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From: Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: plot with offset in labels
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Am 02.04.2016 um 03:08 schrieb Ethan A Merritt:
> 
> The problem is that "offset" in the general case takes up to 
> 3 following values: x, y, and z.  It stops if it doesn't encounter
> a comma before the next value.   So this syntax confuses it:
> 
>   plot $foo ... offset x,y, $baz
> 
> because it tries to interpret $baz as a z offset value rather than
> a new plot.
> 
> This was a problem for a long time, but it has been fixed in the
> cvs version by teaching the relevant get_position_xxx() routines 
> that in a 2D context they should only expect 2 values. 
> That was largish set of patches that do not apply cleanly to 
> version 5.0 so backporting is not automatic.

So the workaround is to give a third (dummy) offset?
Trying ... works.

Thank you!

  Karl