Re: Problems with "set linetype cycle" in gp5 rc3

[sfeam <sf...@us...>]

On Wednesday, 10 December 2014 04:00:06 PM Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> 
> Consider the following commands:
> 
> 	set linetype 1 lw 1 lc rgb "red"
> 	set linetype 2 lw 2 lc rgb "black"
> 	set linetype cycle 2
> 
> I expected alternating thin red and thick black
> curves. But that's not what happens...
> 
> A command like:
> 	plot sin(x), cos(x), airy(x), 1/(x**2+1), -exp(-x**2)
> 
> plots the first and second curve as expected,
> but then falls back to predefined line types,
> until line type 8.
> 
> Only beginning with linetype 9 and 10 do I see
> the alternating red/black lines. (This can be
> clearly seen when running the "test" command.)
> 
> I first thought this was a bug, but then I saw
> a line in the documentation: 
> 
>   If the line properties of a higher numbered 
>   linetype are explicitly defined, this takes
>   precedence over the recycled low-number 
>   linetype properties.
> 
> So, I need to precede everything with
> 
> 	unset for [i=1:10] linetype i
> 
> to remove the default line types.
> 
> That strikes me as rather odd behavior. I would
> have expected that "set linetype cycle" takes
> precedence.

That would have the effect of disabling all linetypes
higher than the cycle count.