version 5.0.2 release and other news (aquaterm dashes; arrays)

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

5.0.2 Release
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Patchlevel 2 of gnuplot version 5.0 is now available as a tarball
download from SourceForge.

Windows binaries for the new version are not yet available.
Please continue to use the 5.0.1 binaries for now.

Aquaterm
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Jun Takimoto has modified aquaterm to support custon dashtypes.
This brings it into line with other terminals in version 5.
Unfortunately the fix came just a bit too late for the 5.0.2
release but is now in CVS for both 5.0 and 5.1

Arrays
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Please check out and test patch #724 on SourceForge
 <https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/patches/724/>
It adds support for arrays, which has been a recurring request.
I have been using it myself for a while, but I think it is
ready for more widespread testing.  Basic use is like this:

 # An array element can be an integer, a real, or a string
 # just as if it were an individual named variable 
 array A[3]
 A[1] = 123.45
 A[2] = " some string"
 print A[1]**2, A[2]
>                       15239.9025 some string
 print A[3]
>                       <undefined>
 print A[4]
>                       array index out of range
 show var A
>                       A = <2 element array>

 # Plot a non-contiguous selection of columns
 array COL[5] = [ 2,3, 5,6, 9]
 plot for [i=1:5] 'data' using 0:(column(COL[i])) title columnhead(COL[i])

		Ethan