Re: Consistent naming scheme for cairo-based terminals

[Allin C. <cot...@wf...>]

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Petr Mikulik wrote:

> > So I propose that we rename the two cairo based terminals, and any future 
> > ones, to use instead the names
> > 	set term pdfcairo
> > 	set term pngcairo
> 
> I like this naming as well.

Hmm.  Given the pace of gnuplot development at present (in itself, 
very good) it seems that quite a few people are using CVS gnuplot.
So backward-incompatible changes (even just backward-incompatible 
with prior CVS) seems to me better avoided, if possible.

Is it the case that having multiple drivers for a given target 
format (PDF, PNG) is a temporary, transitional phenomenon?  I 
would rather hope so.  But in that case, do we really want to do 
what Ethan is suggesting?  In other words, it seems a bad 
precedent to have "terminals" named "<format><altdriver>".

Allin Cottrell