Re: [Plplot-devel] Two issues

[Sebastian K. <se...@he...>]

Maurice LeBrun <mj...@ga...> wrote:
] It was my plan to recode this section of the xwin driver, such that it always
] uses the default visual, unless overridden by a -drvopt flag.  I think the
] default visual makes for a fine default, probably more useful than the way we
] do it now.  And the -drvopt support means that one can always "fix" it at
] runtime, or at least debug it easier.  In addition for displays that support
] multiple visuals it is a nice plus to the user to be able to select it at
] runtime.  Should probably provide a configuration option to use the legacy
] approach, but also in that case have it be overridden by use of -drvopt.


Hi Maurice, i've trying to get xwin working on a couple of machines
i have where it's currently broken.  When i run the examples, plinit()
creates a window but it's destroyed immediately - before plinit() returns.
Other drivers like tk and gnome work fine.  The examples display to
other X servers over the net fine, just not to these two displays i have.


I tried the three drvopts defined in xwin.c, none made it work.  I guess
you were talking about adding a drvopt to select the visual?  And use
the default visual by, well, by default?


I tried Joao Cardoso's suggestion of recompiling the library with
USE_DEFAULT_VISUAL defined in xwin.c, but that also didnt make it work.




] Anyway, I'd planned on doing this work nearly a year ago, and am now much
] busier than I was then, so if someone else wants to take a whack at it please
] feel free.


I'm a reasonable C programmer but i've never done any X programming.
If you tell me what to do i'll try to implement it....




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Sebastian