Re: Qt terminal status / linux distro packages

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

On 08/22/2012 01:38 PM, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 11:28:09 am Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>> On 08/22/2012 12:56 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know if leaving out the X11 terminal is a good idea.  At least
>>> one of the apps I know of will choose "x11" if the user doesn't set an
>>> environment variable specifying an alternative gnuplot terminal.  So, if
>>> the distro creators leave out x11 that will cause problems in at least
>>> this case.
>>
>> I should say that, as well, an app may want to have both x11 and qt, for
>> example.  A reasonable scenario is: run from the command line, x11, and
>> run from a UI, qt.
>>
>> I've done some compilations here to check sizes:
>>
>> gnuplot with x11 and qt: 3462231
>> gnuplot with x11, no qt: 3067584
>>
>> So, qt adds 13%.  That is a fairly big addition if qt isn't used.  For
>> the qt user though it isn't a concern because of the added support.
>

>> gnuplot with qt, no x11: (I don't see a way to disable x11 terminal)
>
>   ./configure --without-x

OK...

gnuplot with x11 and qt: 3462231
gnuplot with x11, no qt: 3067584
gnuplot with qt, no x11: 3415747

So x11 adds 1.4% approximately.  Not much.  (If I recall, the term just 
packages the commands slightly and sends them on their way to gnuplot_x11.)

> If you care about total size you should include the respective outboard drivers:
>
>     text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> 1385735   72836   57408 1515979  1721cb gnuplot     # includes x11 + wxt + qt
>    91517    4788   12704  109009   1a9d1 gnuplot_x11
>   141992    2120     744  144856   235d8 gnuplot_qt

I'm discounting that because if I build with qt and run gnuplot, 
gnuplot_x11 outboard driver doesn't appear.  Actually, qt is a little 
nicer along those lines because gnuplot_qt doesn't appear in the process 
list until an actual plot is done even though the qt terminal is set. 
On the other hand, gnuplot_x11 appears without having yet done a plot. 
It would be nice to change that, but even as is I think including X11 in 
any case isn't a concern.

Dan