Re: Suggestion to improve usability of plot command

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

> This was not obvious to me in the documentation.  After digging around, I found
> an example of the new syntax hidden in the variable point size demo in the
> gnuplot 4.2 examples.
>
> Before I continue, I must say thank you for writing gnuplot, and for
> documenting it. I realize documentation is a thankless job. It is odd to think
> that the best comments one can hope for with documentation are none at all.
>
> Now, having said that, let's take this from a new users (my) perspective. All
> I want to accomplish is to control the scatter plot symbols.

A new user should read "Tutorials, learning, help" and to go through 
"Demos", all on the web page. Reading the complete documentation is not what 
a novice should do. This is valid for any other software tool as well.

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