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Re: OK, then.

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Petr Mikulik wrote:

[...]
> move to proper FILES .. I don't know how.

No surprise there --- the "File Release System" is project administrators
only.  

> They should also go to
> 	/home/groups/g/gn/gnuplot/ftp
> together with the source .tar.gz and ANNOUNCEMENT to replace the older one.

I don't think so.  The per-project FTP service which this directory
represents has been discontinued ages ago.


-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: OK, then.

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> OK, guys, I did it.

Great.

Binary packages for OS/2, W32 and W32+X11 are in the directory files/ at the
gnuplot sf web page. Release date is written as April 16. The file is called
400.zip. Plese unzip it and move to proper FILES .. I don't know how.

They should also go to
	/home/groups/g/gn/gnuplot/ftp
together with the source .tar.gz and ANNOUNCEMENT to replace the older one.

Please copy this ann. to file announcement-gnuplot_4_0.txt on the web page
so that it gets mirrored.

Looking forward to the announcement.


For cgaylord: please chgrp + chmod ftp/ directory on SF web page.

--
PM

Re: OK, then.

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Lars Hecking wrote:

> Hans-Bernhard Broeker writes:
> > OK, guys, I did it.
> > 
> > A minute ago, I've uploaded the final release tarball to both my webspace
> > and to SF.net.  The very last last-minute change was Clark's go over all
> > the links in gnuplot.doc (and a corresponding rebuild of gnulot.texi by
> > me).
>  
>  There is no gnuplot.texi update in cvs, it seems.

There is now.  


-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: OK, then.

[Lars H. <lhe...@us...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker writes:
> OK, guys, I did it.
> 
> A minute ago, I've uploaded the final release tarball to both my webspace
> and to SF.net.  The very last last-minute change was Clark's go over all
> the links in gnuplot.doc (and a corresponding rebuild of gnulot.texi by
> me).
 
 There is no gnuplot.texi update in cvs, it seems.

> (Lars: sorry, that means you may have to download once more).
 
 I didn't - just in the office ...

OK, then.

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

OK, guys, I did it.

A minute ago, I've uploaded the final release tarball to both my webspace
and to SF.net.  The very last last-minute change was Clark's go over all
the links in gnuplot.doc (and a corresponding rebuild of gnulot.texi by
me).

(Lars: sorry, that means you may have to download once more).

So: everybody fire up your compilers and make binary packages, so 
we can hopefully post the announcement today.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: web page mirroring

[Clark G. <ga...@di...>]

Petr Mikulik wrote:
>>That's fine with me, though the hard links should probably point to the
>>.info canonically instead of sf, imho.  What is the "correct" way to update
>>the others?  Are they CVS'ed or just edit the files on sf
>>/groups/g/gn/gnuplot...?
> 
> 
> Correct way is to edit docs/gnuplot.doc in CVS.

Actually, I was referring to the html stuff.  But I've updated gnuplot.doc 
with canonical references.

--ckg

Re: Last orders please...

[Clark G. <ga...@di...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> Unless I hear otherwise, around midnight CEST (Central European Summer
> Time) today, I'll tarball up the CVS head (tagged GNUPLOT_RELEASE_4_0_0)  
> and upload it to SourceForge.net and ask Lars to put a fingerprint of it.  
> That gives you all about 200 "last minutes" to find any remaining things
> you want changed.  I will be off-line till then.
> 
> Please don't move any tags though --- check-in still allowed, but no
> tagging other than by me or Lars.
> 
> Repeat: I want this out the door *today*, if at all possible.

Ok here: I have gotten www.gnuplot.info back to its previous home (much 
better bandwidth).  ftp.gnuplot.info is not yet moved.

www.gnuplot.info is now mirroring sf.

I have not done the proper CVS editing of webpage stuff; just a q&d html 
hack.  I will review my CVS checkout and try to get that right.

--ckg

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Clark G. <ga...@di...>]

Petr Mikulik wrote:
> (the original mouse support was on OS/2 more than 1.5 years earlier).

We will never forget, Petr!  :-)

--ckg

Re: Announcement, second draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> On Thursday 15 April 2004 10:37 am, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> >
> > The relevant patents will expire relatively soon, but it's quite
> > unclear right now whether the capability to write GIF files will be
> > restored to the GD library.
> 
> For what it's worth, Boutell's web site says:
>     "GIF support will not reappear in gd until the patent expires 
>      world-wide on July 7th, 2004."
> 
> That is soon enough that we might consider not spending a
> huge amount of text on an issue that is only relevant for a
> few more months.  It might be better to say something like:
> 
>   "GIF images were not supported by versions of the GD library
>   later than 1.4 but prior to the worldwide expiration of the Unisys
>   LZW patent."

I saw that note of Boutell's, too, but from the context I gathered the
expression that he's not exactly sitting there counting the days until he
can reactivate GIF support.  Saying "not before" is not the same as "yes
right afterwards".

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, second draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Petr Mikulik wrote:

> Question for binary releases: do you think they should contain ChangeLog as
> well?

No.  NEWS should really be sufficient.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Gnuplot for wxWidgets?

[Nigel N. <nN...@au...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 <ti...@uc...> wrote: 

> I'm glad you mentioned Gnuplot, ... 
 
Gnuplot 4.0 is being released tonight. 
 
> If a Gnuplot widget could be used inside a wxWidgets 
> application, that may be great.

I am about to try setting this up. 

Nigel

 
--- original message --- 
 
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:43:56 -0700
To: wx-...@li...
From: Doug Tinkham <ti...@uc...>
Subject: Re: Plotting package wxWidgets
Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.2.20040415103410.00a95358@t.imap.ucalgary.ca>

At 05:34 PM 15/04/2004 +0200, you wrote:
> > I think drawing of the curves is not the major problem 
> > since, it would not be to difficult to convert the real 
> > coordinate into the device coordinate, but the rest of 
> > the "decoration" is probably more of a problem 
> > (axes, label in the  form 10^6 and not 100000,...). 
> 
>Have you tried Gnuplot?
 
I'm glad you mentioned Gnuplot, but I have a question on exactly how 
Gnuplot works. Can you actually have a Gnuplot window IN an wxWidgets 
application, or is Gnuplot a standalone application that you have to 
run to make any plots? If so, this is not real useful to many of us 
who are wanting a decent plotting COMPONENT inside our wxWidgets 
application for making nice 2D plots, with axes, titles, tickmarks, 
etc. that looks professional enough to be published in a scientific 
journal.

I have yet to see a component for wxWidgets that can produce simple 
but high-quality 2D plots (the example screenshots of 2D charts on 
the wxArt2D webpage are clearly not of a quality that could be used 
in any type of professional publication; although this is probably 
just a poor choice of screenshots, and maybe the library is quite 
capable of producing such plots). If a Gnuplot widget could be used 
inside a wxWidgets application, that may be great.

Doug


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Re: Announcement, second draft

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Thursday 15 April 2004 10:37 am, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
>
> The relevant patents will expire relatively soon, but it's quite
> unclear right now whether the capability to write GIF files will be
> restored to the GD library.

For what it's worth, Boutell's web site says:
    "GIF support will not reappear in gd until the patent expires 
     world-wide on July 7th, 2004."

That is soon enough that we might consider not spending a
huge amount of text on an issue that is only relevant for a
few more months.  It might be better to say something like:

  "GIF images were not supported by versions of the GD library
  later than 1.4 but prior to the worldwide expiration of the Unisys
  LZW patent."




-- 
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Biomolecular Structure Center
Mailstop 357742
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Per P. <per...@ma...>]

On Apr 15, 2004, at 19:22, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

>
>> Should be titled
>>   GNUPLOT AND MAC OS X
>>
>>>        Macintosh binaries will presumably be made available from the
>>>        http://homepage.mac.com/gnuplot/ at some stage.
>
> Not really. That's just one of many download addresses in the
> DISTRIBUTION sections.  I don't see that needing its own section.
>
> Anyway, Per says this will go away anyway.

Just to make things clear:
I'm not affiliated with the above site, I just followed the link, which 
turned out to be dead.

I have no idea if the mac-gnuplot that used to be there is still under 
development.

/Per

Last orders please...

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

Unless I hear otherwise, around midnight CEST (Central European Summer
Time) today, I'll tarball up the CVS head (tagged GNUPLOT_RELEASE_4_0_0)  
and upload it to SourceForge.net and ask Lars to put a fingerprint of it.  
That gives you all about 200 "last minutes" to find any remaining things
you want changed.  I will be off-line till then.

Please don't move any tags though --- check-in still allowed, but no
tagging other than by me or Lars.

Repeat: I want this out the door *today*, if at all possible.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...) 
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, second draft

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

Fine with me.

I'll make OS/2 and Windows binaries tomorrow morning (no more time today).

Please proofread README.Windows from
	http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/gnuplot/gpw.zip
and
	http://www.sci.muni.cz/~mikulik/gnuplot/gpwx11.zip

Thus, the release date should be April 16, 2004?


Question for binary releases: do you think they should contain ChangeLog as
well?

--
PM

Announcement, second draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

OK, guys, here's the second edition for your perusal:


 GNUPLOT - The Next Generation
 =============================

This is the official release announcement for gnuplot 4.0.0, the first
major version number upgrade of gnuplot in more than a decade.

        G N U P L O T
        Version 4.0 patchlevel 0
        last modified Thu Apr 15 13:25:08 CEST 2004

It has taken a long time, but the gnuplot developers sincerely hope
the result was worth waiting for.  See below for a list of changes
since the previous release, 3.7 patchlevel 3, also known as 3.7.3.

 THE FAQ
 =======

An updated version of the gnuplot FAQ is available.  It can be found
at the following locations:

http://www.gnuplot.info/faq.html
ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/pub/gnuplot/faq/faq.txt
All main distribution sites in the faq/ subdirectory.

Volunteers are encouraged to contribute --- the FAQ itself explains
how.

 GNUPLOT AND GIF IMAGES
 ======================

An important note to all who wish to create GIF images with gnuplot:

* Gnuplot requires the gd library from http://www.boutell.com/gd/ to       *
* create gif output.  Note that the use of this code may subject your      *
* organisation to a charge of willful patent infringement (as stated       *
* by UNISYS) unless you are in possession of a UNISYS license.             *
*                                                                          *
* The UNISYS patent covers the LZW technology which is used to create      *
* gifs.  To our knowledge, only gd library version 1.3 and 1.4 are free    * 
* of LZW code and should therefore be used with gnuplot (unless you have   *
* a license from Unisys to use LZW code, in which case version 1.2 and 1.5 *
* is fine, too).  The binaries provided here have been built with version  *
* 1.3.  Version 1.6+ cannot be used because support for GIF has been       *
* removed altogether.                                                      *

The relevant patents will expire relatively soon, but it's quite
unclear right now whether the capability to write GIF files will be
restored to the GD library.

As all GIF-creating versions of gd library seem to have been taken off
www.boutell.com, we are providing gd library versions 1.3 and 1.4 at
the gnuplot distribution sites [1].  Should any legal problems arise,
we will remove this software.

 The PNG image format is a strongly recommended alternative to gif. 
See [2].

 DISTRIBUTION
 ============

By the time you receive this, copies of gnuplot-4.0.0.tar.gz
should be at the official repositories.  Binary versions for
various non-Unix platforms will be made available in the same
places.  Please allow a couple of days for these distributions
to appear.

A diffs file relative to gnuplot-3.7.3 will not be made --- it would
be larger than the source code tarball itself.

All distribution archives are signed with a public key which is
available from public key servers.  For more information, see the
README and PGPKEYS file at the distribution sites.

 DISTRIBUTION SITES
 ==================

  NORTH AMERICA
  
       Anonymous ftp to ftp.gnuplot.info:
       ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/pub/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.0.0.tar.gz
  
       Alternatively, you can use your web browser to get gnuplot
       from the gnuplot web pages at
  
       http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/
  
  AUSTRALIA:
  
       From the AARNet Mirror Project:
       ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnuplot/
       http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnuplot/
       This site is not accessible outside Australia/New Zealand.
  
       Anonymous ftp to ftp.cc.monash.edu.au:
       ftp://ftp.cc.monash.edu.au/pub/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.0.0.tar.gz
  
  EUROPE:
  
       Anonymous ftp to ftp.irisa.fr:
       ftp://ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.0.0.tar.gz
  
       Anonymous ftp to ftp.ucc.ie:
       ftp://ftp.ucc.ie/pub/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.0.0.tar.gz
  
  OTHER:
  
       The CTAN mirror network has gnuplot in its "graphics" area:
       http://www.ctan.org/

       Source and binary distributions for the Amiga might
       become available on Aminet:
       http://ftp.wustl.edu/~aminet/  (and its mirrors)
  
       Mac OS X binaries might become available from the
       http://homepage.mac.com/gnuplot/ at some stage.  More
       likely, though, they'll end up on the main gnuplot
       distribution sites given above.

 What's New
 ==========
 
 The list of changes is immense this time, so only the highlights
 can be given here.  For the full details, see the NEWS file or the
 ChangeLog, or look into the online version of the documentation at
 http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#What_is_New_in_Version_4.0
 You'll quite probably have to (re-)read large parts of the 
 documentation to learn all the details that have changed.
 
 Major changes visible to users:
 -------------------------------

 o Global Command syntax change: instead of 'set no...' it's now
   'unset ...'.
 o Commands 'set data style', 'set function style' and 'set linestyle'
   changed to 'set style {data|function|line}, respectively.
 o Colour-coded plots in 3D and simulated 2D through the new 'pm3d'
   plotting style.
 o Boxes drawn by plotstyles 'boxes', 'candlesticks' and boxed errorbar 
   styles can be filled with solid colors or hatch patterns.
 o New plot style 'with filledcurves' to fill an area defined by a curve
   in solid colour.
 o Windows, X11, OS/2 and GGI interactive graphical terminals now support
   interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.
 o The "enhanced" mode has been generalized from PostScript to some
   other terminal drivers.
 o 'set hidden3d' mode accepts non-grid data and hides them behind gridded
   surfaces plotted with them.
 o Several new terminal drivers: EMF, PDF, SVG, GGI, epslatex, aqua.
 o New function to query if a user-defined variable exists.
 o PNG and JPEG terminals using the GD library support libfreetype to 
   use true-type fonts.
 o 'set label' can output a point symbol the comment refers to, and the
   text itself can be rotated by arbitrary angles (on some terminals).
 o The color of text elements can be changed.
 o 'set size ratio' now affects 3D plots, too.
 o The 'dgrid3d' can be switched between thin-plate splines and 
   the older weighted averaging method, at compile time.
 o Some terminals now support 'koi8-r', ISO-Latin-2 and CP-852 
   encoding of user input.
 o Windows gnuplot recognizes the Unix/X11 style '-persist' option,
   and supports changing linewidth by core gnuplot commands.
 o A native compilation option of gnuplot for Mac OS X is now part of
   the mainline source, using the 'aquaterm' driver [3].
 o Datafile comment character, column separator and decimal sign
   can be changed.
 o Arrows can be drawn with relative coordinates for the head, and the
   heads can be filled.
 o Allows 'set timefmt' independantly for each axis, and supports new
   '%s' format for seconds-since-1970 input.
 o Even more documentation misprints have been fixed, thanks to
   Shigeharu TAKENO
 
 Internal changes:
 -----------------

 o Reorganization of the entire source tree.
 o Broken into considerably more source files than before.
 o Large sets of related global variables have been collected into 
   relatively few global data structures (the 'axis' array and a
   global 'key' data structure, e.g.).
 o The gnuplot_x11 driver no longer is installed in the PATH, to
   avoid confusion about it.
 o Scaling and ticking of time/date axes respects the fact that
   12 and 60 are not the same 10 or 100 much better.

 And, obviously, more bug fixes than could possibly fit into this
 narrow margin...

 THE CONTRIB SECTION
 ===================

 An improved gnuplot mode for X/Emacs by Bruce Ravel available from
 http://feff.phys.washington.edu/~ravel/software/gnuplot-mode/Welcome.html.
 has been incorporated into to the gnuplot source tree.

 CREDITS
 =======

 The gnuplot team would like to thank all who have contributed to this
 release through discussions, suggestions, bug reports, and patches,
 on Usenet and mailing lists.  Special thanks go to Juergen von Hagen
 who maintained the gnuplot FAQ for a while.  To Ethan Merritt and
 Petr Mikulik for lots of work all over the place, and to Johannes
 Zellner for his work on X11 support for mouse and pm3d.
 
                                        -Thomas Williams-
                                        -Lars Hecking-
					-Hans-Bernhard Broeker-

 FOOTNOTES
 =========

 [1] The gif terminal driver requires third party software. Because the
     version of gd library currently at http://www.boutell.com/gd/ does
     NOT create gif images, we are providing gd library version 1.3 and 1.4
     at from the gnuplot distribution sites.

 [2] the png terminal driver requires third party software. The png graphics
     library and zlib can be downloaded from
     http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
     and
     http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
     respectively. They are also available from the gnuplot distribution
     sites.

 [3] The aquaterm terminal driver requires third party software.
     AquaTerm and libaquaterm can be downloaded from
     http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net


-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> 
> > o Windows, X11, OS/2 and GGI interactive graphical terminals now support
> >   interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.
> >
> 
>   o X11 now supports unlimited plot windows and custom window titles.

Multiple plot windows isn't new, and the drop of a fixed limit
isn't exactly a major new feature.  Same goes for custom window titles,
IMHO.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Per Persson wrote:

> >        http://homepage.mac.com/gnuplot/ at some stage.
> 
> That site seems to be gone. For OS X binaries (when they come into 
> existence) of "mainline" gnuplot the best place, IMHO, is the same as 
> for other Unices.

OK, I'll change that to a "might become available", then, and add
that they will probably end up on the normal gnuplot ftp sites.

> >  o MacOS now as a driver for 'aquaterm' integrated in the mainline 
> > source.
> 
> Mac OS X now has a driver for 'aquaterm' integrated in the mainline 
> source [3].
> 
> [3] The aquaterm terminal driver requires third party software. 
> AquaTerm and libaquaterm can be downloaded from 
> http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net

Changed.
-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Petr Mikulik wrote:

[...]
> > And the FAQ in its beginning asks for contrib
[...]
> Ha, I haven't finished that text... I would propose the following text
> instead of the above 3 lines:
> 
> You are welcome to contribute to this document according to its section
> "Where do I send comments about this document?".

Changed.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Petr Mikulik wrote:

> >  GNUPLOT AND GIF IMAGES
> 
> Should be called "AND AMIGA"

Huh?  There are 3 other major section headings with ========= underlines
between "GIF IMAGES" and the Amiga stuff.

> Should be titled
>   GNUPLOT AND MAC OS X
> 
> >        Macintosh binaries will presumably be made available from the
> >        http://homepage.mac.com/gnuplot/ at some stage.

Not really. That's just one of many download addresses in the 
DISTRIBUTION sections.  I don't see that needing its own section.

Anyway, Per says this will go away anyway.

[CHANGES...] 
> Add:
> 
>   See it online at
>   http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#What_is_New_in_Version_4.0

I'm not convinced that is necessary, but I'll put it in. 

> 
> >  o Windows, X11, OS/2 and GGI interactive graphical terminals now support
> >    interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.
> 
> I would prefer to give credit to the historical sequence of mousing support;
> please change it:
> 
>   o OS/2, X11, GGI and Windows interactive graphical terminals now support
>     interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.

Why?  The users seeing this announcement will hardly be interested in
details of development history.  Or if they are, they can always look up
the much more detailed logs elswhere (NEWS, ChangeLog). I listed them
ordered (roughly) by market coverage, which should be at least as helpful.
 
> >  o Several new terminal drivers: EMF, PDF, SVG, GGI, epslatex.
> 
> and aqua

Agreed.

> >  o Even more documentation misprints have been fixed, thanks to
> >    Shigeharu TAKENO
> 
> Why capitalized name? 

Because Asians usually spell their names like that to avoid confusion 
about which of them is the family name.

> And why to mention any name here (instead of credits) -- dozen of people
> contributed.

But Mr. TAKENO worked on a particularly ungratifying part: spell-checking
documentation, and kept at it relentlessly for years.

> >  CREDITS
> >  =======
> >
> >  and to Johannes Zellner for the original mouse support.
> 
> Please change it to:
> 
>    and to Johannes Zellner for the help with X11 mouse and pm3d support.
> 
> 
> (the original mouse support was on OS/2 more than 1.5 years earlier).

OK --- I guess we can trust your memory more than mine.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> o Windows, X11, OS/2 and GGI interactive graphical terminals now support
>   interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.
>

  o X11 now supports unlimited plot windows and custom window titles.

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Per P. <per...@ma...>]

On Apr 15, 2004, at 14:27, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

>        Macintosh binaries will presumably be made available from the
>        http://homepage.mac.com/gnuplot/ at some stage.

That site seems to be gone. For OS X binaries (when they come into 
existence) of "mainline" gnuplot the best place, IMHO, is the same as 
for other Unices.

>  o MacOS now as a driver for 'aquaterm' integrated in the mainline 
> source.

Mac OS X now has a driver for 'aquaterm' integrated in the mainline 
source [3].

[3] The aquaterm terminal driver requires third party software. 
AquaTerm and libaquaterm can be downloaded from 
http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net


Spelling of "Mac OS X" and "has" are mandatory changes, but the 
footnote is optional - it might clarify things a little though.

/Per

Re: Announcement, first draft

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> > http://www.gnuplot.info/faq.html
> > ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/pub/gnuplot/faq/faq.txt
> > All main distribution sites in the faq/ subdirectory.
> >
> > The FAQ is not being maintained very actively at the moment.
> > Volunteers are encouraged to contact the gnuplot developers at
> > gnuplot-beta -at- lists.sourceforge.net
>
> There is some maintenance by me and by Ethan..
>
> And the FAQ in its beginning asks for contrib
>
>  I'd like more
>
> You are welcome to contribute...

Ha, I haven't finished that text... I would propose the following text
instead of the above 3 lines:


You are welcome to contribute to this document according to its section
"Where do I send comments about this document?".

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Re: web page for 4.0

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> > > Also there is no "gnuplot reference card" from docs/gpcard.tex -- if someone
> > > makes html or pdf file made from it and proofread it for gnuplot 4.0, then I
> > > put it there -- othewise no time.
> >
> > I've updated it.
>
>  I've updated the pdf on our web site, too.

Me too: gpcard.ps.gz, .pdf; tutorial.ps.gz, .pdf

Where did you do the change?

BTW, have you noticed this in gpcard.tex:


\key{X11 default display device}                {set term x11}
\key{X11 multicolor point default device}       {set term X11}


Does somebody know what the 2nd line means? There is no difference nowadays
I guess. Should I remove it ... or write this instead:

\key{X11 display terminal}                {set term x11}


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Re: Announcement, first draft

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> http://www.gnuplot.info/faq.html
> ftp://ftp.gnuplot.info/pub/gnuplot/faq/faq.txt
> All main distribution sites in the faq/ subdirectory.
>
> The FAQ is not being maintained very actively at the moment.
> Volunteers are encouraged to contact the gnuplot developers at
> gnuplot-beta -at- lists.sourceforge.net

There is some maintenance by me and by Ethan..

And the FAQ in its beginning asks for contrib

 I'd like more

You are welcome to contribute...


>  GNUPLOT AND GIF IMAGES

Should be called "AND AMIGA"

>        Source and binary distributions for the Amiga will be available
>        on Aminet http://ftp.wustl.edu/~aminet/ and its mirrors as
>        gfx/misc/gnuplot-4.0.0bin.lha
>        gfx/misc/gnuplot-4.0.0doc.lha
>        gfx/misc/gnuplot-4.0.0src.lha
>

Should be titled
  GNUPLOT AND MAC OS X

>        Macintosh binaries will presumably be made available from the
>        http://homepage.mac.com/gnuplot/ at some stage.



>  The list of changes is immense this time, so only the highlights
>  can be given here.  For the full details, see the NEWS file or the
>  ChangeLog.  You'll quite probably have to (re-)read large parts of
>  the documentation to learn all the details that have changed.

Add:

  See it online at
  http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/gnuplot.html#What_is_New_in_Version_4.0

>  o Windows, X11, OS/2 and GGI interactive graphical terminals now support
>    interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.

I would prefer to give credit to the historical sequence of mousing support;
please change it:

  o OS/2, X11, GGI and Windows interactive graphical terminals now support
    interaction with the plot window by mouse and hotkeys.

>  o Several new terminal drivers: EMF, PDF, SVG, GGI, epslatex.

and aqua

>  o Even more documentation misprints have been fixed, thanks to
>    Shigeharu TAKENO

Why capitalized name? And why to mention any name here (instead of credits)
-- dozen of people contributed.


>  CREDITS
>  =======
>
>  and to Johannes Zellner for the original mouse support.

Please change it to:

   and to Johannes Zellner for the help with X11 mouse and pm3d support.


(the original mouse support was on OS/2 more than 1.5 years earlier).

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