Re: [Gnuplot-info] gnuplot invocation from Linux/Ubuntu GUI shell

[seb_kramm <seb...@ya...>]

On 17/12/2010 22:41, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> That's caused by you doing this entirely from the GUI. Console gnuplot needs a
> console for you to input that <Return> to end pause -1. Without a console (i.e. a
> command-line shell from which you invoked gnuplot), there's nowhere for that keypress
> to come from, i.e. no stdin. That is treated as an immediate termination of the script.

ok, so I've allready had this problem with another piece of software, and somebody 
told me the trick: when you associate a file type to a binary, Ubuntu automatically 
creates a launcher in $HOME/.local/share/applications. The default behaviour is that 
is does not open a terminal when the app is launched. To make this happen, edit the 
launcher and add a line:
Terminal=true
This way, you get the 2 windows, terminal+gnuplot GUI.
However, to get the pause correctly working (quiting when keyboard hit), the focus 
must be on the terminal (can't remember if this was true on Windows too ?)

> Or you could just stick with the need-to-close-the-window, -persist mode. Typing q or
> Ctrl-q in that window should work, too, though.
Mmmh, my experience tells me its better to have a console, because thats where 
important messages (errors, warnings, whatever...) get printed out.
But it does work allright too, I didn't know about CTRL-q.

Thanks for your help,