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3.1.50 snapshot
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
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1 Octave works best with gnuplot 4.2, which is available from
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2 http://www.gnuplot.info.
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4 Octave now sends data over the same pipe that is used to send commands
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5 to gnuplot. While this avoids the problem of cluttering /tmp with
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6 data files, it is no longer possible to use the mouse to zoom in on
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7 plots. This is a limitation of gnuplot, which is unable to zoom when
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8 the data it plots is not stored in a file. Some work has been done to
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9 fix this problem in newer versions of gnuplot (> 4.2.2). See for
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10 example, this thread
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12 http://www.nabble.com/zooming-of-inline-data-tf4357017.html#a12416496
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14 on the gnuplot development list.
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17 John W. Eaton
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18 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
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19 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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20 Department of Chemical Engineering
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