[NonGNU ELPA] Gnuplot version 0.12
ELPA update <[email protected]> Tue, 19 May 2026 17:19:26 -0400
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Version 0.12 of package Gnuplot has just been released in NonGNU ELPA.
You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.
Gnuplot describes itself as:
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Major-mode and interactive frontend for gnuplot
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More at https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/gnuplot.html
## Summary:
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GNUPLOT FOR EMACS
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This package allows running [Gnuplot] files from within the [GNU Emacs]
editor. It features:
• Syntax highlighting and indentation for Gnuplot scripts.
• Pull-down menus for common Gnuplot-related tasks.
• Interactive Gnuplot sessions using `comint'.
• Context-sensitive completion.
• Inline display of Gnuplot plots.
It is recommended to use GNU Emacs 28 or above, and Gnuplot version 5.0
or above.
[Gnuplot] <http://www.gnuplot.info/>
[GNU Emacs] <https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/>
1 Installation
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## Recent NEWS:
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CHANGELOG FOR `GNUPLOT.EL'
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1 Version 0.12 (2026-05-19)
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• Require Compat 31.
2 Version 0.11 (2025-06-13)
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• Keymap and menu setup simplification.
3 Version 0.10 (2025-06-04)
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• Add `interactive' mode specifications to commands, such that only
relevant commands are shown in `M-X'.
• Require Emacs 28.
• Code cleanup and updates.
• Removed deprecated functions.
4 Version 0.9 (2025-05-30)
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• Enable `gnuplot-inline-image-mode' by default.
• Enable Eldoc messages by default and provide `gnuplot-eldoc.el'.
• Made many functions and variables private to ease refactoring in the
future.
• Remove `gnuplot-prompt-face' since Comint highlights the prompt by
default.
• Remove `gnuplot-tab-completion' option. Set `tab-always-indent' to
`complete' instead.
• Remove `gnuplot-eldoc-mode' option. Toggle `eldoc-mode' locally
instead.
• Unbind `C-c C-c'. Use the default binding `M-;' instead.
• Unbind `M-RET' for tab completion. Use the default `M-TAB' instead.
• Fix compatibility with Emacs 30 and newer.
5 Version 0.8.1 (2023-02-18)
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• Fixed the `completion-at-point' function
• Improve lazy loading of the gnuplot-gui library
• Remove legacy code
• Lexical scoping and linting
6 Version 0.8.0 (2021-01-03)
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• Changed project license to GPLv3.
• Greatly simplify the compilation process.
• Fix deprecated calls to the `cl' library.
• Deprecated XEmacs support. Bump minimal GNU Emacs version to 24.3.
• Add a `gnuplot-program-args' variable for passing additional
arguments to the gnuplot program binary.
• The `gnuplot-inline-image-mode' can now take three values: `nil',
`inline', `dedicated'.
• Add the `gnuplot-use-context-sensitive-completion' configuration
option.
• Removed the `gnuplot-bug-report' function.
• The provided `gnuplot.info' manual file has been updated for gnuplot
version 5.2.6.
• Add the `gnuplot-program-args' customization option to pass
additional arguments to the gnuplot process.
• Use `syntax-proprietize-rules' in gnuplot buffers.
• `gnuplot-context-sensitive-mode' is now a normal minor mode.
• Enable `completion-at-point' in gnuplot `comint' buffers.
• Remove the unused `dotemacs.el' file.
• `comint-process-echoes' is now buffer-local.
7 Version 0.7.0 (2021-10-20)
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• Contextual completion & help, inline plots, some other stuff.
8 Version 0.6.0 (2011-12-13)
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• Changed numbering scheme to accommodate gnuplot packaging
requirements.
• Moved to github, updated contact info.
9 Version 0.5.0 (2002-09-16)
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• Wrote initial draft of gnuplot-gui.el, included it in insertions
menu and in `gnuplot-insert'. Negate option function, bound to `C-c
C-n'.
• `C-c C-h' with no response goes to Commands menu. Transparent
toolbar icons. Replace kw-compl with a simple completion
function. Put gnuplot-toolbar code in gnuplot.el.
• Send file uses the load command. add `gnuplot-plot-from-comint' and
`gnuplot-save-and-plot-from-comint' and keybindings in the comint
buffer. do `(process-kill-without-query gnuplot-process nil)'.
`gnuplot-negate-option' checks if set option has a negated form.
• `gnuplot-kill-gnuplot-buffer' made more robust. fixed a bug in
`gnuplot-plot-from-comint'. fixed description of gnuplot-faces
group.
• Update copyright information, update gpelcard
• Change installation materials. Add some support for hidden3d. Use
constants in types alists in gui. Various other minor improvements
to the types alists.
• Removed `gnuplot-which-highlight' variable and revamped how
colorization gets turned on. This is a bit tricky since I want it to
work with font-lock under emacs and xemacs and with hilit19.
• Insert space at end of unique completion. add a few GUI types,
rewrite some stuff in the GUI interface. primitive support for plot,
splot, and fit. Fixed completion in file widget.
• Add `pgnuplot.c' and Win9x install instructions to the distribution.
Fixed a defface bug. Added `gnuplot-keywords-when' allowing deferral
of parsing the info file.
• Fixed font-locking of strings and comments. Figure out
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