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Subject: PATCH: Errorbars on Date Axes for beta 340
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Hello,

I needed to make some sort of time-line plots.  Gnuplot beta 340 'plot
using' would not accept dates in the hi/lo fields for errorbars.  I
found out why and fixed it.  The following files are attached:

   * diff -rc output file, "date-errorbar.patch", diff'd against
     gnuplot beta 340. 

   * a test script "test.gp" which excersizes errorbars on date axes

   * a test data file to go with the other script

I have not tested this extensively.  It works for the kind of plot I
wanted to do.  I am not very experienced with the gnuplot code, so
this patch may interfere with other plot styles, but hopefully not. 

I will place this message and attached files in
<ftp://cmpc1.phys.soton.ac.uk/incoming/date-errorbar-340.tgz>.

I hope you find this useful.

Bill

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Bill Perkins
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Environmental Technologies Division, Hydrology Group
P.O. Box 999 MSIN K9-36
Richland, Washington, USA  99352
voice: (509) 372-6131 fax: (509) 372-6089 email: wa_perkins@pnl.gov
