found 368543 4.0.0-5
thanks
Hi,
Samuel Thibault, le Tue 23 May 2006 00:14:09 +0200, a écrit :
> Package: gnuplot
> Version: 4.0.0+4.1.0-1
Oops, sorry, this is a version of gnuplot from another source, my
correction was hence bogus. But the bug still holds.
> By default, gnuplot's flashy colors are hardly readable since the
> default background is white:
>
> - black (0) is ok
> - red (1) is usually slightly ok
> - green (2) may seem ok on the screen, but it isn't at all on beamers
> for instance.
> - blue (3) is usually ok
> - pink (4) is not so ok
> - skyblue (5) is even less ok.
> - yellow (6) is just _unreadable_, even on the screen.
>
> The unfortunate effect is that all students get bad marks for their
> very first presentation just because the software they chose to use
> (gnuplot) doesn't have good default colors. And even when they are
> aware of the problem, they have to always change the colors for more
> readble ones, while defaults ones should be nice.
>
> Couldn't darker colors be used by default? For instance with this in
> term/post.trm:
For 4.0.0:
/* Line Types */
"/LTw { PL [] 1 setgray } def\n", /* background (assumed white) */
"/LTb { BL [] 0 0 0 DL } def\n", /* border */
"/LTa { AL [1 udl mul 2 udl mul] 0 setdash 0 0 0 setrgbcolor } def\n", /* axes
*/
"/LT0 { PL [] 0.8 0 0 DL } def\n",
"/LT1 { PL [4 dl 2 dl] 0 0.8 0 DL } def\n",
"/LT2 { PL [2 dl 3 dl] 0 0 0.8 DL } def\n",
"/LT3 { PL [1 dl 1.5 dl] 0.8 0 0.8 DL } def\n",
"/LT4 { PL [5 dl 2 dl 1 dl 2 dl] 0 0.8 0.8 DL } def\n",
"/LT5 { PL [4 dl 3 dl 1 dl 3 dl] 0.8 0.8 0 DL } def\n",
"/LT6 { PL [2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 4 dl] 0 0 0 DL } def\n",
"/LT7 { PL [2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 4 dl] 0.8 0.5 0 DL } def\n",
"/LT8 { PL [2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 2 dl 4 dl] 0.5 0.5 0.5 DL } def\n",
> it looks quite better (see
> http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/tmp/test2.eps , to compare with
> http://dept-info.labri.fr/~thibault/tmp/test.eps )
>
> And please report upstream.
Samuel
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