Re: Propositions to Improve Gnuplot

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

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Bernhard [utf-8] Kr=C3=A4mer wrote:

> 1) Introduce the Unix "ls" command to the gnuplot shell?

What's wrong with the existing
=09
=09!ls

?  Remember the Unix philosophy: one tool <--> one task.=20

> 2) Introduce a tab-completion feature as in xterm?

Exists already --- you just have to link with GNU libreadline.

> 3) Get rid of the "bug" that is when you type a command over more t=
han one=20
> line, and return to the first line in order to insert something, it=
 is not=20
> readable what you are typing?

Should be fixed if you use libreadline, too.

Or just use shorter lines --- that's what you backslash-newline=20
continuation for.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
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