Re: Gnuplot hangs on Windows XP

[Michael Goffioul]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Paul Wellner Bou <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i am trying the new octave for windows installer versions (I tried 3.0.3
>  and 3.1.50). The JHandles graphic backend works, but it is limited if
> you want to find out more information about the mouse position.
>
> So I tried it with gnuplot. The problem is now that the gnuplot window
> is hanging and there is no way to use the controls. I can resize it. But
> the plot does not resize until I change it in the octave command line,
> for example using "grid on" or "grid off". I am still not able to use
> the controls of the gnuplot window but at least the plot resizes to the
> window size.
>
> I am using Windows XP. Is this a known problem? Are there workarounds?

The fact that the plot is not updated when you resize the window is
the normal behavior of gnuplot: you have to force a replot to update
the window, for instance by changing the grid mode. There's no way
around that. For the other controls, at least the zoom buttons should
be functional: you should be able to zoom with the mouse (I don't
remember which mouse button you have to use), then switch back
to previous view using the button.

Michael.