Re: [PATCH] Unit tests don't use the local user's .gnuplot file

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

On 20.10.2012 19:20, sfeam (Ethan Merritt) wrote:

> I like the idea of providing a way to suppress reading ~/.gnuplot.

Well, one could always just brush the file under the carpet, e.g.:

	env HOME=/some/where/else gnuplot

Look, Ma --- no need for a special option!

>> This is done primarily so that unit tests test the stock configuration

> For simple doesn't-crash sanity checks after applying a patch,
> I usually add any relevant options to ~/.gnuplot and run
> "make check".

I'm afraid that achieves rather a lot less than it's meant to.  Settings 
from ~/.gnuplot don't survive the first "reset" (at the end of simple.dem).