Growing x11 plot window (was: Flickering movies)

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 25, 2009, at 10:33 PM, Judd Storrs wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Ben Abbott <bpabbott at mac.com> wrote:
> My experience is that the x11 figure window's growth (or change in  
> dimension) is related to timing. A sufficiently fast computer may  
> not produce the problem.
>
> In any event, if anyone is running gnuplot 4.2.5 or above, I'd  
> appreciate it if they'd run this script and report back what  
> happens. Just type ...
>
>        gnuplot --persist "debug.gp"
>
> I built 4.2.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 (./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/ 
> gnuplot-4.2.5) and ran your script. The vertical growth is there.  
> And it's also there using the 4.2.4 installed by Ubuntu. The axes  
> flash with each update until the window size is stable in both.
>
> Other observation related to the influence of timing. If compiz is  
> enabled, then 4.2.4 is jerkier in it's growth pattern than 4.2.5.  
> With compiz disabled, 4.2.4 and 4.2.5 seem indistinguishable. 4.2.5  
> with compiz and 4.2.5 without compiz also seems indistinguishable.
>
> --judd

Thanks Judd,

I've filed a bug report.

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2812476&group_id=2055&atid=102055

Ben