Re: Clipping of arrows buggy

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

>
>> You have a different understanding of "screen" than I do.
>> "set size" does not change the screen. 
>
>
> Careful there.  This depends on command ordering.
>
> In particular, a 'set size' command issued *before* the terminal is 
> opened, *will* change the screen size, on at least some terminal 
> drivers.  Postscript in EPS mode is one of them, but several others are
> also effected by it --- generally all drivers producing output that 
> supports the notion of a physical output size (something in inches), 
> but don't have a 'size'-like terminal option.  To find all ~18 of 
> them, look for mentions of global variable 'xsize' in any 
> term->graphics() implementation.
>
> Getting this subtle detail confused may well be the core of the 
> problem in Harald's scripts.


I wouldn't have imagined such behavior.  Another reason I've had the 
ambition to write a tutorial summary of graph layout in gnuplot.  (No 
time 'though.)

Dan