[Maxima] Plot options foo=bar vs [foo, bar]

[Jaime E. Villate]

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 07:32 +0200, van Nek wrote:
> Question: Did you already think about having plot options, especially
> the gnuplot_preamble, 
> as global variables in top level? That would make plot commands much
> easier and shorter.
> 
> gnuplot_preamble:"set what you want"$
> plot2d( f(x), x in range(a,b) )$
> 
> That would be nice.

Do you mean defining an independent variable for each option instead of
the current plot_options list?:

(%i5) set_plot_option([gnuplot_preamble,"set grid; set size ratio -1"])$

(%i6) plot2d(sin(x), [x,0,7])$

Jaime