Re: q for quit in plot windows

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

> > > 1) It already exists in the form of the ctrl-q option in x11 and wxt
> > > 2) This is doomed to be completely opaque to the user, as is the curr=
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> > > ctrl-q solution in my opinion
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> > My proposal is different from ctrl-q. It describes the inner way of=20
> > gnuplot code, not a user interface/option. This must be hidden from the=
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> > user; user does not care about the implementation of built-in bindings.
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> Timoth=C3=A9e's point is that the ctrl-q mechanism already implements you=
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> on/off proposal. So far as I understand what you are proposing, there
> would be no difference between your "off" state and the current=20
> "ctrlq" state (except, of course, what happens if you type ctrl-q :-)

No, my proposal allows to (re)bind 'q' during gnuplot running.


> I have a much simpler proposal.
> Let's get rid of the 'q' and ' ' built-ins altogether.
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> Any usable window manager provides at least one button and/or hotkey
> to kill windows, and the local user is familiar with the conventions
> of his own desktop.  Why should we duplicate, badly, what is already
> present?=20

Windows can be closed by Alt-F4.

I'm strictly against smashing ' '. It's the most useful hotkey! It does muc=
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more than a window manager can offer (it finds the parent terminal, which=
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may be a gnuplot session, octave session, etc.!).

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