Re: plot and image demos (growing window)

[Ben Abbott]

On May 29, 2009, at 12:58 AM, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:

> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On May 28, 2009, at 5:25 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> >
> > > On 28-May-2009, Ben Abbott wrote:
> > >
> > > | This looks like a feature of gnuplot. When a subsequent "set term
> > > | x11 ..." command is encountered before the prior plot-stream  
> > > completes
> > > | there appears to be some unintended interaction between gnuplot  
> > > and
> > > | x11 which causes the window to grow.
> > > |
> > > | For example, try ...
> > > |
> > > |       for n=1:100; plot(1:1000); drawnow; end
> > > |
> > > | Adding the command "unset mouse" the the beginning of the plot- 
> > > stream
> > > | eliminates the problem. Shall a "unset mouse" be added to be  
> > > beginning
> > > | of each plot-stream? (changeset attached) ... If desired a "set  
> > > mouse"
> > > | may added at the end of the plot-stream. Unfortunately, I don't  
> > > know
> > > | of a good way to detect the state of "set/unset mouse". We could
> > > | obtain the x11 window ID and ask x11 for the window size while
> > > | toggling the mouse state, but is it worth the hassle?
> > >
> > > No, I don't think it is worth it.
> > >
> > > Even unset mouse/set mouse might not be worth it.  Is there an easy
> > > way to demonstrate this bug with a simple gnuplot script?  If so,  
> > > then
> > > I'd say report it as a bug in gnuplot and we should not bother to  
> > > work
> > > around it in Octave.
> > >
> > > jwe
> >
> > John / anyone-else,
> >
> >  can you confirm that the simple example I gave causes your window  
> > to grow?
> >
> > Ben
>
> Confirmed; it really grows.

ok, I'll try to create an example using only gnuplot that does the  
same (thus far, I've failed).

Ben