Re: Testing version of gnuplot 6.0.3
Erik Luijten <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Jun 2025 15:50:30 -0500
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--===============0235895213933044802== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000003e65940636d94457" --0000000000003e65940636d94457 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This compiles properly on macOS, both with wxt and with Qt5. Erik On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 9:29=E2=80=AFPM Ethan A Merritt <[email protected]> wro= te: > I have placed a tarball for release 6.0.3 in the "testing" folder on > SourceForge > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/testing/ > > Please report any build problems or other issues you find with the test > package. > If no problems arise I plan to use the same files for a release > announcement > next weekend. > > Release note appended below, or see > > gnuplot.sourceforge.net/ReleaseNotes_6_0_3.html > > - Ethan > > Gnuplot Version 6.0.3 Release Notes > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > This is the third incremental release for gnuplot stable version 6.0. > It contains several new features and improvements back-ported from the > development version. > > NEW (backported from development version) > ----------------------------------------- > > * NEW "contourfill {at base} {fs {no}border}" > * NEW "save changes <filename>" > This variant saves only the differences between the current > program > state and the state at the start of the session. > * NEW "plot <data> ... if (filter_condition)" > Input lines of data that satisfy the if condition are processed > as usual. > Lines that fail are essentially ignored. > * NEW backport watchpoint improvements from 6.1 > Each watch target can have its own label, generated by a user > function. > Any real-valued function is legal as a watchpoint target. > Current x, y, and z values are available inside a watchpoint > target function. > Watchpoints are possible for splot in "set view map" projection. > See > * https://gnuplot.info/demo_6.0/watch_contours.html > * NEW Continued work on multiplot replot and mousing > > CHANGES > ------- > > * CHANGE 3D polygon objects can have per-object fill border properties. > The restriction that all 3D polygons share a single set of > properties from "set pm3d" remains true for "splot with polygons= ". > * CHANGE The configuration option --with-wx-multithreaded has been remove= d. > The multi-thread code has not worked under linux for quite a > while. > This change does not affect the Windows version of the wxt > terminal, > * CHANGE "with hsteps" takes default width from "set boxwidth". > * CHANGE column(0) returns an integer (not complex) value > * CHANGE win: dll function loading altered for compatibility with gcc15 > > FIXES > ----- > > * FIX Support for combined hidden3d + pm3d depthorder back-ported from > 6.1 > This allows placing contours on a depth-sorted pm3d surface > * FIX qt: opaque key caused incorrect interactive toggling of final pl= ot > * FIX 6.0.2 regression in "splot ... using 1:2:3:4 lc palette" > * FIX placement of category labels along x-axis of boxplots > * FIX qt, cairo: "set colorbox invert" produced empty colorbox > * FIX placement of minor tics along logscale axis with narrow range > * FIX OK to have missing corners in an image from a sparse matrix > * FIX error handling for various corner cases involving function block= s > > > KNOWN ISSUES > ------------ > > - Redefining a global array variable inside a user function or function > block > may lead to memory corruption and/or a program crash. The development > version > now handles this cleanly, but the necessary framework has not yet been > back-ported to verion 6.0. The current version may issue the confusing > error > message "non-numeric array index" and leave the corrupted array in plac= e. > > - Font handling by the cairo/pango libraries supporting some gnuplot > terminals > (pdf, png, wxt, ...) on both Windows and MacOS are sensitive to the > enviromental variable PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND. If you are having font > problems, > try setting this to > PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND=3Dfc > > - Support for replot and pan/zoom mouse operations in multiplot mode is > still > incomplete. Expect further improvement in subsequent releases. > > - TeXLive2024 pdflatex does not like some of the UTF-8 characters in the > user manual. > The distribution includes a pre-built copy of gnuplot.pdf but if you wa= nt > to rebuild it from the source in docs/gnuplot.doc please use lualatex > instead. > You can either replace the definition PDFLATEX=3Dpdflatex with > PDFLATEX=3Dlualatex > in the Makefile or provide this in the environment during configuration > PDFLATEX=3Dlualatex ./configure > > Gnuplot development is tracked in a git repository on SourceForge. > You can generate a complete history of changes using "git log" > after downloading: > > <pre> > git clone -b branch-6-0-stable git:// > git.code.sf.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main > git log > </pre> > > Release Notes date: 03 June 2025 > > > > -- > Ethan A Merritt > Department of Biochemistry > University of Washington, Seattle > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnuplot-beta mailing list > [email protected] > Membership management via: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta > --0000000000003e65940636d94457 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">This compiles properly on macOS, both with wxt and with Qt= 5.<div><br></div><div>Erik</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_q= uote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 a= t 9:29=E2=80=AFPM Ethan A Merritt <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">mer= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding= -left:1ex">I have placed a tarball for release 6.0.3 in the "testing&q= uot; folder on SourceForge<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnup= lot/testing/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://sourceforge.net/= projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/testing/</a><br> <br> Please report any build problems or other issues you find with the test pac= kage.<br> If no problems arise I plan to use the same files for a release announcemen= t<br> next weekend.<br> <br> Release note appended below, or see<br> <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/ReleaseNotes_6_0_3.= html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">gnuplot.sourceforge.net/ReleaseN= otes_6_0_3.html</a><br> <br> - Ethan<br> <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Gnuplot Version 6.0= .3 Release Notes<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D<br> <br> This is the third incremental release for gnuplot stable version 6.0.<br> It contains several new features and improvements back-ported from the<br> development version.<br> <br> NEW (backported from development version)<br> -----------------------------------------<br> <br> * NEW=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "contourfill {at base} {fs {no}border}"<br> * NEW=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "save changes <filename>"<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0This variant saves only the differences b= etween the current program<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0state and the state at the start of the s= ession.<br> * NEW=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "plot <data> ... if (filter_condition)"<= br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Input lines of data that satisfy the if c= ondition are processed as usual.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Lines that fail are essentially ignored.<= br> * NEW=C2=A0 =C2=A0 backport watchpoint improvements from 6.1<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Each watch target can have its own label,= generated by a user function.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Any real-valued function is legal as a wa= tchpoint target.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Current x, y, and z values are available = inside a watchpoint target function.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Watchpoints are possible for splot in &qu= ot;set view map" projection.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0See<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * <a href=3D"https://gnuplot.info= /demo_6.0/watch_contours.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https:/= /gnuplot.info/demo_6.0/watch_contours.html</a><br> * NEW=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Continued work on multiplot replot and mousing<br> <br> CHANGES<br> -------<br> <br> * CHANGE 3D polygon objects can have per-object fill border properties.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0The restriction that all 3D polygons shar= e a single set of<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0properties from "set pm3d" rema= ins true for "splot with polygons".<br> * CHANGE The configuration option --with-wx-multithreaded has been removed.= <br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0The multi-thread code has not worked unde= r linux for quite a while.<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0This change does not affect the Windows v= ersion of the wxt terminal,<br> * CHANGE "with hsteps" takes default width from "set boxwidt= h".<br> * CHANGE column(0) returns an integer (not complex) value<br> * CHANGE win: dll function loading altered for compatibility with gcc15<br> <br> FIXES<br> -----<br> <br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Support for combined hidden3d + pm3d depthorder back-por= ted from 6.1<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0This allows placing contours on a depth-s= orted pm3d surface<br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 qt: opaque key caused incorrect interactive toggling of = final plot<br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 6.0.2 regression in "splot ... using 1:2:3:4 lc pal= ette"<br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 placement of category labels along x-axis of boxplots<br= > * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 qt, cairo: "set colorbox invert" produced empt= y colorbox<br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 placement of minor tics along logscale axis with narrow = range<br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 OK to have missing corners in an image from a sparse mat= rix<br> * FIX=C2=A0 =C2=A0 error handling for various corner cases involving functi= on blocks<br> <br> <br> KNOWN ISSUES<br> ------------<br> <br> - Redefining a global array variable inside a user function or function blo= ck<br> =C2=A0 may lead to memory corruption and/or a program crash.=C2=A0 The deve= lopment version<br> =C2=A0 now handles this cleanly, but the necessary framework has not yet be= en <br> =C2=A0 back-ported to verion 6.0.=C2=A0 The current version may issue the c= onfusing error<br> =C2=A0 message "non-numeric array index" and leave the corrupted = array in place.<br> <br> - Font handling by the cairo/pango libraries supporting some gnuplot termin= als<br> =C2=A0 (pdf, png, wxt, ...) on both Windows and MacOS are sensitive to the<= br> =C2=A0 enviromental variable PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND.=C2=A0 If you are having fo= nt problems,<br> =C2=A0 try setting this to<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 PANGOCAIRO_BACKEND=3Dfc<br> <br> - Support for replot and pan/zoom mouse operations in multiplot mode is sti= ll<br> =C2=A0 incomplete. Expect further improvement in subsequent releases.<br> <br> - TeXLive2024 pdflatex does not like some of the UTF-8 characters in the us= er manual.<br> =C2=A0 The distribution includes a pre-built copy of gnuplot.pdf but if you= want<br> =C2=A0 to rebuild it from the source in docs/gnuplot.doc please use lualate= x instead.<br> =C2=A0 You can either replace the definition PDFLATEX=3Dpdflatex with PDFLA= TEX=3Dlualatex<br> =C2=A0 in the Makefile or provide this in the environment during configurat= ion<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 PDFLATEX=3Dlualatex ./configure<br> <br> Gnuplot development is tracked in a git repository on SourceForge.<br> You can generate a complete history of changes using "git log"<br= > after downloading:<br> <br> <pre><br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 git clone -b branch-6-0-stable git://<a href=3D"http://git.co= de.sf.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">git.= code.sf.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main</a><br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 git log<br> </pre><br> <br> Release Notes date:=C2=A0 03 June 2025<br> <br> <br> <br> -- <br> Ethan A Merritt<br> Department of Biochemistry<br> University of Washington, Seattle<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> gnuplot-beta mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">gnu= [email protected]</a><br> Membership management via: <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/l= istinfo/gnuplot-beta" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.so= urceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta</a><br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000003e65940636d94457-- --===============0235895213933044802== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============0235895213933044802== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ gnuplot-beta mailing list [email protected] Membership management via: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-beta --===============0235895213933044802==--