On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > Gretl writes, e.g., "set term png" when calling gnuplot.
>
> Care dropping a hint what "Gretl" is, or why we might want to
> know?
Sorry, I thought I'd mentioned gretl a couple of times on this
list before, but maybe not. It's an open-source econometrics
program which calls gnuplot for generating graphs, much as octave
does. http://gretl.sourceforge.net/
> > We've recently had a report from a user who says his copy of
> > gnuplot 4.2 won't accept "set term png" (but will accept "set
> > terminal png").
>
> I find that completely unbelievable. On what platform did that
> supposedly happen, and how/where did he acquire that copy of
> gnuplot?
I'm told this was open on OpenSuse 10.2 i586. I don't know the
source of the copy of gnuplot but I suppose it was an OpenSuse
rpm.
> > Can anyone think of circumstances where there might be a
> > problem using the abbreviation, or must this be a broken build
> > of gnuplot?
>
> I might succeed in breaking gnuplot on purpose to have that
> effect, but I find it extremely hard to believe that anything
> like that could ever, possibly, happen by accident. It's more
> likely that the user in question was either pulling your leg, or
> hallucinating.
It's a bit late for April Fooling. But it is indeed puzzling.
Allin Cottrell
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