Re: Inline binary data: new feature ?

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

> I am successfully using Gnuplot as a rendering engine in my application, to
> display cross-sections of data images, using Windows piping and the special
> '-' filename to plot inline data. However, I have to convert my data to
> ASCII and Gnuplot has to convert from ASCII, which takes sufficient time to
> slow down the reactivity of the cross-section plotting when the user moves
> the mouse over the image.
> 
> Could it be possible to have en extension of the syntax, something like
> 
> plot '-' binary size=<#bytes>
> 
> so that #bytes bytes of binary data can be sent inline?

Binary data are allowed for both plot and splot, see:
	help binary
	help binary general
	help binary examples

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