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Re: Format change converter to 5.0?

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On 04/02/17 00:16, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> Karl Ratzsch wrote:
> 
>> Am 01.04.2017 um 12:06 schrieb Olaf Schultz:
>>
>>> But I have also a lot of other files coming from 4.3.... where not
>>> only this lines needs to be converted because just two \042 have to
>>> be removed in several lines.
>>>
>>> And if I go and write an awk-script for that... Should have started
>>> in the past with just saving empty plit-files to find the diff with
>>> old/new version and what to be removed/changed. Maybe I will do
>>> this...
>>>
>>> Just to state: I like gnuplot, use it frequently since approx. 20
>>> years, at home and in the job... but this tiny but nerving format
>>> changes. Seem that I have to do it as on the job (there 4.6.1 is the
>>> most actual version;-)... install several versions also at home:-(
>>>
>>> Olaf
>>
>> Well, it's sometimes a toss-up between adding new features with a
>> sensible syntax, and keeping things backwards compatible. And I must
>> say that the developers are trying very hard to do both
>>
>> (Although I say the "set timefmt x" thing was more a bug, an
>> undocumented feature should never have made it into the default
>> saved plot files, imho.)
>>
>> Best thing i can recommend is to not build plots online on the
>> gnuplot console and then save them to .plt file, but write the
>> script by yourself, and always load it from the script file. That
>> way you are sure they contain just everything you need, and it's
>> much easier to later re-work the plot, be it because of a syntax
>> change or because you want something changed in the plot.
>>
>> A "save" option that omits all default settings would be nice, but
>> also probably a nightmare to write and debug. Some commands have
>> just too many options. 
>>   Karl
> 
> There is a separate utility script "gpsavediff" that strips out all
> the default options from a saved script.  However it assumes that the
> current version of gnuplot that it runs matches the version that 
> created the script.  So it's useful at the time you save something,
> but not so much as a tool to clean up scripts saved a long time ago.
> 
> I.e., the usual use is like this:
> 
>    gnuplot>  ... plot some stuff ...
>    gnuplot>  save "|gpsavediff > myplot.gp"
> 
> or like this:
> 
>    $ gpsavediff < fulldump.gp > cleanup_up.gp
> 
> 
> You can download a copy of the gpsavediff script here:
> 
>    http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/scripts/files/gpsavediff
> 
> 
>       - Ethan
> 

Thanks, that should solve that.

About the other answer... that's live...
If I have a look in the .gnu-files... they are long... and I don't carry
much about the top... (seem to be not the only one;-)

Just modifying the last lines in an $Editor. Especially if I have to
create 20 multiplots with 3 windows for and approx 20 curves per page (6
per plot) in total to be displayed. Use it in an editor, output
ps>pdf>pdfcrop (our sysads don't provide pdf native...)*
Don't know how to get such a good overview and pictures traceable back
for the next 30+ years in XLS:-)

Olaf

*I'am a lucky guy to convince them to install 4.6 WITH readline (not
default version).

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Format change converter to 5.0? Olaf Schultz <o.schultz@enhydralutris.de> - 2017-03-30 20:44 +0200
  Re: Format change converter to 5.0? Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2017-03-31 05:14 +0200
    Re: Format change converter to 5.0? Olaf Schultz <o.schultz@enhydralutris.de> - 2017-04-01 12:06 +0200
      Re: Format change converter to 5.0? Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2017-04-01 23:17 +0200
        Re: Format change converter to 5.0? Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 15:16 -0700
          Re: Format change converter to 5.0? Olaf Schultz <o.schultz@enhydralutris.de> - 2017-04-02 09:48 +0200
        Re: Format change converter to 5.0? Ethan A Merritt <EAMerritt@gmail.com> - 2017-04-01 15:32 -0700

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