Re: Files BUGS and README.1ST

[Harald H. <h.h...@tu...>]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Harald Harders wrote:
>
> > In the file BUGS, one thing is listed that I don't see as a bug:
> >
> >  *) Arrows and labels are not clipped (2D and 3D).
> >
> > I often use labels and arrows with the intention to generate things
> > outside the plot margins, for example special axis labels (according to
> > the DIN style for diagrams). If they were clipped I would not be able to
> > do so anymore. Thus, I think it is not a bug and should be removed from
> > BUGS.
>
> I think you're misunderstanding what "clipped" means, here.  The thing
> they should be clipped against is the page boundary, not that of the plot.
> Try a
>
> 	set arrow from screen -1, screen -1 to screen 3, screen 3
>
> on various terminals, and I think  you'll see what I mean.

I think a mixture of Ethan's and your answer is correct. For arrows within
plots, a clipping to the plot boundaries should be added while for all
other arrows, the screen boundaries should be used. But shouldn't that be
written to BUGS that way?

Yours
Harald

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