Re: gd.trm and multiple plots with png

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Wednesday 19 January 2005 05:21 am, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> 
> >>The first problem I see is that you have to initialize
> >>the GIF file differently if you want to insert multiple
> >>images, so you have to know in advance that you are
> >>going to do so.   In other words, it won't work to
> >>have term->graphics() simply check whether the file is
> >>already open.  It would have to be a new option
> >>	set term gif {animated}
> 
> Just as clarification: would it fail to work if we always claimed to be 
> going to build an animated GIF, but just make it a single-frame 
> degenerate case of an "animation" in case the user closes output after 
> only one plot?

libgd would be fine with that, so far as I know.
But I would worry that not all viewers can handle files
that claim to be animated gifs.  Maybe they can.

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