Re: gnuplot.exe hangs instead of exiting on Windows 7

[Juhász P. <pet...@gm...>]

I didn't test with his previous build (I don't know where to get it).

However, I did test the current (03/23) build on a Vista system and it
didn't exhibit this problem (it exited normally). It starts slowly,
though: there is a 5-10 second delay at startup.

Péter Juhász

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 14:39 +0100, Bastian Märkisch wrote:
> Tatsuro Matsuoka also noticed that console gnuplot has problems 
> executing plotstyles.gnu (creating files). I don't see any of those 
> problems here on my system - but then again my build is without libgd, 
> pango/cairo etc. and my computers are running XP and Vista.
> 
> I cannot test his executables here since my virus scanner claims to find 
> a trojan - but 41 scanners at virustotal.com disagree and don't find 
> anything.
> 
> Have you, by any chance, tested his previous version (18th March)?
> 
>    Bastian
> 
> Am 23.03.2011 12:48, schrieb Peter Juhasz:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I've downloaded the latest gnuplot 4.5 CVS build from Tatsuro
> > Matsuoka's site ( http://www.tatsuromatsuoka.com/gnuplot/Eng/winbin/
> > ).
> >
> > The console executable gnuplot.exe displays a strange behavior:
> > instead on exiting, it hangs.
> > If I start it from the console then type "exit", it doesn't return to
> > the command line.
> > Even worse, it also hangs when I invoke it as "gnuplot.exe -V".
> > (That's how I noticed this: one of my applications that uses gnuplot
> > checks for its presence and up-to-date-ness with gnuplot -V, and
> > because of this, it appeared to hang on startup. And I spent a few
> > confused minutes trying to debug my application before realizing that
> > gnuplot's at fault.)
> >
> > Péter Juhász