Re: new command: raise

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

On Thursday 04 December 2003 10:31, Petr Mikulik wrote:
>
> Solution: new command "raise" (abbreviated "ra"). Enclosed is an
> implementation for OS/2 PM and Windows terminals. Could somebody
> contribute X11 code?

The attached patch does not add any commands, nor does it
change existing syntax.  Instead it causes=20
=09set term x11 <n> raise
to raise that window immediately (if it exists at all) in addition to set=
ting
the "raise" attribute for future plots in that window.

I think this is pretty harmless, though I doubt I would use it often
myself.  I agree with whoever (Dan?) pointed out that for interactive
use this is more naturally achieved just by clicking on the appropriate
icon provided by your desktop/window manager. Maybe it has a place
in scripted environments, though.

I won't put this in CVS without some feedback from you, though.
Does it achieve what you wanted?  Also, in light of Dan Sebald's=20
recent work to add contol over previous plot windows, would it be
make sense to modify this so that
=09set term x11 <n> raise
would leave the current terminal window unchanged?  As it stands,
if you use this command to raise an old window then you lose your
connection to the current window.

=09Ethan

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Ethan A Merritt       merritt@u.washington.edu
Biomolecular Structure Center Box 357742
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195