Re: gnuplot devel docs seem to be broken; link broken on main webpage

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

On Wednesday 04 March 2009 14:36:30 Rahul Nabar wrote:
> Gnuplot_devel has some pretty cool features that I always end up
> using. In the past I remember having consulted the html docs on the
> webpage often.
> 
> Just noticed today that the link seems broken:
> 
> http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/docs_4.3/
> 
> 
> #############################################
> An error has been encountered in accessing this page.
> 
> 1. Server: gnuplot.sourceforge.net
> 2. URL path: /docs_4.3/
> 3. Error notes: NONE
> 4. Error type: 403
> 5. Request method: GET
> 6. Request query string: NONE
> 7. Time: 2009-03-04 22:33:44 UTC (1236206024)
> 
> #############################################
> 
> It would be a great help if that could be fixed! Thanks!

I have re-enabled that directory, but I warn you that the html
documentation for the cvs version is seriously out of date.  

You would be better off using the current PDF documentation,
which is both up to date and contains additional information
(index, cross-refs, figures) that are not in the HTML version.

http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.html

Unfortunately, the old mechanisms we had for auto-generating
HTML from the documentation source relied on programs that are
no longer maintained.  If someone could recommend a way of
generating HTML from the TeX or PDF docs, that would be great.
Everything I have tried has been very unsatisfactory.


-- 
Ethan A Merritt