Re: x11.trm terminal options

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Friday 24 October 2003 12:06, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> I've added the necessary checks for duplicate entry.  At
> the end is a #define switch:
>
>     if (duplication) {
> #if NOT_PROCESS_IF_DUPLICATION
>         int_error(c_token-1, "duplicated or contradicting arguments in
> X11 term options");
> #else
>         if (!shown_warning)
>             int_warn(c_token-1, "duplicated or contradicting arguments
> in X11 term options");
>         shown_warning =3D TRUE;
> #endif
>     }

Let's not proliferate conditional code.  Go for one or the
other (error or warning).

> So it works fine.  But I recall something now.  I believe there
> was a discussion a while back about the ability to close a
> single X11 graph from the command line.  So perhaps if both
> a "reset" and a number appear in the options, only the plot
> associated with that number could be closed.  Right now it
> will reset the whole thing (i.e., close all windows) and then
> switch to plot number.  How does that sound?

I think that should be a separate command.  "reset" and
"close" do not mean the same thing to me.

I did try to add that feature a while ago, but it turned out to
be harder than it sounded at first blush.  So it remains on the
list of things that would be nice but are non-trivial.



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Ethan A Merritt       merritt@u.washington.edu
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