pcolor and "interp" [changeset-2]

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:34 PM, David Bateman wrote:

> John W. Eaton wrote:
>
>> Perhaps it is now time to think about removing the have_newer_gnuplot
>> variable from __go_draw_axes__?  This was useful when we were making
>> the Octave 3.0 release around the time that gnuplot 4.2 was released,
>> but now it has been a while, and I think we can expect people to have
>> the newer version.  Removing this variable would simplify
>> __go_draw_axes__ somewhat.  I think we will cause more trouble for
>> ourselves if we proceed down the path of checking every micro version
>> of gnuplot and trying to support them all.
>>
>
> I'd also suggest dumping the code for gnuplot versions older than  
> 4.2 in __go_draw_axes__. It made sense to have it for Octave 3.0.x,  
> but if you are using a bleeding edge version of Octave you should  
> have a version of gnuplot that hasn't been obsolete for 18 months.  
> gnuplot 4.2.0 was released 18 months ago.
>
> Regards
> David

John,

I have no problem with requiring a fully functional gnuplot. As I've  
managed to patch 4.2.3 the version checking is a disabler, rather than  
an enabler.

David,

Are you suggesting that we drop the present use of  
"have_newer_gnuplot" but still handle the differences between versions  
< 4.2.4 and those >= 4.2.4, or suggesting that *all* version checking  
for gnuplot should be dropped?

Ben