Re: "Bind all <key> <command>" patch on SourceForge

[Jacques B. <jac...@no...>]

Ethan Merritt wrote:
> When you say "batch mode" do you mean:
> 	gnuplot inputfile.dat
> or
> 	gnuplot < inputfile.dat
> or
> 	gnuplot
> 	gnuplot> load "inputfile.dat"

I mean the 1st method.

> For me, the 1st and 3d methods work as expected, but the
> 2nd method does not.

Hmmm.

> If you must use the 2nd method,
> perhaps you could use a loop-until-ready construct like this?
> 
> main script:
>    set mouse
>    n=1; set term x11 n; plot x**n
>    n=2; set term x11 n; plot x**n
>    bind all Home "n=MOUSE_KEY_WINDOW; set term x11 n; plot x**n"
>    bind all End "DONE = 1"
>    DONE = 0
>    print "Hit <End> in any plot window to continue"
>    load "wait_for_End"
> 
> File wait_for_End would contain two lines:
>    pause -1
>    if (!DONE) reread

That fits exactly my need.
Nice thing to write in a gnuplot HOWTO.

And how do you do it with the 1st method?