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Update READMEs and INSTALL file for release.
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‎ChangeLog‎

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2003-04-10 Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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2004-04-10 Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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* INSTALL: Include a notice about the demise of 16-bit versions
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on MS-DOS and Windows. Updated the paragraph about the history
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of gnuplot-mode.
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* README.1ST: Updated. Added a paragraph about PDFlib licensing.
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* README: Updated to reflect imminent release. Changed text about
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mailing lists. Added pointers to the web pages at SF.net. Removed
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some mirrors that don't exist any longer.
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* src/fit.c (Dblfn): Re-initialize va_args between uses. Needed
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to be C standard compliant and survive running on Linux/AMD64.

‎INSTALL‎

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gnuplot.gih PREFIX/share/gnuplot/$VERSION
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The only files where the runtime location is defined at compile time are
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gnuplot.gih and show.c. This is important if gnuplot is not installed by running
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'make install'.
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gnuplot.gih and show.c. This is important if gnuplot is not installed
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by running 'make install'.
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The default path for the help library, gnuplot.gih, can be controlled in
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gnuplot will be installed as /gnuplot/bin/gnuplot.
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o at make time, eg.
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make BINDIR='/gnuplot/bin'
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make bindir='/gnuplot/bin'
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gnuplot will be installed as /gnuplot/bin/gnuplot.
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The default location of the additional executable, like gnuplot_x11,
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If gcc is installed, it is used by default. A different compiler can be
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used through the CC environment variable:
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(Bourne shell)
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$ CC=c89 ./configure
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(C shell)
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$ env CC=c89 ./configure
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$ ./configure CC=c89
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Any environment settings for CFLAGS are included into the Makefile,
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The older, no-longer-preferred, way is to copy makefile.unx to Makefile
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cp makefile.unx Makefile
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Look through the Makefile to see if you need to make any changes.
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See especially the HELPDEST and TERMFLAGS variables. Edit if needed.
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Alternatively, all these variables may be set as command line arguments to
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'make'. For example:
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The older, now strongly disfavoured way is to copy config/makefile.unx
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to Makefile, then look through the Makefile to see if you need to make
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any changes. See especially the HELPDEST and TERMFLAGS variables. Edit
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if needed. Alternatively, all these variables may be set as command
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line arguments to 'make'. For example:
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For further instructions.
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nmake
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Put wgnuplot.exe, wgnuplot.dll, wgnuplot.hlp and wgnuplot.mnu
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in the windows directory.
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copy makefile.win makefile
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make
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Using Visual C++ and compiling for Windows (32-bit, i.e. 9x and NT family)
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Using the MinGW32 port of egcs: you need the Micrsoft SDK for the
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Using the MinGW32 port of gcc: you need parts of the Micrsoft SDK for the
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Using the Cygwin port of gcc, which includes MinGW32: you need the
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Microsoft SDK for the moment.
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Using the Cygwin port of gcc, which includes MinGW32: you need parts of
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the Microsoft SDK for the moment.
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[NOTE: the 16-bit Windows version no longer work. gnuplot has become
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too large.]
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Using Microsoft C 7.0 and compiling for MS-Windows (16-bit)
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copy makefile.msw makefile
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nmake
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in the windows directory.
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copy makefile.win makefile
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make
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[NOTE: the 16-bit DOS versions of gnuplot no longer work. gnuplot has
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last modified Tue Apr 13 13:13:13 GMT 2004
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Copyright(C) 1986 - 1993, 1998
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Copyright(C) 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004
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Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
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the gnuplot.el file by Gershon Elber which is included with this
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distribution. The package is available from
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the gnuplot.el file by Gershon Elber which used to be included with
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gnuplot's source distribution. The package is available from
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As of gnuplot 4.0 Bruce's version of gnuplot-mode is included
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