Re: bug in terminals affected by 'set size'

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On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 09:17:04PM +0200, Harald Harders wrote:
> 2.) 'set size' only affects the size of the plot within the current
> canvas while the canvas (or bouding box or what ever) is influenced by
> another mechanism, e.g., 'set terminal <term> size <x,y>'. Here, the
> possible values can be different for different terminals, e.g.,
>   set terminal postscript size 5cm,3cm
>   set terminal postscript eps size 300pt,200pt
>   set terminal postscript eps size 300,200 # could default to pt
>   set terminal postscript eps size 300,200 offset 100,150
>        # results in %%BoundingBox: 100 150 400 350
>   set terminal gif size 300,200 # defaults to pixel
>   set terminal gif size 1in,1in resolution 300 # =3D 300 x 300 pixel, 3=
00dpi

> For compatibility reasons, the first solution could be useful, while th=
e
> second solution is more clear and introduces a new important feature.

    I vote for 2nd solution.

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