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

[Juhász P. <pet...@gm...>]

On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 12:22 -0700, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:37:09 am Juhász Péter wrote:
> > 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
> 
> For what it's worth, I can no longer run the current Windows build
> under linux+wine.   
> 
> gnuplot.exe hangs on entry, after printing 
>   gnuplot changed the codepage of this console to 437 to match
>   the graph window. Some characters might only display correctly
>   if you change the font to a non-raster type.
> I am dubious that setting the codepage to 437 is the right thing
> to do under linux+wine (earlier builds seemed happy to accept
> input from my UTF-8 environment), but I can't really test this
> because it is hung.
> 
> wgnuplot.exe gives me a text window to type in, but if I try to plot
> anything it exits with an error message   
>    "This version of GLib requires NT-based Windows"
> This message comes from libglib-2.0-0.dll
> 
> 	Ethan

To add a further data point:

gnuplot.exe with linux+wine prints the gnuplot> prompt for me, and
allows to type in one command, but hangs after that. I don't know if
this is the same as you get.

wgnuplot.exe works (plotting is possible with wxt and windows terminals,
very little delay on startup and clean exit).

Péter Juhász