Re: gnuplot terminates unexpectedly

[Tait <gnu...@t4...>]

>>>>> Currently the builtin readline causes gnuplot to terminate
>>>>> if ^D (DEL) is entered on an empty line.
>>
>> Ok. The problem is that the builtin readline maps the DEL key
>> to ^D on Windows. So "DEL" terminates gnuplot there. So you
>> can accidentally close gnuplot while editing.
> 
> Hmm. Initially you said that ^D causes gnuplot to exit if it's
> typed in an empty line (i.e. you're _not_ editing). And that's
> correct behavior.
> 
> On the other hand, when in readline editing mode one would
> generally expect ^D to delete rightwards, as in emacs (unless your
> readline preference is set to vi-style.) And that's in fact what
> happens on *nix when libreadline is used. ...
> 
> Is the behavior on Windows with built-in readline different from
> that? If so, I think that would be a bug.

Windows behaves the same way. 

The delete-on-its-own-line causing gnuplot to exit was something I
hadn't noticed before, which is all the more reason not to change that
behavior, imo. (I've always used control and d to generate ^d,
although I probably use "exit" just as often.)