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Doc : "ai driver deprecated"

[<tim...@en...>]

Hi,

Looking at gnuplot.doc to clean up the "news" section, I came across the=20
following line "4 Adobe Illustrator (ai) driver deprecated".

What does it mean in practise ?
Shouldn't this message rather be in "help ai" instead of the news section=
 ?
I propose to write this, taken from Harald Harders on this list=20
(http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.devel/1952/match=3D=
adobe)=20
:

"Please note that this terminal is outdated and, as PostScript is=20
understood by *Adobe* Illustrator, the `post` should be used instead."

Let me know if it is ok.

Best regards,

Timoth=C3=A9e

Re: Doc : "ai driver deprecated"

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

On Friday 28 July 2006 08:41 pm, Timoth=C3=A9e Lecomte wrote:
"Adobe Illustrator (ai) driver deprecated".
>=20
> What does it mean in practise ?
> Shouldn't this message rather be in "help ai" instead of the news section=
 ?

We don't normally have entries for non-existent terminals in the help secti=
on.
I think NEWS or "Changes since 4.0" are the right place for such a warning.

> I propose to write this, taken from Harald Harders on this list=20
> (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.devel/1952/match=3D=
adobe)=20
> :
>=20
> "Please note that this terminal is outdated and, as PostScript is=20
> understood by *Adobe* Illustrator, the `post` should be used instead."

That should be "set term post level1 ...."

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742

Re: Doc : "ai driver deprecated"

[<tim...@en...>]

Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> On Friday 28 July 2006 08:41 pm, Timoth=C3=A9e Lecomte wrote:
> "Adobe Illustrator (ai) driver deprecated".
>  =20
>> What does it mean in practise ?
>> Shouldn't this message rather be in "help ai" instead of the news sect=
ion ?
>>    =20
>
> We don't normally have entries for non-existent terminals in the help s=
ection.
>  =20
The terminal is still there, compiled in unconditionally.
> I think NEWS or "Changes since 4.0" are the right place for such a warn=
ing.
>  =20
Ok.
>  =20
>> I propose to write this, taken from Harald Harders on this list=20
>> (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.devel/1952/match=
=3Dadobe)=20
>> :
>>
>> "Please note that this terminal is outdated and, as PostScript is=20
>> understood by *Adobe* Illustrator, the `post` should be used instead."
>>    =20
>
> That should be "set term post level1 ...."
>  =20
Ok.

Best regards,

Timoth=C3=A9e

Re: Doc : "ai driver deprecated"

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

On Friday 28 July 2006 10:41 pm, Timoth=C3=A9e Lecomte wrote:
> Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> > We don't normally have entries for non-existent terminals in the help s=
ection.
> >  =20
> The terminal is still there, compiled in unconditionally.

Hmm. You're right. =20
I thought we had decided to remove it.
Let's at least make it a configuration option, with the default to not incl=
ude it.
It has not been maintained for a long time.

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742