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On 16.08.2015 01:57, Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch wrote:
> Am 16.08.2015 um 01:22 schrieb Janis Papanagnou:
>> On 16.08.2015 01:11, Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch wrote:
> 
>>> That is a bug, i see the same with gnuplot 5.01.
>>
>> Wow! - Now, you know, I use gnuplot maybe once every other year (or so), and
>> stumbled already on the *second* [IMO severe] bug. - At least that is news I
>> can work with; until now I thought I've done something wrong. - Thanks again!
>> Your post saved me a lot time I would otherwise have uselessly spent.
> 
> Welcome to the world of open source software: Bug get fixed as users
> report them.
> 
> Sadly, most people don't do that.

Since first you mentioned that it's a bug, how should I file a bug in
the first place; how could I see that the behaviour of gnuplot wasn't
correct? Usually I first have to assume that I missed some point. And
the gnuplot documentation is far from having specification qualities to
be able to distinguish bugs from intentional designed behaviour. YMMV.
From my perspective; I didn't knew what the actual problem was, so I
posted.

> Like you: The program clearly
> behaved illogically (y logscale influenced xtics x offset), but you
> didn't tell about it at first.

Unfortunately I didn't knew that at that time.

> That wastes not only your time but also mine.

My apologies. But I really couldn't see that an "illogical behaviour"
gnuplot-bug was the reason. My working thesis was that I missed something,
despite having read the docs and tried a lot in a trial and error fashion.
And since I assumed folks here are experienced, they can quickly point me
to the error I made.

Usually it's good to focus on the specific observable issue; if one makes
a bulky post that's usually also not what people like reading.

> And that's why Hans-Bernhard was a bit unfriendly: He
> could smell you were trying to waste his'. ;-)

I still don't think his behaviour was, though not untypical in Usenet
and Web-Fora, appropriate.

Moreover, posts like the one from HBP wastes everyones time, IMO; since
he did not provide any concrete information, but rather only spit out
that unfriendly, vague, off-topic, bla-bla. In case I would have missed
something in the docs a simple chapter reference would certainly have
helped.

Thanks for reading.

Janis

> 
> Nevermind.
> 
>   Karl
> 

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Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-15 02:05 +0200
  Re: Xtics offset Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2015-08-15 12:34 +0200
    Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-15 12:57 +0200
      Re: Xtics offset Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2015-08-15 21:38 +0200
        [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-15 23:34 +0200
      Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 00:57 +0200
        Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 01:15 +0200
          Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 01:59 +0200
  Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 01:04 +0200
    Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 01:11 +0200
      Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 01:22 +0200
        Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 01:57 +0200
          [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 14:03 +0200
            Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 14:49 +0200
              Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 15:35 +0200
                Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Ethan A Merritt <merritt@u.washington.edu> - 2015-08-17 10:26 -0700
                Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-17 21:27 +0200
        Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 02:19 +0200
          Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 14:22 +0200

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