Re: Suggestions for info documentation

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

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> Axel Boldt wrote:

> >Now in the "Plotting" node, there is the even more helpful hint that
> >everything about the axes can be configured with the set commands,

Well, that hint is slightly wrong --- at least one very central aspect
of the axis (how they're actually used by the plot command) is not 
controlled by any 'set' command.

> "help set" is a rather broad category.  Would "set axes" and "set axis" 
> help nodes be beneficial (i.e., a list and overview of all the commands 
> for controling the axes--xtics, etc.)?  Or would that start leading to 
> confusion in the sense that seeing "axes" in the subcategory of "set" 
> might make people think "axes" is a valid keyword?

It probably would, so we had better avoid doing that.  If we find we need 
a general overview node describing all settings relevant to individual 
axes, that node belongs to a different part of the documentation (i.e. as 
a sub-node of 'plotting' or 'introduction', not under 
'commands->set/show'.

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