[Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #8696] Use unicode utf-8 rather than Symbol font for gnuplot when possible

[Dan Sebald]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?8696>

                 Summary: Use unicode utf-8 rather than Symbol font for
gnuplot when possible
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: sebald
            Submitted on: Fri 03 Jul 2015 10:06:31 PM GMT
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

In the course of investigating the following bug:

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43907

it became evident that gnuplot Qt terminal was not showing symbols for some
users.  Some people found they were present for the gnuplot Qt terminal.  This
behavior is likely system font-dependent.

gnuplot has implemented utf-8 encodings, which supposedly is a more robust way
of achieving symbols.  Adobe Symbol font is historically what "/Symbol" is
referring to.  Basically, "/Symbol" is intended for the PostScript class of
gnuplot terminals.




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