Minor changes in preparation of v1.4.1

ChangeLog.md

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# Version 1.4.1 (released on: )
+- New features:
+	* Implicit recipes can now returns a `Vector{PlotElement}`;
+
+	* Allow using single quotes in output file names (#52);
+
+	* New function: `palette_levels()` can be used to modify palette levels before passing them to gnuplot;
+
+- Bugfix:
+	* Fixed `BoundsErrors` in `hist()` (#49);
+
+	* Fixed problem when generating documentation (#51);
+
+
 # Version 1.4.0 (released on: May 5, 2021)
 - New features:
     * Missing values are accepted if the input arrays have `eltype <:

Project.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "Gnuplot"
 uuid = "dc211083-a33a-5b79-959f-2ff34033469d"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 
 [deps]
 ColorSchemes = "35d6a980-a343-548e-a6ea-1d62b119f2f4"
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ DataStructures = "^0.18"
 ReplMaker = "^0.2"
 StatsBase = "^0.33"
 StructC14N = "^0.3"
-julia = "^1.5"
+julia = "^1.6"

docs/src/api.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ gpvars
 hist
 linetypes
 palette
+palette_levels
 palette_names
 recipe
 save

docs/src/basic.md

@@ -210,6 +210,16 @@ saveas("basic008a") # hide
 ```
 ![](assets/basic008a.png)
 
+The palette levels may be easily stretched by using the [`palette_levels()`](@ref) and modifying the numeric levels, e.g.:
+```@example abc
+x = 0:0.1:10pi
+v, l, n = palette_levels(:viridis)
+@gsp palette(v.^0.25, l, n) cbr=[-1,1].*30 :-
+@gsp :-  x  x.*sin.(x)  x.*cos.(x)  x./20  "w p pt 7 ps var lc pal"
+saveas("basic008b") # hide
+```
+![](assets/basic008b.png)
+
 The list of all available palette can be retrieved with [`palette_names()`](@ref):
 ```@repl abc
 palette_names()

docs/src/install.md

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Check **Gnuplot.jl** version with:
 ```julia-repl
 julia> ]st Gnuplot
 Status `~/.julia/environments/v1.4/Project.toml`
-  [dc211083] Gnuplot v1.4.0
+  [dc211083] Gnuplot v1.4.1
 ```
-If the displayed version is not `v1.4.0` you are probably having a dependency conflict.  In this case try forcing installation of the latest version with:
+If the displayed version is not `v1.4.1` you are probably having a dependency conflict.  In this case try forcing installation of the latest version with:
 ```julia-repl
-julia> ]add Gnuplot@1.4.0
+julia> ]add Gnuplot@1.4.1
 ```
 and check which package is causing the conflict.
 

docs/src/options.md

@@ -110,8 +110,5 @@ using Requires
         end;
 end
 ```
-At the Julia prompt you may load the package and the associated settings by typing:
+
-```julia
+The above code will be automatically when you first load the package with `using Gnuplot`.
-julia> @gnuplotrc
-```
-and you're ready to go.

docs/src/terminals.md

@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ Press the `h` key on the window to display an help message with all available ke
 
 
 ## Plot in a terminal application (`dumb`, `sixel` and `sixelgd`)
-Gnuplot supports plotting in a terminal application, with no need for X11 or other GUI support, via the `dumb`, `sixel` and `sixelgd` terminals.  These are extremely useful when you run Julia on a remote shell through `ssh`, with no X11 forwarding.
+Gnuplot supports plotting in a terminal application, with no need for X11 or other GUI support, via the `dumb`, `sixel` and `sixelgd` terminals.  These are extremely useful when you run Julia on a remote shell through `ssh`, with no X11 forwarding. The `dumb` terminal uses ASCII characters to draw a plot, while `sixel` and `sixelgd` actually use bitmaps (but require Sixel support to be enabled in the terminal, e.g. `xterm -ti vt340`).
 
-The `dumb` terminal uses ASCII characters to draw a plot, while `sixel` and `sixelgd` actually use bitmaps (but require Sixel support to be enabled in the terminal, e.g. `xterm -ti vt340`).  Dumb terminal can be used as follows:
+Dumb terminal can be used as follows:
+
+```jldoctest; setup = :(using Gnuplot)
+julia> origterm = Gnuplot.options.term;
 
-```jldoctest; setup = :(using Gnuplot; origterm = Gnuplot.options.term)
 julia> Gnuplot.options.term = "dumb size 60,15";
 
 julia> @gp "plot sin(x)"

src/Gnuplot.jl

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Base.reset
 import Base.write
 import Base.show
 
-export session_names, dataset_names, palette_names, linetypes, palette,
+export session_names, dataset_names, palette_names, linetypes, palette_levels, palette,
     terminal, terminals, test_terminal,
     stats, @gp, @gsp, save, gpexec,
     boxxy, contourlines, dgrid3d, hist, recipe, gpvars, gpmargins, gpranges
@@ -520,19 +520,6 @@ function readTask(gp::GPSession)
     delete!(sessions, gp.sid)
 end
 
-# Read data from `from` and forward them to `stdout`.
-#
-# This is similar to `Base.write(to::IO, from::IO)` when called as
-# write(stdout, from), but the difference is in situation when
-# `stdout` changes. This function writes data to the changed `stdout`,
-# whereas the call to `Base.write` writes to the original `stdout`
-# forever.
-function writeToStdout(from::IO)
-    while !eof(from)
-        write(stdout, readavailable(from))
-    end
-end
-
 function GPSession(sid::Symbol)
     session = DrySession(sid)
     if !options.dry
@@ -565,7 +552,9 @@ function GPSession(sid::Symbol)
 
     # Start reading tasks
     @async readTask(out)
-    @async writeToStdout(pout)
+    @async while !eof(pout) # see PR #51
+        write(stdout, readavailable(pout))
+    end
 
     # Read gnuplot default terminal
     if options.term == ""
@@ -1372,7 +1361,7 @@ end
 
 Return the **Gnuplot.jl** package version.
 """
-version() = v"1.4.0"
+version() = v"1.4.1"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 """
@@ -1723,6 +1712,34 @@ function linetypes(cmap::ColorScheme; lw=1, ps=1, dashed=false, rev=false)
 end
 
 
+"""
+    palette_levels(cmap::ColorScheme; rev=false, smooth=false)
+    palette_levels(s::Symbol; rev=false, smooth=false)
+
+Convert a `ColorScheme` object into a `Tuple{Vector{Float64}, Vector{String}, Int}` containing:
+- the numeric levels (between 0 and 1 included) corresponding to colors in the palette;
+- the corresponding colors (as hex strings);
+- the total number of different colors in the palette.
+
+If the argument is a `Symbol` it is interpreted as the name of one of the predefined schemes in [ColorSchemes](https://juliagraphics.github.io/ColorSchemes.jl/stable/basics/#Pre-defined-schemes-1).
+
+If `rev=true` the palette is reversed.  If `smooth=true` the palette is interpolated in 256 levels.
+"""
+palette_levels(s::Symbol; kwargs...) = palette_levels(colorschemes[s]; kwargs...)
+function palette_levels(cmap::ColorScheme; rev=false, smooth=false)
+    levels = OrderedDict{Float64, String}()
+    for x in LinRange(0, 1, (smooth  ?  256  : length(cmap.colors)))
+        if rev
+            color = get(cmap, 1-x)
+        else
+            color = get(cmap, x)
+        end
+        levels[x] = "#" * Colors.hex(color)
+    end
+    return (collect(keys(levels)), collect(values(levels)), length(cmap.colors))
+end
+
+
 """
     palette(cmap::ColorScheme; rev=false, smooth=false)
     palette(s::Symbol; rev=false, smooth=false)
@@ -1733,19 +1750,13 @@ If the argument is a `Symbol` it is interpreted as the name of one of the predef
 
 If `rev=true` the palette is reversed.  If `smooth=true` the palette is interpolated in 256 levels.
 """
-palette(s::Symbol; kwargs...) = palette(colorschemes[s]; kwargs...)
+function palette(values::Vector{Float64}, levels::Vector{String}, ncolors::Int)
-function palette(cmap::ColorScheme; rev=false, smooth=false)
+    str = string.(values) .* " '" .* levels .* "'"
-    levels = Vector{String}()
+    return "set palette defined (" * join(str, ", ") * ")\nset palette maxcol $(ncolors)\n"
-    for x in LinRange(0, 1, (smooth  ?  256  : length(cmap.colors)))
-        if rev
-            color = get(cmap, 1-x)
-        else
-            color = get(cmap, x)
-        end
-        push!(levels, "$x '#" * Colors.hex(color) * "'")
-    end
-    return "set palette defined (" * join(levels, ", ") * ")\nset palette maxcol $(length(cmap.colors))\n"
 end
+palette(s::Symbol; kwargs...) = palette(colorschemes[s]; kwargs...)
+palette(cmap::ColorScheme; kwargs...) =
+    palette(palette_levels(cmap; kwargs...)...)
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------