Print has setting for directing its output, incl. sending via a command, like 'set print "|nc ..."'
It is cool, though it does not affect outputs of "show ..." commands.
Could we have such an output-directing setting for the "show" stuff too?
Why "show" in particular? Can you describe in more detail what you are trying to do?
My first thought is that for querying particular settings you could use "save" instead of "show".
For example:
gnuplot> show zeroaxis
xzeroaxis is OFF
x2zeroaxis is OFF
yzeroaxis is OFF
y2zeroaxis is OFF
zzeroaxis is OFF
gnuplot> save '| grep zeroaxis > query.1'
gnuplot>!cat query.1
unset xzeroaxis
unset yzeroaxis
unset zzeroaxis
unset x2zeroaxis
unset y2zeroaxis
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I had to write that this is about a stuff that is not necessary, thus about a low priority for me.
I have (at some situations) gnuplot instances started in a way where they run commands in a given file and wait on pause to end. There (at some situations) they (may) have "print" set to use netcat with the printed stuff netcated to an external widget that displays that (whatever text comes).
Here "show" commands print information in a nice way, while it is cumbersome to find (by eye) anything in "save" output. It is just that the "show" info does not get into netcat; and I do not want to redirect the whole stdout/stderr, since I can not rely on netcat being working (and still better to just not have printed stuff than to not have the plot at all).
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Why "show" in particular? Can you describe in more detail what you are trying to do?
My first thought is that for querying particular settings you could use "save" instead of "show".
For example:
gnuplot> show zeroaxis xzeroaxis is OFF x2zeroaxis is OFF yzeroaxis is OFF y2zeroaxis is OFF zzeroaxis is OFF gnuplot> save '| grep zeroaxis > query.1' gnuplot>!cat query.1 unset xzeroaxis unset yzeroaxis unset zzeroaxis unset x2zeroaxis unset y2zeroaxisI had to write that this is about a stuff that is not necessary, thus about a low priority for me.
I have (at some situations) gnuplot instances started in a way where they run commands in a given file and wait on pause to end. There (at some situations) they (may) have "print" set to use netcat with the printed stuff netcated to an external widget that displays that (whatever text comes).
Here "show" commands print information in a nice way, while it is cumbersome to find (by eye) anything in "save" output. It is just that the "show" info does not get into netcat; and I do not want to redirect the whole stdout/stderr, since I can not rely on netcat being working (and still better to just not have printed stuff than to not have the plot at all).