Re: How to get key information from qt terminal to gnuplot

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: sfeam 
> To: gnuplot-beta Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> Cc: 
> Date: 2014/6/23, Mon 01:37
> Subject: Re: How to get key information from qt terminal to gnuplot
> 
> On Sunday, 22 June 2014 05:36:20 PM Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>  Hello
>> 
>> 
> http://gnuplot.10905.n7.nabble.com/Spacebar-does-not-raise-command-window-with-wxt-terminal-td18540.html
>> 
>> 
>>  For qt terminal, this feature seems not to be implemented. (Right?)
>>  Although I do not have enough knowledge, I tried to implement it.
>>  I looked into qt_term.cpp and QtGnuplotScene.cpp.
>> 
>>  In QtGnuplotScene.cpp, qt terminal seems to return key information in 
>> 
>>  void QtGnuplotScene::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event)
>>  <snip>
>>  live = m_eventHandler->postTermEvent(GE_keypress,
>>  int(m_lastMousePos.x()), int(m_lastMousePos.y()), key, 0, m_widget);
>> 
>>  While in qt_term.cpp,
>> 
>>  /*-------------------------------------------------------
>>   * Communication terminal -> gnuplot
>>   *-------------------------------------------------------*/
>> 
>>  bool qt_processTermEvent(gp_event_t* event)
>>  <snip>
>>  if ((event->type == GE_keypress) && (paused_for_mouse & 
> PAUSE_KEYSTROKE) && (event->par1 > '\0'))
>> 
>> 
>>  However,
>>  'struct gp_event_t' has no member named 'key'
>> 
>> 
>>  How I do get key information from qt terminal to gnuplot?
> 
> The simplest way is
> gnuplot>  bind "<key>" "command to execute"
> 
> No code change to the qt terminal is needed. However there is not
> currently a "command to execute" that raises the console window.
> The "raise" command acts on the plot window, not the console window.
> 
> Why does the "raise console" function use different code for each
> terminal type?  The console is the same no matter what terminal is
> in use.  Am I missing something?  
> 
> My current thinking is that the special code to raise the console
> should be removed from all terminals.
> Instead we could add a routine in mouse.c that responds to the
> keystroke after it is passed to the gnuplot core.  This would be
> shared by all terminals.  
> 
>     Ethan
OK. I agree with you.
Thanks for the pointer.

Thanks!