Re: Last call for issues affecting release of gnuplot 5.0

[Bastian M. <bma...@we...>]

Version 5.0 will be the first to have the qt terminal on Windows. While 
it works very well and is very fast, it still has some issues - or 
behaves notably different from the windows and wxt terminals:

   * 'raise' and 'lower' commands have no effect.
   * Raising the console window by pressing "space" does not work
     (Bug #1432).
   * 'pause mouse' does not work (fix in 5.1, see Bug 1502).
   * 'pause mouse' hangs gnuplot if no plot window is open (Bug #1434).
   * In contrast to wxt or windows, the qt terminal is missing an
     option to raise the window when a plot is finished.
   * Since qt is an outboard driver, 'persist' works like on other
     platforms, whereas for the wxt and windows terminal 'persist'
     is only emulated by keeping the input loop running. (Note that
     "fork" is not available.)

As it is, "qt" will now be the default terminal on Windows. We should 
discuss if this should really stay that way. At least this change and 
the known issues should be mentioned in the release notes. Please also 
note that most Windows users will use the binaries provided.

   Bastian


Am 29.12.2014 um 19:27 schrieb sfeam:
> Hi all,
>
> I plan to package up gnuplot 5.0 and place the tarball on SourceForge
> for release on New Year's Day.  If you know of any remaining issues
> that should be either fixed or mentioned in the Release Notes, please
> post them here on the mailing list.
>
> The current text of the Release Notes is here:
>
>    http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/ReleaseNotes_5_0.html
>
> 		Ethan
>
>
>
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