Re: Connect gnuplot_x11 to exterior application window

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Saturday 08 April 2006 11:28 am, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> 
> >>   Enable general binary data file reading (EXPERIMENTAL)
> >>   Enable X11 polygon info in binary, not ascii (EXPERIMENTAL)
> > 
> > I have mixed feelings about these.  They do work, but the code is so
> > tangled that at some point we may have to rip it apart and re-do it.
> 
> I don't think that is the case.  
> [...]
> The implementation of that is hidden behind the scenes at a low level 
> such that plot3d/graph3d never needs to worry about such things.    

Yeah, but my gripe is with this:
  lascaux [333] grep -c 'BINARY_DATA' datafile.c pl*.c
  datafile.c:30
  plot2d.c:3
  plot3d.c:5
The code in datafile.c has become practically unreadable

>>   Enable string variables (EXPERIMENTAL)
> I like the string variables, 
> I just wish there were some way of incorporating them at a higher level.
> I mean, binary is really meant for large data files in my mind.  
> If strings don't work for binary, that's OK.  

I think you are confused here. The "string variables" configuration option
refers to support for an internal data type STRING.
It affects mostly command line parsing and expression evaluation.  E.g.
	myfilename = "datafile_" . sprintf("%g", A+B)
	splot myfilename
I am unaware of any bad interaction with binary data files, but if there
is one please let me know.


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Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742