While preparing and debugging a plot file for gnuplot, it is often convenient to “unset” some options which may contain additional parameters. However, adding the “un” prefix to the “set” command returns an error, due to the presence of these additional parameters. This forces the user to insert, for example, a comment sign “#” to avoid the error.
For example, if a gnuplot file has the following line:
set border 15 linetype -1 linewidth 0.5
and, at a certain moment, the user wants to unset the borders, it would be much simpler to modify that line to
unset border 15 linetype -1 linewidth 0.5
instead to write
unset border # 15 linetype -1 linewidth 0.5
To sum up, the “unset” command should unset the option, irrespective of any other parameters that could follow that option.
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