https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2842/2025-12-20T09:17:16.974000ZRecent changes to 2842: Windows 6.03: cannot `help dt`2025-12-20T09:17:16.974000Z2025-12-20T09:17:16.974000ZBastian Märkischhttps://sourceforge.net/u/markisch/https://sourceforge.netc3029403f7428512748c596fa30df5d03e23f54b

<div class="markdown_content"><p>FWIW this is not specific to the Windows help, but applies also to gnuplot.gih, gnuplot's text-based help system. Many (none?) of the two-letter acronyms like "pt", "ps", "dt", "lc, "lt", "lw" seem to be indexed.</p></div>

2025-12-14T03:49:20.040000Z2025-12-14T03:49:20.040000ZIlya Zakharevichhttps://sourceforge.net/u/ilya-z/https://sourceforge.net581f4641513b59146404b539ce490b965ab6c6b9

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Doing <code>help dt</code> in CLI goes to <code>dots</code>. </p> <p>In the opened list, <code>dots</code> is on the top of the viewport. (Hence <code>dashtype</code> is way above it — in the invisible part of the list.) Without knowing what this abbreviation means, there is no way¹⁾ to guess.</p> <blockquote> <p>¹⁾ Well, switching to the “Search” mode would really help — but I do not think many people would guess that this is the way to proceed.</p> </blockquote> <p>(I do not know how to control Window Help to allow “synonyms” [Hey, AI, where are you?!], but at least one can make separate pages for abbreviation.)</p></div>