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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:46:41 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: gnuplot.exe 4.6 hangs on windows 7
From: Mirko Vukovic <mirko.vukovic@gmail.com>
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On Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:10:51 PM UTC-4, Mirko Vukovic wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am launching gnuplot.exe on windows 7 from a Cygwin application (clisp).  It starts, and consumes 100% of one core.  I cannot send any commands to the input stream.
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> I can also start gnuplot.exe and pass it arguments, such as: -p -e "plot sin(x)"
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> The plot window will show with the plot, but the process will again consume 100% of one core.
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Well, I fixed it by specifying for clisp to wait for the program termination.  

I still don't understand why setting it not to wait (asynchronous execution) makes gnuplot.exe run 100% of the time.  So the following question still applies, although it is not urgent anymore.

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> Any suggestions on what might be going on?
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> Thank you,
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> Mirko