Re: q for quit in plot windows

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

> > No, my proposal allows to (re)bind 'q' during gnuplot running.
> 
> So does the existing ctrlq mechanism.

> > Windows can be closed by Alt-F4.
> Exactly.  So there is no need for a badly-implemented 'q'.

Oh, I see it even works as "set term x11 ctrlq". Sorry I haven't discovered 
this earlier.

Anyway, 'q' is x11-specific, not available on other terminals (win, pm), 
just wxt is copying this behaiour. I would agree to remove this default 
binding.

> > > Let's get rid of the 'q' and ' ' built-ins altogether.
> > > 
> > I'm strictly against smashing ' '. It's the most useful hotkey! It does much 
> > more than a window manager can offer (it finds the parent terminal, which 
> > may be a gnuplot session, octave session, etc.!).
> 
> But why the <space> character?????
> Can't this function, if it's necessary at all, be bound to something that
> you don't need for typing ordinary commands or labels?

It is the most natural & easy thing to hit the space bar ... it seemed to me 
in 1998 when I implemented it, and still it seems.

I never needed to use <space> for anything else.

I would agree to allow rebinding <space>.


BTW, would something like
	A=bind a
	bind a plot x
	bind a @A	# restore previous binding
be possible? (But I wonder whether it has some sense.)

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