Re: [Gnuplot-info] simple row/col plot: 1st row to xtics & autocolumn

[Ethan A M. <eam...@gm...>]

On Sunday, 28 October 2018 21:54:21 theozh wrote:
> Thank you for your suggestions.
> >> ad 4. if I use plot for [i=2:*] $Data... gnuplot get's stuck and does not respond anymore. Why? How to solve?
> > 
> > That was a bug in the original 5.2 release. Fixed in 5.2.1
> > If you are stuck with 5.2.0 then a work-around would be to determine
> > the number of columns first and use that explicitly rather than using *.
> > 
> I just downloaded gnuplot 5.2.5 ... same issue! gnuplot blocked... when using plot for [i=2:*] ...

That is strange unexpected.
Are you sure you ran the new executable rather than the old one?

When I run that series of commands on 5.2.5 I get a plot and no errors.
When I run it on 5.2.2 or 5.2.3 I get the correct plot but it prints an
informational message:

	Ending * iteration at 5

		Ethan