Re: bug or feature?

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

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, sfeam (Ethan Merritt) wrote:

> On Saturday 06 March 2010, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > > Anyhow, for postscript and for the libgd-based png terminal you should be
> > > able to get what you want by saying, for example,
> > >   set term png butt
> >
> > Thanks, and Yes, I get that with libgd-png. In fact I get no
> > spillover with "set term post eps" (without adding "butt")
>
> "Butt" is the default for the PostScript terminals.

Ah, OK. But then shouldn't that be consistent across terminals?

> > but the
> > appearance of the gray bar is not good: it has horizontal stripes.
>
> That may be a defect in your viewer rather than in the postscript
> output.  If you are viewing in ghostview or gv, try turning off
> the anti-aliasing.

It may be the viewer (gv) but toggling anti-aliasing doesn't make
any difference, and it looks stripey at all magnifications.

Allin Cottrell