Re: {column,row}major of multiplot

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> > In ChangeLog of CVS version:
> >
> >   2005-01-04  Ethan Merritt  <merritt@u.washington.edu>
> >   ...
> >      * docs/gnuplot.doc: Correct the documentation to say
> >      'set multiplot layout <rows>,<cols>' (rows/cols were reversed in the
> >      previous version, and mis-described in the example).
> >
> > I think it is true. Moreover, I wonder the behavior of options
> > {column,row}major are reversed. gnuplot.doc says:
> >
> >   This grid is filled rows first or columns first depending on
> >   whether `rowmajor` or `columnmajor` ...
> >
> > However, in columnmajor (default), first two graphs are placed in
> > the first "row" from left to right. Is it correct behavior ?
>
> I think you are right, and the current behavior is incorrect.
> I will interchange the behavior of the two options unless
> someone here proposes a different solution.

The original meaning of "{columns|rows}major" comes from the original
author. It ment "fill first all columns|rows". The documentation was
correct, when I was adding keywords "upwards" and "downwards". I did not
like the names "*major" very much, but there was no better proposal.

I agree to change the syntax from "layout <cols>,<rows>" to "layout
<rows,cols>", and to replace those confusing "*major" by "rows$first" and
"columns$first".

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