plot and image demos (growing window)

[Ben Abbott]

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