Mouse in x11 interactive terminal

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

By default, all mouseable interactive terminals switch on mouse by default, 
and do it also when driven via pipe (OS/2, Windows, ...). The only exception 
is the X11 terminal when gnuplot runs in pipe. Thus, it is not compatible to 
other defaults.

"help mouse x11" writes:

X11 mouse support is turned on by default if standard input comes from a 
terminal (tty). Mouse support is turned off if standard input does not come 
from a tty, e.g. a pipe. If you want to use mouse support while writing to 
gnuplot from a pipe, the mouse must be turned on *before* starting the x11 
driver, e.g. immediately after startup with the explicit command `set 
mouse`.


Does somebody remember why gnuplot-x11 behaves like that? I think this is a 
relict nowadays. I propose to switch on mouse also for this combination. 
That would make many people happy and gnuplot behaviour compatible.

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PM