Re: Tiny documentation update: linetype

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

On Tuesday, 25 July 2017 19:11:07 Tait wrote:
> Just noticed that the documentation for "help linetype" says:
>     ...
>     For example, linetypes one and two default to red and green. If you...
> 
> This is not true anymore.

Indeed. The whole section was written with version 4 in mind
(obviously, since version 5 didn't exist yet).

> I was trying to find the colors of the default color sequence. The
> sequence in "help linetype" looks plausibly correct, but it doesn't
> say it's the default. 

Quickest way is probably

  $ gnuplot -d -e "show linetypes"



> "Help colorsequence" describes "podo" but
> doesn't give the colors. "Show colorsequence" seems to do the same
> thing as "show colors". "Show linestyle" and "show style line" just
> prints a blank line. "Show linestyle 1" or "show style line 1"
> report that 1 isn't a valid linestyle.
> 
> Tait