Re: [Gnuplot-bugs] small defects in 4.2

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pl...@pi... wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:36:31 +0200, Hans-Bernhard Bröker  
> <HBB...@t-...> wrote:
>> pl...@pi... wrote:

>>> 3. colours do not come out the same in outputting to png , for example.
>> The same ... as what?

> Er , same as wx terminal.

It would be hard to achieve the same colours between theses colours 
automatically, given that the colours used by both terminals can be 
changed by the user.  See 'help term png' and check the configuration 
dialog of the wxt version.

> I do not define ytics yet I get the numbers , if I do not define y2tics  
> explicitly as done here , I don't get any numbers on y2, I just get the  
> y2label. There is inconsistancy between the two which is confusing when  
> learning to use gnuplot.

The inconsistency exists for a pretty good reason: most new users spend 
quite a while using gnuplot without needing, nor wanting to be bothered 
by having to control, a second axis.  Requiring them to specify xtics 
before they get a readable plot would be obviously wrong.  By the time 
they find out about secondary axes, they usually know about 'set xtics' 
already, so they can figure out the rest.

I don't think there's a pressing need to explain this any more verbosely 
than it already is in 'help xtics'.