# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
# Date 1301973332 25200
# Node ID 562e40e3d5dbefb34dd3595c14d54436ddda493a
# Parent  a1e386b9ef4b95ac033079404dae938f89ab05d9
Add warning about single precision in FLTK.

diff -r a1e386b9ef4b -r 562e40e3d5db doc/ChangeLog
--- a/doc/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 04 15:56:49 2011 -0700
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog	Mon Apr 04 20:15:32 2011 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-04-04  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* interpreter/plot.txi: Add warning about single precision in FLTK.
+
 2011-04-04  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
 
 	* interpreter/doccheck/aspell-octave.en.pws, interpreter/nonlin.txi, 
diff -r a1e386b9ef4b -r 562e40e3d5db doc/interpreter/plot.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi	Mon Apr 04 15:56:49 2011 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi	Mon Apr 04 20:15:32 2011 -0700
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 gnuplot system.  The two systems may be used selectively through the use
 of the @code{graphics_toolkit} property of the graphics handle for each
 figure.  This is explained in @ref{Graphics Data Structures}.
+@strong{Caution:} The FLTK toolkit uses single precision variables internally
+which limits the maximum value that can be displayed to approximately
+@math{10^{38}}.  If your data contains larger values you must use the gnuplot
+toolkit which supports values up to @math{10^{308}}.
 
 @node High-Level Plotting
 @section High-Level Plotting