[clnuplot-devel] Hello and watch out for the new clnuplot

[Jim Prewett]

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Hello,

I've taken over the clnuplot package from Gary King.  So, let this be my 
announcement of my intention to be "malevolent dictator for life (or until 
I get bored with it)" ;)

I needed a couple of things that either the current version of clnuplot 
doesn't do, or for which the documentation wasn't there to tell me how to 
do it.  I wanted something simpler to use which is capable of writing 
arbitrary gnuplot command files.

That being said, the version that I intend to release soon does NOT use 
CLOS and, instead, is a simple "formatting engine" for writing gnuplot 
command files in a (hopefully!) lispy kind of way.  The interface is 
rather simular to the old one, but with a few key differences (which I 
will not get into at this time).  I am not /opposed/ to using CLOS (in 
fact, I like CLOS quite a bit) I just didn't want to have to write a 
boatload of code to understand all of the possible options in a gnuplot 
command file (possibly, a future version will again produce CLOS 
objects, but I believe that will require a fairly significant time 
investment in order to do "right" and support all of gnuplot).

Despite my self-imposed "malevolent dictator" title, I /DO/ want feedback!  
I also will welcome any patches once I release some code.  Further, I will 
welcome anyone to join the project on common-lisp.net in order to be able 
to commit to the CVS tree. :)

Jim

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