Re: Intermittent problem with inline plot ranges

[<pl...@pi...>]

On 16/06/16 03:34, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
>
> I have observed an intermittent (not reliably repeatable)
> problem with inline plot ranges. Has anybody else seen this?
>
> Basically, some times plot ranges seem to get "stuck",
> rather than defaulting back to [*:*].
>
> Consider the following sequence of commands:
>
> plot "file" u 1:2
> plot [:100] "file" u 1:2
> plot "file" u 1:2
>
> I'd expect the third call to produce the same plot as the
> first. Most of the time this is true, but sometimes the
> third call produces the same result as the second, and I
> need to use plot [:*] "file" u 1:2.
>
> I have also observed this behavior for the vertical axis.
>
> I have not been able to identify the circumstances that
> lead to this behavior.
>
> Has anybody seen something similar or some hypotheses,
> that might help narrow down on the conditions that
> produce this behavior?
>
> Best,
>
> 		Ph.
>

If you have selected a range manually ( mouse selected zoom ) the third 
line will not remove the implicit ranges you have set.   If you then 
want to plot [:*] "file" u 1:2  , you will have to do so explicitly to 
remove the range settings applied with the mouse.

Could that be the source of the 'inconsistency' ?

Peter.