Re: q for quit in plot windows

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

On Thursday 31 May 2007 00:55, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> 
> Anyway, I see when typing 'h' for a plot to get the key bindings there are these 
> two at the very top (i.e., follow the button description):
> 
> 
>   Space          raise gnuplot console window
>   q            * close this X11 plot window
> 
> [snip]
> 
>                * indicates this key is active from all plot windows
> 
> 
> 2) Why the footnote that this key is active for all plot windows?  
> (Aren't all keys active for all the plot windows?

No. Only the keys with an asterisk next to the binding.
This is the difference between
     bind <key> "action"
and
     bind allwindows <key> "action"

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Ethan A Merritt