Re: Winding down patches...

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

> > I was always puzzled by "currently [-10:10]" when the range was completely 
> > different. Indeed, "default" is the correct word. However, this information 
> > is completely useless. I usually want to show the real xrange, not the 
> > unused default. Nowadays, I can do
> > 	print GPVAL_Y_MIN, GPVAL_Y_MAX
> > but that's rather cumbersome and not easy to find for others.
> > 
> > I proposed to apply Daniel's patch. Then, via "show yrange", I can easily 
> > copy the real current range to my script, and edit the range manually.
> 
> OK. I warn you that the existing code for zoom/unzoom actually looks at
> these values, so it is possible this may change the zoom behaviour.
> But the "refresh" patch I've been working on replaces that code anyhow,
> so now might not be such a bad time to take the risk.

No, it does not. The output from Daniel's patch only effects what is printed 
on the screen as a comment. Compare:


current-gnuplot> set xrange [-2:2]; p x*x-1; show yrange

        set yrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback  # (currently 
[-10.0000:10.0000] )


patched-gnuplot> set xrange [-2:2]; p x*x-1; show yrange

        set yrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback  # (currently 
[-1.00000:3.50000] )


The latter is much more logic, but it's just a comment for the user.

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