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#2866 help command without argument shows an incorrect page
I'm using gnuplot 6.0.0 in Xubuntu Linux 24.04.
How to reproduce:
$ gnuplot
> help
Result: It shows the following message.
These functions are valid only in the context of data input. Usually this
means use in an expression that provides an input field of theusing
specifier in aplot,splot,fit, orstatscommand. However the
scope of the functions is actually the full clause of the plot command,
including for example use ofcolumnheadin constructing the plot title.
I thinks this corresponds to http://www.gnuplot.info/docs/loc2742.html
Expected result: I think it should show general information and top-level guide about gnuplot, instead of the above one.
Good point.
I think it used to do something reasonable, but at some point the default place it fell through to stopped being relevant. Or perhaps the place it falls through to depends on the configuration details of the machine on which the help file was produced. For me it goes somewhere else, but still nowhere useful.
Fixed now in 6.1, queued for the next stable release (6.0.5)