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Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default?

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In article <b7ro11F4075U1@mid.individual.net>, ingo.thies@gmx.de says...
> 
> Am 20.08.13 14:51, schrieb Alex van der Spek:
> > Probably my top most wanted feature in gnuplot is to have full zoom/pan
> > functionality in multiplot mode across all the subplots.
> 
> I think, similarly urgent addition (but maybe easier to implement) would
> be a true 3D plotting (distant objects appear smaller than close ones),
> like e.g. in IDL. This would not just be a nice feature but *very*
> useful to help the user to recognize the spatial structure e.g. of the
> positions of nearby stars or the "vast polar structure" in our Galactic
> neighbourhood, recently published by Marcel Pawlowski.

Would it not be better to add a terminal for a true 3d-format like 3ds, 
skp or VRML? Such plots could then be freely rotated in appropriate 
programs and published on the internet. It would also be possible to 
select the most informative viewing angle for 2d-printing.

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gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? "Alex van der Spek" <zdoor@xs4all.nl> - 2013-08-04 17:37 +0200
  Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-04 12:33 -0700
    Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? "Alex van der Spek" <zdoor@xs4all.nl> - 2013-08-05 10:17 +0200
      Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-05 16:07 -0700
        Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? "Alex van der Spek" <zdoor@xs4all.nl> - 2013-08-20 14:51 +0200
          Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? Ingo Thies <ingo.thies@gmx.de> - 2013-08-24 14:42 +0200
            Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? Dr Engelbert Buxbaum <engelbert_buxbaum@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-28 13:00 -0400
              Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? Ingo Thies <ingo.thies@gmx.de> - 2013-08-28 19:15 +0200
                Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? Janusz Opiła <janusz.opila@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 17:41 -0800
          Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? xmoon2000@googlemail.com - 2013-11-02 02:40 -0700
            Re: gnuplot 4.8? will it have QT as default? Alex van der Spek <zdoor@xs4all.nl> - 2013-12-02 04:21 +0000

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