Hello, Colin Baxter <m43...@yandex.com> writes:
> Hi, >>>>>> Gemini Lasswell <gaza...@runbox.com> writes: > > > In the "Requirements" section of ob-gnuplot.el's header comment, > > the link given for gnuplot-mode no longer works. The same broken > > link is also present in org-manual.org. > > > Since gnuplot-mode is available on MELPA, I think the most helpful > > advice for people trying to set up org-babel-gnuplot would be to > > install it from there. > > > Emacs : GNU Emacs 26.1.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ > > Version 3.22.30) of 2018-10-11 Package: Org mode version 9.1.9 > > (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ > > > /nix/store/x7b40y4pxp69h343akhaj4fb9fspacdq-emacs-26.1.50/share/emacs/26.1.50/lisp/org/) > > I recommend the gnuplot-mode from git: > http://github.com/bruceravel/gnuplot-mode/. I found the MELPA version > unsatisfactory in that it seemed to have missing functionality. This is complicated. The FSF frowns upon referencing Github in a GNU manual, or even MELPA. More precisely, no feature in Emacs proper — Org ships with it — should necessitate to direct user towards a non-free platform. No feature should require a library that should be included in Emacs either. See, for example bug#32722 or "Dependencies of Org" in Emacs-devel ML. At this point, I think the only way to stay in Emacs is to move ob-gnuplot (and other similar libraries that require non-Emacs libraries) in GNU ELPA or some such. I'm Cc'ing Bastien for his opinion about it. Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
