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author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:59:02 -0800
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-Octave works best with gnuplot 4.2, which is available from
+Octave works best with gnuplot 4.4 or higher, which is available from
 http://www.gnuplot.info.
 
-Octave now sends data over the same pipe that is used to send commands
-to gnuplot.  While this avoids the problem of cluttering /tmp with
-data files, it is no longer possible to use the mouse to zoom in on
-plots.  This is a limitation of gnuplot, which is unable to zoom when
-the data it plots is not stored in a file.  Some work has been done to
-fix this problem in newer versions of gnuplot (> 4.2.2).  See for
-example, this thread
-
-  http://www.nabble.com/zooming-of-inline-data-tf4357017.html#a12416496
-
-on the gnuplot development list.
+In versions prior to 4.2.6 it is not possible to use the mouse to zoom in
+on plots.  This is a limitation of earlier versions of gnuplot, which are
+unable to zoom when the data it plots is not stored in a file. 
 
 
 John W. Eaton
 jwe@octave.org
 
-Last updated: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:28:39 EDT
+Last updated: Tue Jan  4 18:55:56 PST 2011