Re: wgnuplot log errors to a file

[Tim H. <tim...@un...>]

Allin Cottrell wrote:
 > On Wed, 28 May 2008, Tim Hoffmann wrote:
 > wgnuplot 2>error.log
 >
 > That's supposed to work for win32 console programs at least.
Right, but since wgnuplot is not a console program it does not. I tried 
but it creates just empty log files. As far as I could figure out, a 
WIN32 GUI application silently throws away everything written to stderr! 
However one can create a new console and redirect output to it. But it 
appears to be impossible to redirect it to the calling console.

On the other hand, you could make it a console application and start the 
window yourself. But then you'll have a console poping up when you start 
the program from the menu.

I think it's the same reason why there has to be pgnuplot.exe for piped 
input.

So I suppose, a log file is the best choice in this case.


Tim