Re: [Gnuplot-info] gnuplot version number

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

morten bjoernsvik wrote:

> I have a program that uses the following feature.
> It does not work in the original enclosed with Redhat
> EL30, but it is fine in the latest version I download
> from the net.

The solution to this mystery is that the difference you're observing has
exactly nothing to do with version numbers of gnuplot. It's a difference
between build environments (or ./configure flags).

> gnuplot> set terminal png tiny transparent size
> 800,600
> Terminal type set to 'png'
>                           ^
>          expecting: {small, medium,
> large},[no]transparent, or {monochrome, gray, color,
> [xRRGGBB] }

This means this (the RHEL) version of gnuplot is built without use of 
libgd, giving you the "old" PNG driver.  "show version long" will list 
such differences for you.