Re: Proposal: Saving graphs from Qt and wxt terminals

[sfeam <sf...@us...>]

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 12:01:57 AM Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 10/24/2014 05:04 PM, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> > On Friday, 24 October, 2014 15:17:01 Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> >> Also the WXT terminal has a fixed aspect ratio where Qt terminal does not.
> >
> > Again not true here.   The copy/paste is just a bitmap of whatever the
> > current display shows.  You can change the aspect ratio to anything
> > you like either with "set term wxt size XX,YY"  or by resizing the open
> > window with the mouse.
> 
> When resizing the window, I'm seeing the plot change size but using the 
> maximum size that fits within whatever is the minimum axis that 
> maintains aspect ratio.  The rest of the screen is then grey.  I've 
> attached a small screenshot.

Ah, I understand.
See Feature Request #314

The new aspect ratio isn't applied until the next replot.
The qt terminal has a tool widget to toggle whether you
want this to happen automatically.  The wxt should have one also.
Patches welcome.

	Ethan