Re: plot and image demos (growing window)

[Jaroslav Hajek]

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:
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>> | 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.

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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