Re: Clarification on terminal size for Qt terminal and generally

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

On 03/09/2014 04:47 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

>  I'm in the
> middle of programming this right now, so it would be good to know how it
> should behave.

I've placed an initial version Qt window size retention on the patch 
tracker:

http://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/patches/663/

I left the behavior of the window sizing as is for now, and there are 
still a couple bugs associated with the size retention.  However, the 
important thing is the conceptual changes, and I'd like to know if you 
think it is an improvement.

Dan

PS: One comment for anyone interested in Qt programming.  Try to avoid 
any use of dynamic_cast<>, i.e., a glorified form of casting for Qt.  If 
you think you can't avoid using that syntax, then try harder.  :-)  The 
reason is that whenever that syntax is necessary, one is almost assured 
to be programming Qt in a way that doesn't fit its paradigm and will 
prove to be a problem down the road.  One is better off approaching 
things in a different way.  With Qt it usually takes a little trial and 
error to find the best setup, but once it's found things fall in place 
pretty nicely.