Re: postscript dash patterns in parametric vs data plots

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

Jonathan Thornburg wrote:
> I have stumbled on what looks to me like a bug in postscript dash
> patterns when using parametric mode.  In particular, when using
> 'set term postscript eps', the 'with lines linetype 2' dash pattern
> seems to differ between
> (a) plotting a certain horizontal line (about 3 dashes long) using a
>     pair of of parametric functions to specify x and y, versus
> (b) plotting that same horizontal line using '-' inline data to explicitly
>     specify the endpoint coordinates of the line.

I'll venture a guess, then: the difference disappears if you use the 
same number of points for both lines, right?  I.e. if you 'set samples 
2' for (a), the two plots will be the same.  Or if you output the 
sampled function to a data file (--> help table), and plot that in place 
of the inline data, the two plots will again be the same.