Re: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows

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

Hello Bastian

I have confirmed that now wxt is default 
even if I drop  -DDEFAULTTERM=\"wxt\" to CFLAGS in Makefile.

Tatsuro


----- Original Message -----
>From: ""Bastian Märkisch"" <bma...@we...>
>To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tma...@ya...>; gnuplot beta list <gnu...@li...> 
>Date: 2017/6/8, Thu 15:42
>Subject: Aw: Re: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows
> 
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>The default terminal on Windows was changed to wxt for 5.2 in term.c yesterday.
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>Bastian
>
>Am 08.06.17, 02:06, Tatsuro MATSUOKA <tma...@ya...> schrieb:
>----- Original Message -----
>>
>>> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
>>> To: bmaerkisch; gnuplot-beta
>>> Cc: 
>>> Date: 2017/6/2, Fri 18:25
>>> Subject: Re: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>  From: ""Bastian Märkisch"" 
>>>>  To: gnuplot beta list 
>>>>  Cc: 
>>>>  Date: 2017/6/2, Fri 13:42
>>>>  Subject: default terminal for version 5.2 on Windows
>>>> 
>>>>  In version 5.0 on Windows, the wxt terminal is still the default terminal - 
>>> in 
>>>>  contrast to other platforms where it is "qt". Before version 4.2 
>>> the 
>>>>  default used to be the "windows" terminal. As is, the new default 
>>> on 
>>>>  Windows would be "qt", too.  But on Windows "qt" is 
>>> still 
>>>>  somewhat buggy (e.g. "replot-on-resize" just does not work) or is 
>>> 
>>>>  missing features compared to "wxt" or "windows" 
>>> (printing, 
>>>>  screendump, emf, docked windows). Also, the persist behaviour of 
>>> "qt" 
>>>>  is different (terminal in separate process), so this at least would have to 
>>> be 
>>>>  documented. Start-up time for the first plot is considerably longer for 
>>>>  "qt". On the other hand "wxt" has been extended to 
>>> support 
>>>>  printing and emf export in version 5.2 and drawing is somewhat faster, too. 
>>> The 
>>>>  "windows" terminal is now on par concerning the quality of the 
>>> plots, 
>>>>  and also supports printing, export of emf and "docked graphs". 
>>> The new 
>>>>  (experimental) Direct2D backend of the terminal is currently the fastest 
>>>>  plotting option on Windows (except for pattern fills). The 
>>> "docking" 
>>>>  of graph windows to the wgnuplot text window is useful e.g. when in 
>>>>  "tablet-mode" (only maximised applications).
>>>>  My suggestion for 5.2 would hence be to either stick with "wxt" 
>>> as the 
>>>>  default terminal on Windows, or to switch to "windows" instead of 
>>> 
>>>>  "qt".
>>>>  The installer offers the user to change the GNUTERM environment variable to 
>>> 
>>>>  "windows", "wxt", or "qt" already.
>>>> 
>>>>    Bastian
>>> 
>>> I agree with your proposal as a one of gnuplot for widnows user.
>>> 
>>> Tatsuro
>>> 
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>>
>>I am using -DDEFAULTTERM=\"wxt\" to CFLAGS in Makefile 
>>to make the wxt terminal default for my binary distribution.
>>
>>Are you planing the above by Makefile modification 
>>or rewrite source code using ifdef?
>>
>>The above question just comes from my curiosity.
>>I do have any opinion what you will do for windows terminal to be default.
>>
>>Tatsuro
>>
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