On 2010-10-02 00:55:41 +0200, Agustin Martin wrote: > I think #578311 should be renamed to something like "gnuplot: pdfcarro > output should default to the standard output". You are original > submitter, so I leave that to your consideration,
Retitled "gnuplot: pdfcairo output should default to the standard output (as documented)". > but the problem is not an empty pdfcairo output, but that one. And > unfortunately we need to wait for 4.4.1 for #578311/#597007 fix. True, actually the empty file was created by the shell, then nothing was output to it. > Regarding this bug report (#248426: set terminal pdf doesn't work), > set terminal pdf is recognised, only that in an inconsistent way (not > a problem for Debian). It will match either pdflib terminal or > pdfcairo (in that order) if available, but they may have different > options. For portability of gnuplot files, this is annoying. But style options should not even depend on the terminal (i.e. one should be able to get the same output, whether it is sent to a graphical window or to a PDF file). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

