Gnuplot hangs on Windows XP

[Paul Wellner Bou]

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?

Thank you and kind regards
Paul.