From bug-request at octave dot org Wed Jan  4 20:15:41 2006
Subject: Re: gnuplot gset
From: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle at users dot sourceforge dot net>
To: "Sean O'Rourke" <sorourke at cs dot ucsd dot edu>
Cc: bug at octave dot org
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:14:21 -0500

How about the following?

   function gnuplot(varargin), __gnuplot_plot__(varargin{:}); endfunction
   function gnuset(varargin), __gnuplot_set__(varargin{:}); endfunction

- Paul

On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Sean O'Rourke wrote:

> David Bateman <David dot Bateman at motorola dot com> writes:
>
>> Kevin Judd wrote:
>>>
>>> warning: gset is deprecated and will be removed from a future
>>> warning: version of Octave.
>>> warning: You should use the higher-level plot functions
>>> warning: ("plot", "mesh", "semilogx", etc.) instead
>>> warning: of the low-level plotting commands.
>>> warning: If you absolutely must use this function, use the
>>> warning: internal version __gnuplot_set__ instead.
>>>
>>> This is idiotic. Did the person that did this actually use
>>> octave/gnuplot? I mean to do serious science requiring publication
>>> of figures in journals and books?
>>
>> If the goal is to make octave independent of gnuplot, and have the
>> ability to totally replace gnuplot with something else then gnuplot is
>> not in a priviledged position against any other plotting tool. Also
>> there are compatiability issues, for example what does "gplot" do on
>> matlab? For this reason you'll now find in the CVS that even these
>> warnings are gone and are replaced with a matlab compatiable "gplot"
>> command.
>
> I guess I'll delay that update a bit, then.  I too have found the
> move away from gplot/gset annoying.  I understand that you're
> working to make Octave independent of gnuplot, but there are
> those of us who are used to and prefer gnuplot.  Wouldn't it be
> both more friendly and essentially no more work to rename
> gplot/gset to e.g. gnuplot/gnuset, so that we can go on using
> them in peace?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
>
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