Re: Gnuplot version 5 release candidate

[Ethan A M. <sf...@us...>]

On Saturday, 17 May, 2014 10:39:07 Christoph Bersch wrote:
> Thanks for the RC!
> 
> Zitat von sfeam <sf...@us...>:
> >
> > If you have any last minute issues/requests/additions
> > please send them by the end of the week.  If you have
> > suggestions where to send announcements, send those too.
> 
> What happend to the `dashed` option of e.g. the cairo terminals?

The dashed/solid terminal options are no longer needed.

> I  don't see, how currently the default linetypes can be switched between  
> dashed and solid-only. 

set for [i=1:N] linetype i solid	# set all to solid (this is the default)
set for [i=1:N] linetype i dt i      # set each linetype to a different dash pattern

> That would be like the `color` and `monochrome`  
> options of the terminals. You can change the *default* linetypes to be  
> dashed or only solid, but you could in any case use `dashtype` to use  
> dashed lines even if the terminal option is set to `solid`.

Exactly.   mono/color is also no longer needed, for much the same reason.
There is a sample monochrome style file in .../share but your
comment reminds me that the new command
   set colorsequence {default|classic|podo}
could have a keyword for
   set colorsequence mono
that does basically the same thing as the sample script.

> Second, I would like to see a 'linetype variable' which, opposed to  
> `lc var`, changes all line properties: linecolor, dashtype and  
> pointtype. But that could also be added later.

I agree.

 
> > CHANGES
> > =======
> >
> 
> Here is missing, that `set style increment user` was removed.
> 
> I think, we should also organize a section on the homepage with  
> 'Migrating to 5.0', which contains simple examples showing how to  
> change and adapt old scripts.

There is a small section in the User Manual with examples of 
how to replace the deprecated syntax.

It would be nice if someone would volunteer to fix the generation
of HTML documentation from the *.doc or *.tex or whatever.
It has not worked well for a long time.  That would make it easier
to provide links to specific online sections of the documentation
rather than pointing to the whole *pdf file.

 
> 
> Christoph