gnuplot-py-users

[Gnuplot-py-users] change default term on unix to wxt

[Benny M. <ben...@gm...>]

Hi,

If nobody complains, I'll change the default terminal for unix to wxt
instead of x11. The wxwidget terminal is the default in gnuplot itself for
some time.
I believe it is time to have new users in the future have the nicest
experience, users on older system can change the default in gp_unix.py back
to x11.

Alternative is not to set terminal in _Gnuplot.py, as then gnuplot chooses
it's default, so to change the default to do nothing, and only when
gp_unix.py contains an entry different from '' use that. I think I like this
alternative actually best.

I have no other systems, should people there feel defaults should be changed
for their system too, let it be known.

Benny

Re: [Gnuplot-py-users] change default term on unix to wxt

[Michael H. <mh...@al...>]

Benny Malengier wrote:
> Alternative is not to set terminal in _Gnuplot.py, as then gnuplot
> chooses it's default, so to change the default to do nothing, and only
> when gp_unix.py contains an entry different from '' use that. I think I
> like this alternative actually best.

I believe that Gnuplot.py has to know a terminal name in order to reset
it after creating a hardcopy (because to create a hardcopy it
temporarily sets the terminal to postscript or something similar).

It would be possible to leave the default terminal type until the first
hardcopy, but I think it would be confusing for the terminal type to
change in the middle of a session.

It would be possible to read the terminal type from gnuplot it self if
somebody wants to make that effort.  This could be done, for example, by
executing "show term" or by executing "output 'filename'" then looking
in the resulting file.  Or perhaps there is a more modern way of doing it.

Michael