Re: few remarks

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

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 mi...@ph... wrote:

[I'll only comment some of the lots of issues...]

> "help filledcurves" is not very well understandable.

Well, since you wrote that originally, I guess it's yours to fix it
up. ;-)

> postscript terminal contains new option "level2". I propose to add (or
> rather change to) option "level1" -- I guess it is more natural to restrict
> to PS Level 1 printer by saying "set term post level1" rather than
> "set term post nolevel2". (Also, it may become confusing whether
> "PS Level 3" printer is "level2" or "nolevel2").

Agreed.

> When "make tutorial" (under Linux): File $HOME/.gnuplot should not be read
> -- it may contain an offending command which breaks the make process.
> 
> Could the particular pieces of tutorial/Makefile[.am?] contain something
> like
> 	HOME=/dev/null gnuplot ...

Feels more like there should be a '--no-startup-files' option (like emacs'
-q one) to gnuplot.  Futzing around with $HOME, even on a temporary basis
doesn't feel like a good idea.

> Currently I have only web access to internet, so I cannot do any change into
> cvs. 

How long is "currently" expected to last?

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.