# HG changeset patch
# User Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
# Date 1302964794 14400
# Node ID bdf694af4aa5064a7721a665ea788a0f944c4cd2
# Parent  f3ba948328e9b3d61194c36290ec5e717131e9a1
plot.txi: Clarify that inheritance of default property values only applies to the named object type.

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-04-16  Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
+
+	* interpreter/plot.txi: Clarify that inheritance of default property
+	values only applies to the named object type.
+
 2011-04-12  Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
 
 	* interpreter/data.txi: Replace xref{Data Structures} with
diff --git a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
--- a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
@@ -2390,7 +2390,11 @@
 may override the factory defaults.
 
 Although default values may be set for any object, they are set in
-parent objects and apply to child objects.  For example,
+parent objects and apply to child objects, of the specified object type.
+For example, seeting the default @code{color} property of @code{line}
+objects to "green", for the @code{root} object, will result in all
+@code{line} objects inheriting the @code{color} "green" as the default
+value.
 
 @example
 set (0, "defaultlinecolor", "green");