Re: Re: Question: intent of "set datafile binary"?

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> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <br...@ph...>
> Date: 2005/11/28 Mon AM 07:18:45 EST
> To: Ethan A Merritt <merritt@u.washington.edu>
> CC: gnuplot <gnu...@li...>
> Subject: Re: Question: intent of "set datafile binary"?
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> Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> > So far as I can tell, the command
> >     set datafile binary
> > does not accomplish anything at all.
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> I don't think the documentation says it should accomplish anything.
> The wording in 'help set datafile binary' could do with some 
> clarification, but I read it as saying: specifies defaults for what the 
> 'binary' keyword in {s}plot does.  It doesn't say anything about it 
> turning on 'binary'.

That seems like how it was intended.  But Ethan's interpretation is understandable.  One of those things where I didn't think of all the possible nuances of the syntax beforehand.  Either it should have meaning or produce an error message if it does nothing.

Dan