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From: sfeam (E. Merritt) <eam...@gm...> - 2011-11-13 01:17:18
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The source tarball, release notes, and user manual for gnuplot version 4.4.4 are now available on SourceForge. Binary installation packages for Windows will follow later as usual. Please be patient, as these are prepared from the releases source by a separate set of volunteers. This release was delayed somewhat by an unexpected flurry of bug reports + fixes against the development version that turned out to affect 4.4 as well. The plan is that this will be the last incremental release in the 4.4 series. Whether the next release gets labeled 4.6 or 5.0 is still under discussion. Ethan Merritt (sfeam) on behlf of the gnuplot development team GNUPLOT VERSION 4.4.4 =================================== Version 4.4.4 is an incremental update to the current official release. A synopsis of changes since the previous patchlevel (version 4.4.3) is given below and in the NEWS file. Detailed information is in ChangeLog. New features, changes and fixes in gnuplot version 4.4.4 ======================================================== * NEW boxxyerrors plot style now allows variable color * NEW splot with pm3d now allows variable rgb color * NEW "nonuniform matrix" indicates ascii data with explicit x, y * CHANGE columnhead(N) is a string-valued function, not a keyword * CHANGE Demarcate plots in svg output using <g id="Plot_#"><title>... * CHANGE xticlabels() works for binary data files as well as ascii * CHANGE "set key maxrows" now applies to 3D plots as well as 2D * CHANGE rewrite installation path rules for TeX files * FIX wxt terminal should now work on at least some flavors of OSX * FIX incorrect space allowed for outside left key box * FIX buffer overflow from enhanced text timefmt tic labels * FIX correction for offset in epochs when reading in time format "%s" * FIX discontinuity in defined palette limited by maxcolors * FIX initialization of svg pattern-fill definitions * FIX positioning of histogram bars when some data entries are missing * FIX emf terminal can handle UTF-8 encoding * FIX User-specified axis tick labels override auto labels in 3D as in 2D * FIX `plot with labels` failed to skip labels with UNDEFINED coords * FIX NaN (not a number) implementation for Windows build * FIX work-around for poor scaling in pdfcairo pattern fill * FIX segfault if mismatch between palette sizes of successive terminals NOTE TO PACKAGERS AND TESTERS =============================== We strongly encourage you to build, test, and package the new cairo-based terminals. These are pngcairo and pdfcairo for output to file, and wxt as the default interactive terminal. wxt should (at last!) work on OSX also. This introduces dependencies on libwxgtk2 libpangocairo libpango libcairo Of course the terminals (output modes) used by previous gnuplot versions are also still available, including png output based on libgd and interactive output using X11. Demo plots illustrating these and other features are online at http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/ You can download a source tarball for gnuplot version 4.4.3 from the gnuplot development site on SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2055 OTHER NOTES =============================== Installation ------------ Installation instructions are available in the source itself; the short version for linux/unix-like systems is to unpack the tarball and then build it: cd gnuplot-4.4.4 ; ./configure ; make test it: make check install it: make install Pay careful attention to the output of the ./configure script. It may indicate that some output drivers have been omitted because the necessary support libraries were not found. In general you need to have previously installed the "*-devel-*" versions of these libraries. Known issues ------------ - OSX: Alpha-channel support in aquaterm requires aquaterm version 1.0.1, available from http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net Aquaterm itself may not work on 64-bit systems. - External support library libgd version 2.0.36 introduces a new method of font selection using the fontconfig utitily. However, it does not work properly without a patch to the upstream libgd source that has not yet made it into all packaged versions. Here it is: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --- gd-2.0.36/gdft.c 2008-03-09 16:05:52.000000000 -0700 +++ gd-2.0.36-mod/gdft.c 2009-05-20 20:22:13.000000000 -0700 @@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ static char * font_path(char **fontpath, BGD_DECLARE(int) gdFTUseFontConfig(int flag) { #ifdef HAVE_LIBFONTCONFIG - fontConfigFlag = 1; + fontConfigFlag = flag; return 1; #else return 0; %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% - The MS Windows terminal device sometimes draws with a dashed line when it should draw with a solid line. (Tracker item 1952364). Also it doesn't yet fully support alpha-channel output. Support ------- Please report all bugs and installation problems to the bug tracker on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2055&atid=102055 There is also an active gnuplot discussion forum on usenet group comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot Development ----------- Gnuplot development is quite active. The development branch on SourceForge contains preliminary implementations of many new features. The development branch is currently identified as version 4.5. Feedback and contributions of code are very welcome. |
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From: Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...> - 2011-11-14 03:43:02
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Hello I have built windows, cygwin and djgpp binaries ans made zip packages. http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/gnuplot/Eng/gp44/ Please check the contents and Readme files. Regards Tatsuro --- On Sun, 2011/11/13, sfeam wrote: > The source tarball, release notes, and user manual for > gnuplot version 4.4.4 are now available on SourceForge. > > Binary installation packages for Windows will follow later > as usual. Please be patient, as these are prepared from the > releases source by a separate set of volunteers. > > This release was delayed somewhat by an unexpected flurry > of bug reports + fixes against the development version that > turned out to affect 4.4 as well. > > The plan is that this will be the last incremental release > in the 4.4 series. Whether the next release gets labeled > 4.6 or 5.0 is still under discussion. > > Ethan Merritt (sfeam) > on behlf of the gnuplot development team > > > GNUPLOT VERSION 4.4.4 > =================================== > > Version 4.4.4 is an incremental update to the current official release. > > A synopsis of changes since the previous patchlevel (version 4.4.3) > is given below and in the NEWS file. Detailed information is in ChangeLog. > > New features, changes and fixes in gnuplot version 4.4.4 > ======================================================== > > * NEW boxxyerrors plot style now allows variable color > * NEW splot with pm3d now allows variable rgb color > * NEW "nonuniform matrix" indicates ascii data with explicit x, y > * CHANGE columnhead(N) is a string-valued function, not a keyword > * CHANGE Demarcate plots in svg output using <g id="Plot_#"><title>... > * CHANGE xticlabels() works for binary data files as well as ascii > * CHANGE "set key maxrows" now applies to 3D plots as well as 2D > * CHANGE rewrite installation path rules for TeX files > * FIX wxt terminal should now work on at least some flavors of OSX > * FIX incorrect space allowed for outside left key box > * FIX buffer overflow from enhanced text timefmt tic labels > * FIX correction for offset in epochs when reading in time format "%s" > * FIX discontinuity in defined palette limited by maxcolors > * FIX initialization of svg pattern-fill definitions > * FIX positioning of histogram bars when some data entries are missing > * FIX emf terminal can handle UTF-8 encoding > * FIX User-specified axis tick labels override auto labels in 3D as in 2D > * FIX `plot with labels` failed to skip labels with UNDEFINED coords > * FIX NaN (not a number) implementation for Windows build > * FIX work-around for poor scaling in pdfcairo pattern fill > * FIX segfault if mismatch between palette sizes of successive terminals > > > NOTE TO PACKAGERS AND TESTERS > =============================== > > We strongly encourage you to build, test, and package the new cairo-based > terminals. These are pngcairo and pdfcairo for output to file, and wxt as > the default interactive terminal. wxt should (at last!) work on OSX also. > > This introduces dependencies on > libwxgtk2 > libpangocairo > libpango > libcairo > > Of course the terminals (output modes) used by previous gnuplot versions > are also still available, including png output based on libgd and > interactive output using X11. > > Demo plots illustrating these and other features are online at > > http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/ > > You can download a source tarball for gnuplot version 4.4.3 from the > gnuplot development site on SourceForge. > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2055 > > > OTHER NOTES > =============================== > > Installation > ------------ > Installation instructions are available in the source itself; the short > version for linux/unix-like systems is to unpack the tarball and then > build it: > cd gnuplot-4.4.4 ; ./configure ; make > test it: > make check > install it: > make install > > Pay careful attention to the output of the ./configure script. > It may indicate that some output drivers have been omitted because the > necessary support libraries were not found. In general you need to have > previously installed the "*-devel-*" versions of these libraries. > > > Known issues > ------------ > > - OSX: Alpha-channel support in aquaterm requires aquaterm version 1.0.1, > available from http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net > Aquaterm itself may not work on 64-bit systems. > > - External support library libgd version 2.0.36 introduces a new method > of font selection using the fontconfig utitily. However, it does not work > properly without a patch to the upstream libgd source that has not yet made > it into all packaged versions. Here it is: > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > --- gd-2.0.36/gdft.c 2008-03-09 16:05:52.000000000 -0700 > +++ gd-2.0.36-mod/gdft.c 2009-05-20 20:22:13.000000000 -0700 > @@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ static char * font_path(char **fontpath, > BGD_DECLARE(int) gdFTUseFontConfig(int flag) > { > #ifdef HAVE_LIBFONTCONFIG > - fontConfigFlag = 1; > + fontConfigFlag = flag; > return 1; > #else > return 0; > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > - The MS Windows terminal device sometimes draws with a dashed line > when it should draw with a solid line. (Tracker item 1952364). > Also it doesn't yet fully support alpha-channel output. > > > Support > ------- > Please report all bugs and installation problems to the bug tracker > on SourceForge: > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=2055&atid=102055 > > There is also an active gnuplot discussion forum on usenet group > > comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot > > Development > ----------- > Gnuplot development is quite active. The development branch on SourceForge > contains preliminary implementations of many new features. The development > branch is currently identified as version 4.5. > Feedback and contributions of code are very welcome. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > gnuplot-beta mailing list > gnu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > |
