Re: problems zooming into plot region

[sfeam (E. Merritt) <eam...@gm...>]

On Monday, 24 September 2012, pl...@pi... wrote:
> On 09/24/12 16:58, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm curious whether I'm the only one experiencing this problem or if
> > this appears to be "a feature" rather than a bug in the eyes of
> > developers.
> >
> > If I use
> >     plot [0:] 'datafile.dat' ...
> > then I'm unable to zoom into the desired region of a plot with a mouse
> > by selecting the desired rectangle. It zooms properly to the y axis
> > and (usually) to the right of x axis, but the left of x axis always
> > stays at zero which is a bit annoying.
> >      Mojca
> >
> yes. I thought this was a bug too. Once a range is defined explicitly, 
> mouse zooming will not over ride it.
> 
> It is a feature, though I find it obstructive.  I would expect a direct 
> user interaction to over-ride any predetermined range.
> 
> I don't know if there are circumstances where allowing the user to zoom 
> where he needs to would be detrimental. Perhaps s/o could suggest where 
> this may be the wrong thing to allow.
> /peter.


Bug or feature or historical happenstance, this long-standing behavior has
now changed in the CVS version since about 10 days ago.  Please try it out
and see if it now behaves more agreeably.  I would like to hear some
feedback about whether the change is good or bad before deciding whether
to keep it that way for an eventual release in 4.8/5.0.

	Ethan