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Re: Choosing graphics backend for documentation
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Choosing graphics backend for documentation |
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Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:53:17 -0400 |
> On Jul 27, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 17:14:16 +0100, Michael Godfrey wrote:
>> The way I wrote the preliminary version of this, it fell back to
>> gnuplot (if available), but I am not sure that this is really a
>> good idea. Having copies of the Manual built with problems
>> may not be helpful.
>
> Agreed. Are you mostly referring to bug #42838 (black plot area with gnuplot
> 5)?
>
> I suggested another acceptable alternative might be to build the
> figures with "visible" set to true if osmesa is not available.
>
> --
> mike
I think that is a good idea. I’d prefer this be handled in print() so that
printing of hidden figures work in all cases.
Ben