* graph(1) input handling
@ 2016-06-10 22:31 BurnZeZ
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From: BurnZeZ @ 2016-06-10 22:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> Graph with no options takes pairs of numbers from the stan-
> dard input as abscissas (x-values) and ordinates (y-values)
> of a graph. Successive points are connected by straight
> lines. The graph is encoded on the standard output for dis-
> play by plot(1) filters.
Yeah, that sounds fine.
> If an ordinate is followed by a nonnumeric string, that
> string is printed as a label beginning on the point. Labels
> may be surrounded with quotes " " in which case they may be
> empty or contain blanks and numbers; labels never contain
> newlines.
Okay, so newlines can't be used inside labels, but you can can
surround labels with quotes to preserve spaces.
Why doesn't it just take newline-delimited input? Newlines are
already disallowed in labels, so why not use them as delimiters? Then
the rest of the line can be assumed to be the label.
Are there historical reasons for the way it's done?
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