Re: problem with 3d graph on win32

[Allin C. <cot...@wf...>]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> On Wednesday 18 March 2009 14:25:52 Allin Cottrell wrote:
> > Every now and then I build a binary of CVS gnuplot for win32
> > (cross-building on Linux).  The last time I did that was several
> > months ago, and the binary worked fine.  I recently (2009-03-02)
> > updated and re-built.  The new binary seemed OK at first, but now
> > I notice that it crashes whenever I try to use the "handle"
> > cursor to rotate a 3d plot in the windows terminal.
>
> I see no Windows-specific changes since 7-Nov-2008, and that bunch
> was supposed to be conditional on the configuration option
> WGP_CONSOLE.    It would help to know whether your previous
> working version was built before or after that date.

I think the previous version was built in August, 2008.

> As to recent changes that would affect 3D in general, I see...

Thanks very much for the listing.

> Beyond that, the changes I notice mostly depend on the specific type of
> plot.  Could you check whether the problem is only present for a simple
> line plot?  +/- pm3d?  With all axis labels and tick marks turned off?

The plot in question doesn't use pm3d, but does use axis labels
and tick marks.

> Oh, one other annoying possibility...
> Does it only happen when the executable is run under Windows?
> I.e., if you run it in linux under Wine, does it still crash?

I haven't tried under Wine, but I'll give that a go.

Allin Cottrell