Annotation of OpenXM_contrib/gnuplot/NEWS, Revision 1.1.1.1
1.1 maekawa 1: What's new in 3.7 ?
2:
3: from 315 to 348
4: makefile.mgw contributed by HBB for compilation under MinGW32
5: "-" means interactive on command line and load file
6: gnuplot no longer faults on Alpha in prob.dem
7: margin and label-positioning works with set ?label offset
8: set ?tics auto resets the tic-marks
9: line widths get copied in M$ Windows terminal when using the
10: copy->clipboard option
11: PSLATEX-terminal: resolves problems with german.sty when " is
12: active character
13: the terminal list gets paged through your preferred pager
14:
15: and many more.
16:
17: See docs/old/ChangeLog.old and ChangeLog for a list of changes
18:
19: As always, there are outstanding contributed patches
20: that I haven't yet installed (sorry), and half-promises for features
21: that I've not had a chance to fulfill.
22:
23: in this release (somwhere between 315 and 347)
24: try to improve (and not break too badly) portability
25: multiple X11 windows have number in window title, and active window
26: has crosshair cursor
27:
28: in 315
29: suppress ! after a ! command in interactive mode
30: address polar mode
31:
32: 314
33: misc bug fixes
34:
35: 310
36: HBB's hidden3d fix
37: latest gnuplot.doc and term/*.trm help sections
38: configure --with-gnu-readline[=path]
39:
40: in 309
41: sorry Roger ; os2 keeps on improving, but I forget to announce it
42: {and often incorporate it !}
43: relative errors displayed in fit
44:
45: in 306
46: histeps style
47: LINE WIDTH PATCH ! {but many structures passed by value ?}
48: tolerate missing closing backquote at end of line
49: no limit on output filename
50: set key samplelen / spacing
51: plot ... axis alias for plot ... axes
52: Thomas Koenig's postscript test for reencoding on the fly [at last]
53: multiplot clear for djsvga
54: size option on gif driver
55:
56: in 300
57: FINALLY moved the axes syntax over to plot ... axes x1y1 ...
58: 3d fitting ; FIT_INDEX no longer supported/needed (see fit.dem)
59: added data columns -1 for line and -2 for index, for 3d fit
60: had another go at the VPATH stuff for configure / make
61:
62: in 297
63: back out unwanted feature of basing tics on relative size/font
64: add financebars / candlesticks - size controlled by set bar
65: plot 'file' using 0:1 gives x=0,1,... as gnuplot 3.5
66: optional keyword 'font' in set xlabel 'text' dx,dy [font] "font,size"
67: fix undefined points in splines
68:
69: in 293/294
70: ICCCM export of the x-window (allow paste into compliant apps ie NTRIGUE)
71: print "string", expression, "string", ...
72: set size square has been generalised to
73: set size { square | ratio <r> | noratio }
74: where <r> is an aspect ratio of height / width
75: (at last) Hans-Bernhard Br"oker's changes, including fit fix and
76: new hidden line removal routine
77: plot line is commited to replot line at last possible moment, so
78: that typos in complex plot do not ruin everything
79: time routines separated into time.c - option to use system time
80: routines instead of the gnuplot ones. Undocumented command
81: testtime 'format' 'string' to assist testing of time routines
82: small changes to the terminal handling : hide details in term.c
83: new shared makefile strategy : makefile.all
84:
85:
86: in 273
87: pslatex driver takes solid/dashed
88: cgm driver (ms-office applications ?)
89: accept using ::4 as shorthand for using 1:2:4
90: accept lp as abbreviation of linesp
91:
92: in 268
93: asinh() etc
94: gnuplot -persist and set term x11 [reset] <n>
95: gif terminal driver [not new in this release, but not mentioned before]
96:
97: in 261
98: compile on windows NT
99: /end and /noend options in windows gnuplot
100: first attempt at timecolumn() and tm_sec() family of functions
101: splot 'file' matrix
102:
103: in 248 (?)
104: try *again* to fix the postscript bounding box
105: ALL TERMINALS UPDATED (thanks Stefan !)
106: Continue to move help out of gnuplot.doc into terminal driver files (thanks Joerg)
107: address problems with splines in log scales - NOTE that we take logs
108: and then fit splines
109: %T in gprintf prints as %d not %f hence no trailing .0000
110: set locale only affects LC_TIME (for the moment ?)
111: make start optional in series tics, ie accept
112: set [xyz]tics {start,}step{,end}
113: also, if start or end not specified, treat as computed, and autoextend
114: plot to a multiple of tics
115:
116: in 242
117: allow negative ticslevel
118: geometric series tics for logscale
119: enhanced sprintf format for tics - extra format characters available
120: %x %o %e %f %g %t %T %l %L %s %S %c
121: take plot size and driver into account when choosing tics
122: accept x1y2 etc in place of first/second
123: extra line in boxed key
124: x2 label
125: fonts for label
126: strftime format for 'set time'
127: more timeseries patches
128: set locale
129: try to fix postscript bounding box
130:
131: in 224
132: set clabel ['format']
133: pstexdriver
134: set encoding
135: enhpost moved into post.trm
136: index a:b:c for splot
137:
138: in 194
139: multiplot for splot
140:
141: in 188
142: os9 port
143: set xrange [] reverse writeback
144: allow mix of co-ordinate systems within an arrow/label posn
145: initial multiplot support
146: - doesn't yet check that terminal is capable, but there is a
147: flags field added to the terminal entry to tell gnuplot about this.
148: also, suspend() / resume() entry points which are to be called
149: between plots of a multiplot.
150:
151: in 178
152: arbitrary length/number of columns in datafile
153: accept double/quad-precision fortran numbers (1.23{dDqQ}4)
154: - but not in scanf format string
155: undefined fit parameters start at 1 rather than 1e-30
156: - more chance of convergence / less change of unitary matrix
157: WIN32 / Win-NT support
158: table output can be read back in for data splot
159: - hence gnuplot can be used to dgrid a datafile and write it out
160: set missing 'string'
161: - nominate a token as standing for missing values in datafile
162: - not yet added to documentation
163: updates to time-series stuff (so it doesn't break at 2000)
164: - except it has become horribly non-portable :-(
165: split graph3d.c into util3d.c and hidden3d.c
166:
167: in 166
168: set bar <size>
169: - a number rather than just small or large
170: allow different linetypes for grid at major and minor tics
171: a few more set no* commands for consistency.
172: initial go at implementing tic mirrors and axes for splot
173: - no ztic axis yet (or no zzeroaxis)
174: - tics on axes are not hidden by surface
175: attempt to make sin(x) behave as expected when set angle degrees
176: - gives answers if x is complex, but I dont know if they are correct
177: - acos(cos(x)) seems to give x, so at least its consistent
178: - fix a bug which made acos(cos({0,1})) undefined
179: new grass.trm
180:
181: in release 162/164
182: set size [{no}square] x,y - tries to plot with aspect ratio 1
183: - seems to work great for postscript
184: - please check with your favourite driver
185: - uses relative sizes of tics to determine required size.
186: posn for key, labels and arrows can be in one of 4 co-ordinate systems
187: - first_axes (default)
188: - second_axes (for plot..second)
189: - graph (0,0 -> 1,1 = plotting area)
190: - screen (0,0 -> 1,1 = whole screen)
191: - arrows needn't have endpoints in same co-ords. see help set label
192: via is now a required keyword for fit
193: - fit f(x) 'file' ... via { 'file' | a,b,... }
194: - this is to avoid confusing 'file' with 'using-format-string'
195: win32 and 16-bit dos fixes
196: - I can compile with tc++, but get an overlay error at runtime.
197: new set of documentation programs (I haven't tried them)
198: various tweaks to makefile
199: changes to pslatex
200: - substitute .ps at _last_ . in filename
201: - accept font size of enclosing document as an option.
202: - dont forget to close aux file
203:
204: in release 151
205:
206: linux security patch
207: can specify font for labels, etc (postscript only ? - I haven't tried this)
208: can specify linetype to draw grid / zeroaxes / arrows
209: emx terminal driver
210: first attempt at pipes for VMS and vector style - needs more work
211: l/b/r/t-margin in place of xmargin - more control over size of margins
212: incompatible changes to polar mode:
213: - t is now the dummy variable, so x is width of plot as expected
214: - tics are not automatically on axes - set {xy}tics axis nomirror
215: - grid is not automatically polar - set grid x [mx] polar [angle]
216: - no numbers on grid - they were always in degrees
217: second axes
218: - x2 and y2 are an independent pair of axes, but they inherit
219: ranges from x and y if no second data
220: - there can be problems with this, actually - if x2tics are not
221: shown, x2range is not autoextended to whole number of tics, so
222: same data might not have same range.
223: - set x2tics/y2tics/x2label/y2label
224: - set [no]log x2 / y2
225: - plot [first,] f(x), 'file', ..., second, g(x), ...
226: - get specify grid at any/all of x,y,x2,y2
227: - see electron.dem
228: set border <mask> - 12 bit binary number selects 12 sides of cube around splot
229: can specify grid z, to get a grid on back wall of splot
230: set mxtics [<interval>|default] | set nomxtics
231: - set mxtics gives auto for logscale, fixed for linear
232: binary, index and every keywords to datafiles.
233: - every also works with binary files
234: can use '-' as datafile for inline data (ends at line with e)
235: can use '' to mean reuse previous file
236: splot and fit now use datafile module
237: - FIT_SKIP no longer supported - use fit f(x) 'file' every n
238: can limit fit range using fit [variable=min:max] f(variable) ...
239: set ticscale <major> [<minor>]
240: surface is clipped with no hidden line removal
241: - still to do contour and hidden-line surface
242: set {x|y|x2|y2} [axis|border] [no]mirror
243: - can put tics on border or axes
244: - mirror controls mirroring of tics on opposite axis
245: - no longer coupled to set tics out setiing.
246: No longer need to specify parametric mode for 3-column data files.
247: ranges automatically extended to whole number of tic intervals
248: - doesn't always manage to drop vertical from surface to corner of base
249: - workaround is either specify range or use set border
250:
251: patchlevel 140
252: --------------
253: I've probably missed a lot of features since I'm so used to them.
254: Plus I never bothered with 3.5 so some of these may have been there.
255: some of these may have made it into the documentation
256: Here goes:
257:
258: fit f(x) 'file' via ...
259: read and plot time data (timedat.dem)
260: set key [top|bottom|under] [left|right|out] [reverse] [box [<linetype>]]
261: set key title 'text'
262: Processing of escape sequences in "strings" but not 'strings'
263: - TeX users in particular advised to use ''
264: Multiline labels, etc, using "first\nsecond"
265: enhpost driver
266: call command (load with parameters)
267: x error bars. splines. boxes. [some may have been in 3.5]
268: pipes for amiga
269: the using patch plot 'file' using spec:spec:...
270: - spec is either column number or (expression in $1, $2, ...)
271: new pslatex driver with postscript to aux file.
272: set pointsize <scale factor> on some terminals
273: doubles in plot...using format string - %lf
274: unlimited input line length and expression (action) table
275: minor tic-marks (like logscale but also for linear)
276: - also set grid [mx|my]
277:
278:
279:
280: that's all I can think of for the moment...
281:
282:
283: o timeseries plots
284: o enhanced X11 driver
285: o Win32/NT support
286: o OS9 support
287: o updated copyright
288: o new driver: NeXT
289: o window option for Amiga driver
290: o greatly improved hidden3d algorithm
291: o updated postscript docs (Dick)
292: o multiplot feature
293: o new driver: texdraw
294: o new driver: gif (requires external lib)
295: o new driver: emx
296: o pipe support for Amiga
297: o using patch (dd)
298: o enhanced postscript driver (Matt Heffron)
299: o integration of Carsten Grammes's gnufit extension
300: o greatly improved configuration on Unix platforms
301: o fig driver updated to xfig 3.x
302: o new driver: Linux svga
303: o improved pslatex driver
304: o new hpgl driver hp7550
305: o new errorbar styles
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