Re: [Gnuplot-info] Two formats for axis ranging -- any difference?

[Craig D. <def...@bo...>]

On Nov 19, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBB...@t-...> wrote:

> On 19.11.2013 19:48, Craig DeForest wrote:
> 
>> Is there a functional difference between these two cases?
>> 
>>    set xrange [0:10]
>>    plot '-' using 1 notitle with lines
>> 
>> and
>> 
>>    plot [0:10] '-' using 1 notitle with lines
> 
> Yes.  Just "show xrange" after each of those to see for yourself.
> 
> To answer such questions, you can always "save" the state of gnuplot to a file after such a command in a fresh, interactive session, and compare the resulting files.
> 

That doesn't actually answer my question.  Sure, the two styles of calling produce different internal state -- but do they ever produce different plot output?