[ILUG] gnuplot question

[Lars Hecking]

> ok seems to do what i want with:
> 
> plot "foo.dat" using 1 title "foo" with lines, "foo.dat" using 2 title
> "bar" with lines, ...
> 
> which can be shortened to:
> 
> plot "foo.dat" u 1 t "foo" w l, "foo.dat" u 2 t "bar" w l, "foo.dat" u 3
> t "fubar" w l, etc... etc..
 
 Personal recommendation: use the shortened form of the commands in
 interactive mode only. Use the full commands and options for scripts.

 Not only will this make maintenance easier for others, it will also
 assert that your scripts are fully functional under future versions
 of gnuplot (I have already rewritten significant parts of the parser;
 not quite finished yet). Post-3.7 versions of gnuplot will for instance
 allow arbitrary ordering of command options.