Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:290 comp.sources.d:4107 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!pixar!thaw From: thaw@pixar.UUCP (Tom Williams) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: gnuplot Message-ID: <6951@pixar.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 89 23:36:30 GMT References: <853@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> Organization: Pixar -- Marin County, California Lines: 54 lydia@uns-helios.nevada.edu (Lydia Reed) writes: >DETAILS >* version 1.1.0 runs on a microvax running 4.3bsd >* this version has 16 set term options >* version 1.2.1 runs on a sun 3/280 running 4.2 release 3.5 ^^^^^ Bogus version. >* this version has 4 set term options >1) Why does the more recent version have fewer set term options? gnuplot 1.2 was never officially released. Several individuals have made changes to the code and released "new" versions. A programmer at Duke took an early version (1.0) and added a latex driver and some bug fixes and called it "gnutex"(!?). This is partially my fault, since I was depending on Villanova to pursue development on this project. I was made aware of the new versions by Russell Lang at Monash University (Australia) and we are putting together a new release which will include the useful modifications which have been scattered about the planet. gnuplot 1.2.0 will include among other features: -polar plots -axis labelling -new terminal drivers >2) On the sun some of the examples from the manual core dump, however >the same examples work fine on the microvax. Is this because of the >different versions or because of the different hardware? (I know the >sun doen't handle null pointers which the microvax does) version 1.1 works on all the Suns I've tested except Sun4/110's which have a hardware problem (I think SUN has a work around available with new kernel mods). >3) What is the current version of gnuplot? Does gnuplot now belong to >FSF? NO! FSF kindly distributes the software. The "gnu" in gnuplot has nothing to do with the Free Software Foundation. "gnu" is a pun on "new" and "llama"; the prototype software was called llamaplot but the other author, Colin Kelley, refused to release it with that name. (he wanted to call it nplot, so we compromised). >lydia@unsvax.bitnet Hope this helps. -thaw-