Re: Bind <space> to builtin_raise in mouse.c

[Bastian M. <bma...@we...>]

Petr Mikulik wrote:
>>> Does it work for the other interactive terminals as well?
>>> I thought your wish for the API was that gnuplot is not linked=20
>>> against Xlib.
>>
>> I would prefer that, yes.  But during the course of this discussion I
>> have come to think there is no other way to correctly implement a
>> "raise console" function.  It can only be done by the core code.
>>
>> But if are to make this change, let us at least try to do it as
>> cleanly as possible.  It will definitely simplify the hot key
>> processing in gnuplot_x11, since it no longer needs to special
>> case these exceptions to the general key binding mechanism.
>> I am not familiar with the windows/pm code, but I would think
>> the same is true there.
>>
>> I am thinking that the cleanest way is to create a new core routine
>> raise_console().
>=20
> All that is fine with me.

I agree.

>=20
> Considering gnuplot under X11, the binary will have to be linked agains=
t=20
> -lX11, but as I can see it adds just 200 B of code, thus this is not an=
=20
> issue.
>=20

For the standard OS/2 build we will have to leave out the linkage
requirement against X11 though. Too many systems do not have X11 installe=
d.
Could we move the raise_console() code into a new executable instead?

--=20
Bastian M=E4rkisch
Physikalisches Institut, Universit=E4t Heidelberg