Re: Bug in 5.4.rc2

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

On Monday, 22 June 2020 23:11:41 PDT Dima Kogan wrote:
> I just hit a bug in 5.4.rc2. I'm guessing this isn't a new bug, but it'd
> be nice to fix it before the release. To reproduce:
> 
>   set size ratio -1
>   plot '-'   using 1:2:3 notitle with circles lw 2
>   0 0 2.5
>   e
> 
> It looks like when "with circles" data is used for autoscaling, the
> edges of the circles are used for the x-axis autoscaling, but only the
> centers for the y-axis autoscaling. So in the plot above, most of the
> one circle gets cut off.

Autoscaling on y for "with circles" is not a well-defined operation.
The whole point of the style is that the circle radius depends only on x.
It will accommodate any yrange by adjusting the extent on y taking
into account the aspect ratio of the plot.

	Ethan  


> 
> I can debug and come up with a patch, but some of you can do that MUCH
> faster than me.
> 
> If yall are busy, let me know, and I can produce a patch.
> 
> Thanks!