Re: gnuplot projects, terminal modules

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Thursday 15 March 2007 04:02, Timoth=E9e Lecomte wrote:
> It affects the current terminal only, so it won't do anything if the
> current terminal is postscript for example. When I say 'current terminal',
> it includes all windows for an interactive terminal.

It is slightly more complicated for x11.  The "raise" command can only
affect x11 windows opened by the current instance of gnuplot_X11.
It is possible, although unusual, to have multiple active instances of
gnuplot_x11, each managing a separate set of display windows.

If we wanted to make this truly general, we would have to keep a=20
table mapping previous x11 plot commands to the x11 window ID that=20
they were assigned.  That could be done, but it would be a big
headache and I don't recommend it.

	Ethan=20


> I think it's clear=20
> when you look at the function primitive:
>=20
> term->raise_termwindow(int w /* windows number */,
>                        TBOOLEAN raise /* raise or lower*/,
>                        TBOOLEAN all /* all windows or only the given
> number */)
>=20
> As an example:
>=20
> set term x11 0
> plot x
> set term x11 1
> plot x
> set term wxt 0
> plot x
> set term wxt 1
> plot x
> set term plot; raise # nothing happens
> set term wxt; raise # all wxt windows is raised.
> set term wxt; raise 1 # wxt window n=B01 is raised
> set term wxt; raise 0 # wxt window n=B00 is raised
> set term wxt 0; raise 1 # wxt window n=B01 is raised
> set term x11; raise 0 # x11 window n=B00 is raised
> set term x11; raise 1 # x11 window n=B01 is raised
> set term x11 0; raise 1 # x11 window n=B01 is raised
>=20
> Does that sound right to you ?

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt