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Documentation for "set style line" missing "dashtype" option

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

The documentation for "set style line" is currently:

  Syntax:
        set style line <index> default
        set style line <index> {{linetype  | lt} <line_type> | <colorspec>}
                               {{linecolor | lc} <colorspec>}
                               {{linewidth | lw} <line_width>}
                               {{pointtype | pt} <point_type>}
                               {{pointsize | ps} <point_size>}
                               {{pointinterval | pi} <interval>}
                               {palette}
        unset style line
        show style line

"dashtype | dt" is also an acceptable option.  E.g.,

set style line 1 dashtype "..-"
plot x ls 1

Dan

Re: Documentation for "set style line" missing "dashtype" option

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

Also, I just want to confirm that prior to the introduction of 
"dashtype" as a valid option, the dash pattern was terminal specific and 
not selectable but at the driver level, i.e., the 8 cyclic patterns. 
Correct?

Dan

Re: Documentation for "set style line" missing "dashtype" option

[Ethan A M. <sf...@us...>]

On Monday, 19 September, 2016 14:17:19 Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> Also, I just want to confirm that prior to the introduction of 
> "dashtype" as a valid option, the dash pattern was terminal specific and 
> not selectable but at the driver level, i.e., the 8 cyclic patterns. 
> Correct?

Correct.  Not all terminals that had a "dashed" mode provided
as many as 8 patterns.  It varied from 4 to some large number.