>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Angus> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Would anyone find this useful?
Angus> Shall I put it in lib/scripts?
>> Can it be directly used by LyX?

Angus> I think that a Gnuplot external template is a bad idea because
Angus> the shell can be accessed to execute arbitrary commands.

Angus> Unless gnuplot has the equivalent of -DSAFER that is...

The docs seem to suggest that it honors the SHELL variable, but
setting this to a dumb value does not seem to disable shell escape.

>> If not, I am not sure that lib/scripts is the best place for it...

Angus> Can you suggest an alternative place?

Maybe the contrib directory of ftp.lyx.org. We could also have a
contrib directory within lyx tar ball to put this kind of things.

>> Nice idea, BTW. Note that recent gnuplot cvs versions do have
>> support for special text. I am not sure about 3.7.3, though.

Angus> You are the font of all knowledge ;-)

I just took a look at gnuplot.sf.net, because I was surprised that the
feature is not already there.

Angus> I have 3.7.3 here and see nothing appropriate.

Indeed.

JMarc

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