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Re: Format change converter to 5.0?

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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

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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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