Re: [Gnuplot-bugs] Gnuplot 4.0.0 -- default format string is "% g", not "%g"

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Steven Taschuk wrote:

> The manual claims that the default format string is "%g", but src/axis.h
> actually has
>     #define DEF_FORMAT "% g"
[..]
> In this context, the space is significant; the effect is that x-axis
> tic labels are not properly centred on their tics, but slightly offset
> to the right.

That's one of its effects.  y2tic labels, on the other hand, will look
quite a lot better with "% g", on all terminals, than with the older
default of "%g".

In other words: this is a documentation bug.  The change to the program
was intentional, but the docs weren't updated.

> I propose that gnuplot.texi be amended to give the correct default
> format string, and to describe the space along with the other modifiers.

If at all, the patch would have to be applied to gnuplot.doc.  .texi
is a generated file.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
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