4010 and others; most TEK emulators
          tek410x  Tektronix 4106, 4107, 4109 and 420X terminals
Press return for more:
          texdraw  LaTeX texdraw environment
             tikz  TeX TikZ graphics macros via the lua script driver
         tkcanvas  Tk canvas widget
          unknown  Unknown terminal type - not a plotting device
            vttek  VT-like tek40xx terminal emulator
             webp  single frame or animation using cairo, pango, and libwebp
              wxt  wxWidgets cross-platform interactive terminal
              x11  X11 Window System interactive terminal
             xlib  X11 Window System (dump of gnuplot_x11 command stream)
            xterm  Xterm Tektronix 4014 Mode

I configured --with-latex. Is the latex terminal gone in the development source? If it is true, making the latex tutorial document is to be stopped in the development source.

[Ethan Merritt]

Correct. The original latex terminals (latex emtex eepic) are deprecated. They are not built by default.

Therefore the old latex tutorial is no longer relevant. The tutorial subdirectory is no longer in the 5.4 distribution package at all. It is still in the development branch git repository because someone, someday, might update the tutorial text to describe the current latex terminals instead of the old ones.

The configuration option --with-latex does not control building the tutorial. It requests installation of latex support files from the distribution package directory .../share/LaTeX/* to whatever system directory is the default or to the one given by --with-texdir=DIR.

    gnuplot.cfg   gnuplot-lua-tikz.tex 
    gnuplot-lua-tikz-common.tex  gnuplot-lua-tikz.sty 

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Commit [f62375] master
Now latex tutorial is not tried to build.
Thanks!