Re: Expecting all terminals to be the same [was: Re: x11 point symbols]

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> It would be nice to give names to the symbols so that either the name or the 
> number can be used.  For example:

I like this idea!

The terminology could be the same as in LaTeX (e.g. amssymb).

> plot sin(x) with blue diamonds
> plot cos(x) with yellow moons
> plot tan(x) with green clovers

Yes, it's more cryptic nowadays, but works ...
     plot sin(x) with points lc rgb "green" pt 7

Hmm but it takes some time to find this sequence somewhere in docs ... 
shouldn't it go to 'help colors'?

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