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Add warning about single precision in FLTK.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:15:32 -0700
parents a1e386b9ef4b
children f5a780d675a1
files doc/ChangeLog doc/interpreter/plot.txi
diffstat 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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, 
--- 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