wxgnuplot and the screen terminal

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

Some ideas about "screen" terminals, for discussion:

Users, scripts and driving programs have to take care where they are, and 
use "set term x11" or "set term windows" accordingly. The portable solution 
for "terminal recovery" is "set term pop". However, you cannot do "set term 
MY_OS_SCREEN 5".

My reflections:

- There is no advantage for users to have both wxt and x11, wxt and win in
   one gnuplot executable.

- Executable called "wxgnuplot" would use wxterminal by default, all others
   the OS native (even when wx being compiled in).

- When wx terminal is built-in, then x11 or win terminals are not compiled
   in, but their "set term ..." are redirected to wxt. Then, using "set term
   x11", "set term win", "set term wxt" does always the same thing whereever
   you run the given script.

- There can be a unique dummy screen terminal name e.g. "set term screen"
   that "hides" these "set term some_OS_screen_terminal".

- It is only the OS/2 gnuplot which can have both x11 and pm in
   simultaneously. However, wxt is not working there (or at least untested).

Or some functionality like that. I hope you caught the point.
Please think about it.

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