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Aw: Re: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows
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From: Bastian M. <bma...@we...> - 2017-06-08 06:43:04
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<html><head/><body><html><head><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/vnd.ui.secure+html;charset=utf-8" /></head><body style="overflow-wrap:break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="mail_android_message" style="line-height: 1; padding: 0.5em">The default terminal on Windows was changed to wxt for 5.2 in term.c yesterday.<br> <br> Bastian<br> </div><div class="mail_android_quote" style="line-height: 1; padding: 0.3em">Am 08.06.17, 02:06, Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tma...@ya...> schrieb:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0.8ex 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> ----- Original Message -----<br /> <br /> > From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <br /> > To: bmaerkisch; gnuplot-beta<br /> > Cc: <br /> > Date: 2017/6/2, Fri 18:25<br /> > Subject: Re: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows<br /> > ----- Original Message -----<br /> >> From: ""Bastian Märkisch"" <br /> >> To: gnuplot beta list <br /> >> Cc: <br /> >> Date: 2017/6/2, Fri 13:42<br /> >> Subject: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows<br /> >> <br /> >> In version 5.0 on Windows, the wxt terminal is still the default terminal - <br /> > in <br /> >> contrast to other platforms where it is "qt". Before version 4.2 <br /> > the <br /> >> default used to be the "windows" terminal. As is, the new default <br /> > on <br /> >> Windows would be "qt", too. But on Windows "qt" is <br /> > still <br /> >> somewhat buggy (e.g. "replot-on-resize" just does not work) or is <br /> > <br /> >> missing features compared to "wxt" or "windows" <br /> > (printing, <br /> >> screendump, emf, docked windows). Also, the persist behaviour of <br /> > "qt" <br /> >> is different (terminal in separate process), so this at least would have to <br /> > be <br /> >> documented. Start-up time for the first plot is considerably longer for <br /> >> "qt". On the other hand "wxt" has been extended to <br /> > support <br /> >> printing and emf export in version 5.2 and drawing is somewhat faster, too. <br /> > The <br /> >> "windows" terminal is now on par concerning the quality of the <br /> > plots, <br /> >> and also supports printing, export of emf and "docked graphs". <br /> > The new <br /> >> (experimental) Direct2D backend of the terminal is currently the fastest <br /> >> plotting option on Windows (except for pattern fills). The <br /> > "docking" <br /> >> of graph windows to the wgnuplot text window is useful e.g. when in <br /> >> "tablet-mode" (only maximised applications).<br /> >> My suggestion for 5.2 would hence be to either stick with "wxt" <br /> > as the <br /> >> default terminal on Windows, or to switch to "windows" instead of <br /> > <br /> >> "qt".<br /> >> The installer offers the user to change the GNUTERM environment variable to <br /> > <br /> >> "windows", "wxt", or "qt" already.<br /> >> <br /> >> Bastian<br /> > <br /> > I agree with your proposal as a one of gnuplot for widnows user.<br /> > <br /> > Tatsuro<br /> > <br /> <br /> <br /> I am using -DDEFAULTTERM=\"wxt\" to CFLAGS in Makefile <br /> to make the wxt terminal default for my binary distribution.<br /> <br /> Are you planing the above by Makefile modification <br /> or rewrite source code using ifdef?<br /> <br /> The above question just comes from my curiosity.<br /> I do have any opinion what you will do for windows terminal to be default.<br /> <br /> Tatsuro<br /> </blockquote></div></body></html></body></html> |
