Re: gd.trm and multiple plots with png

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

Jim Kleckner wrote:

> Would it make any sense to hack gd.trm to
> add an option to detect when a new plot is
> created and if output is to a non-pipe named
> file to auto-append a number ahead of the extension
> and close/reopen the file?

If at all, such a modification would have to be independent of the 
terminal driver.  I.e. gd.trm really shouldn't have anything to do with 
this.

> Issuing "set output" commands for every plot
> can be a tedious retrofit to something that
> works with PS or PDF.

It may not even be strictly necessary --- at least not for GIF files 
generated by gd.trm.  GIF files can, at least in principle, hold 
multiple pages.  But I suspect the GD library doesn't support this 
(admittedly rarely used) feature, so gd.trm can't do anything about that.