wgnuplot bug?



Hello,

In linux the following commands work as expected.

(%i1) my_ps_preamble:
   "set terminal postscript; set output 'output.ps' ";
(%o1)          set terminal postscript; set output 'output.ps'
(%i2) ps_output: [gnuplot_preamble, my_ps_preamble];
(%o2) [gnuplot_preamble, set terminal postscript; set output
   'output.ps' ]
(%i3) plot2d(x^2,[x,0,1],ps_output);
(%o3)
(%i4) system("ls output.ps");
output.ps
(%o4)                                  0

The file "output.ps" is created, and one can continue--using maxima,
displaying, printing, etc.

In Win_XP, Xmaxima hangs after  the command (%i3).

The culprit is "wgnuplot.exe".

If I kill the process, then I can continue as expected.

Unless this program is killed, I can't even diplay "output_ps".

Do others have this problem?  Is there a workaround?

What do people who use Win_XP use to plot with plot2d?

TIA,
  -sen

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