Re: [Gnuplot-info] Auto-Closing gnuplot on closing the gnuplot window

[Kevin O. <rko...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Gunter Königsmann <gu...@pe...>
wrote:

> I hate finding threads in the internet that don't contain a solution =>
> writing how far I got:
>
>  - Windows allows to open applications with and without a console.
> Opening gnuplot (or wgnuplot) causes 100% of one CPU to be consumed.
>  - Windows allows to hide the console. If the console of gnuplot or
> wgnuplot is hidden the plot window is hidden, too.
>
> => I can open gnuplot with a console and show the console and will get a
> plot - and a superfluous window. But I guess I can live with that.
>
> And I have to add a 3-line construct to my file in order to make the
> console window autoclose whilst keeping the window live (aka reacting to
> the mouse):
>
>
>     bind "Close" "exit gnuplot"
>     pause mouse close
>     exit
>
> Kind regards,
>
>  Gunter.
>
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>

I had that issue about 14 years ago and put in a signal handler that killed
gnuplot on a SIGTERM or other terminating signals. (I was forking gnuplot
off of a parent that used chat to communicate with gnuplot.) That is
another approach that worked well before pause came on the scene.
--
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
E-mail: rko...@gm...
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