Robert Dodier writes:
>> If you try to plot into a png file by using the 'set terminal png'
>> preamble,
>> in Windows you have no chance to finish the process, unless you prefer
>> things like Ctrl+Alt+Del.
>
> Well, I'm pretty sure the current behavior (need to ctl-alt-del and
> kill wgnuplot by hand) is a bug.
> I'm pretty sure we want to set the gnuplot options so that Maxima
> has a useful behavior for all gnuplot output formats.
Yes
> I am inclined to make up a rule like this: if gnuplot outputs to a file,
> then omit the -persist or - option so that gnuplot/wgnuplot does
> not wait, and do not attempt to display the file contents.
> Otherwise put -persist or - into list of options.
>
> This rule is at odds with current behavior when output format
> is ps (because Maxima launches ghostview to view the output).
>
I've been thinking about plot options especially on Windows.
I second you one with one extra suggestion. Let's make
ps behave just like any other 'output to file' format -
without -persist and no any ghostview.
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Vadim V. Zhytnikov
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