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lydia@uns-helios.nevada.edu (Lydia Reed) writes:
>DETAILS

>* version 1.1.0 runs on a microvax running 4.3bsd
>* this version has 16 set term options
>* version 1.2.1 runs on a sun 3/280 running 4.2 release 3.5
           ^^^^^
Bogus version.
>* this version has 4 set term options


>1) Why does the more recent version have fewer set term options?

gnuplot 1.2 was never officially released.  Several individuals have
made changes to the code and released "new" versions.  A programmer
at Duke took an early version (1.0) and added a latex driver and 
some bug fixes and called it "gnutex"(!?).  This is partially my
fault, since I was depending on Villanova to pursue development 
on this project.  I was made aware of the new versions by Russell Lang 
at Monash University (Australia) and we are putting together a new 
release which will include the useful modifications which have been 
scattered about the planet.  

gnuplot 1.2.0 will include among other features:

-polar plots
-axis labelling
-new terminal drivers


>2) On the sun some of the examples from the manual core dump, however
>the same examples work fine on the microvax.  Is this because of the
>different versions or because of the different hardware? (I know the
>sun doen't handle null pointers which the microvax does)

version 1.1 works on all the Suns I've tested except Sun4/110's which 
have a hardware problem (I think SUN has a work around available with
new kernel mods).

>3) What is the current version of gnuplot?  Does gnuplot now belong to
>FSF? 

NO!  FSF kindly distributes the software.  The "gnu" in gnuplot has
nothing to do with the Free Software Foundation.  "gnu" is a pun 
on "new" and "llama"; the prototype software was called llamaplot
but the other author, Colin Kelley, refused to release it with that
name. (he wanted to call it nplot, so we compromised).

>lydia@unsvax.bitnet


				Hope this helps.

                      -thaw-