Re: [Plplot-devel] plmetafile compatibility

2015-02-16 Thread Phil Rosenberg
That works, so long as there is something Phil -Original Message- From: "Jim Dishaw" Sent: ‎16/‎02/‎2015 16:45 To: "Phil Rosenberg" Cc: "plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net list" Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] plmetafile compatibility The current plmeta form

Re: [Plplot-devel] plmetafile compatibility

2015-02-16 Thread Jim Dishaw
The current plmeta format puts the string "PLPLOT" at the beginning and a version string, currently "2005a" or "2005b" depending if it is a file or a server. I propose making a new version, say "2015-1", and keep the "PLPLOT" as the identifying string. I would like to keep using strings in the

Re: [Plplot-devel] plmetafile compatibility

2015-02-16 Thread Phil Rosenberg
Hi Jim You should probably just ignore the old plmeta format to a large extent as I think it will be totally unused at present. I would suggest starting the file with four characters (google fcc) which identify the file as a plmeta file, eg PLPL or PLME or something. Then follow with a fixed si