Problem with pause -1 ?

[Joe K. <jko...@co...>]

Hi, all

While testing the wxt terminal, I ran across a problem with my perception of
the way gnuplot-4.2.rc1 should work. The problem also occurs with x11, so
here it is. This is on my G5 Mac with OS X 10.4.8, built with Xcode-2.4
developer tools, etc.

I test a simple script with gnuplot < test_script.inp, where test_script is

set term x11
plot [-pi:pi] sin(x)
pause -1
set term postscript color
set output "test_plot.ps"
replot

First, the script doesn't pause for a carriage return at pause -1, then I
see

Joe-Koskis-Computer:~/Codes/gnuplot_tests jakoski$ gnuplot < test_script.inp

gnuplot> et term postscript color
         ^
         line 0: invalid command

Joe-Koskis-Computer:~/Codes/gnuplot_tests jakoski$

Shouldn't pause -1 work, even in script input mode? Otherwise the plot just
flashes by. What happens to the s in set?

The problem is identical with the wxt terminal.

Tell me if I should submit this as a bug report. Thanks.

Joe