Re: unwanted multiple plots

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

John W. Eaton wrote:
...
> So I think it is a mistake to set the output device to a hardcopy
> terminal and then use plotting commands.  In almost all cases, what
> you want to do is make a plot and then print it by doing something
> like Dmitri suggested with /dev/null, or, if you are working
> interactively, by displaying the plot on the screen.

In my opinion use of 'gset' functions should be discouraged.

If I work interactively I usually do
plot(something)
...
print(something)

The only place I use 'gset term' is when I have a script which
goal is to produce a figure for a paper/web page or something like that.
Doing plot() and print() routine would make a flash on a screen, or some
strange errors, if X11 is not available (running script on
vt100 terminal).

> Since this comes up frequently, are there any changes we could make so
> that it is easier to see the recommended way?
>

One possibility is  to have something like 'hcplot()'
(for HardCopy Plot) which does everything plot does, except
sending data to gnuplot.

> jwe

Dmitri.



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