Re: Inconsistent point types between terminals

[Ethan A M. <me...@uw...>]

On Thursday, 30 January 2020 21:32:02 PST Dima Kogan wrote:
> Hi. I just stumbled upon another bug-looking behavior.
> 
> The different point types aren't the same across terminals. There's no
> specific reason for that, right?

gnuplot> help pointttype

[...]
 The first 8 point types are shared by all terminals. Individual terminals may
 provide a much larger number of distinct point types. Use the `test` command
 to show what is provided by the current terminal settings.

	Ethan



> 
> I do this:
> 
>   set terminal x11
>   test
> 
> Note that point type 18 is a solid square
> 
> Then I do this:
> 
>   set terminal qt
>   test
> 
> A solid square is now type 20. pdf works like qt, it looks like; I
> haven't tested any others. I have no cycles to fix it right now, but can
> put it on my list.
> 
> dima