Re: Run in an X window - Feature request.

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Donald Burns wrote:

>Hi Dan,
>
>I've got the latest CVS and your last patch, even got it to compile and
>run and install but I can't make it pop up in a tck/tk window. I've
>tried both "frames" and canvases but with no joy. gnuplot just stubornly
>pops up a fresh window. Have check that the correct gnuplot_x11 binary
>is being run and it is. I must be missing a trick here. I can get it to
>work using ghostview as per your instructions but oddly enough it comes
>up with a small window on top of the gnuplot plot. Any ideas?
>

Hi Donald,

Well, that is where my X-pertise runs out.  From what I see, it appears 
the X-window has to of a specific configuration to be compatible with 
gnuplot_x11 as it is currently set up.  I found the same behavior as you 
did.  I ran applications from the command line so that any errors would 
be reported back to the terminal window.  Often what happens is when 
gnuplot_x11 attempts to access the supplied X window, that window dies. 
 gnuplot_x11 must default to a simple X window in that case.  (But I'm 
not sure, I didn't go that far into the code.)  I think Dave or Ethan 
might have some more insight into what is going wrong.

Dan