Re: Compile warnings in new post/pslatex terminal code

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

> > in postscript, it has its own "formula expression" written in postscript
> > instead of getRgbColor(). That "palfuncparam" sets its sampling for
> > color formulae provided as linear gradients.
> >
> > So, it's really just for postscript.
>
> But wouldn't pdf want to do the same thing?
> Or x11 for that matter.

Not necessary, it is much easier to pass r,g,b triplet or gray value ...
actually, gnuplot_x11 is including getcolor.c, so it already does a similar
thing.

> In both cases there is plenty of processing power available at the display
> end if there is a good reason to use it.

No good reason for pdf I think.
For postscript it is clear -- file size -- every byte counts (mainly if it
appears 100^2 times).

Petr