Re: new command: raise

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> > > > Would it be possible to configure Gnuplot's compilation so that
> > > > it can figure out which terminal should be the "interactive" one?
> >
> > That's clear how do you compile gnuplot.
> > #ifdef OS2 => PM is interactive
>
> Are we sure that OS2 is never #defined if somebody builds the X11 version
> on OS/2?

OS2 is always #defined when compiling it with X11 (or without).
On OS/2, you can use simultaneously pm and x11 terminals. Or just one of
them. As you like. No problem.

> > #ifdef X11 => X11 is interactive
> > #ifdef _Windows => windows is interactive
>
> Same here.

Compiling with makefile.cyg or .mgw et al, only _Windows is defined, never
X11.
Compiling by cygwin using ./configure; make defines X11, but not _Windows.
These two can never work together.

> > I.e. you have running gnuplot or octave with gnuplot windows, now you have a
> > look to a man page, then to web browser, and you want to see again all your
> > plots ... so you want to raise all of them. That's what "raise" command
> > helps to achieve with zero user effort.
>
> I always thought that's what one had a window manager with multiple
> (virtual) desktops for... but then again, I'm obviously spoilt by never
> having had to do actual lab work on Windows or OS/2, so far.

I use virtual desktops on OS/2 and Windows, too.
But it does not prevent you to hide windows by other windows.

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Petr Mikulik