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Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes

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On Dec 12 2011, 5:22 pm, Dougster <paul.b.doug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 1:26 am, sisyphus <sisyph...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > On Dec 4, 11:46 am, Dougster <paul.b.doug...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Anyone come across a proper solution to this? Is it a bug? Or am I
> > > being stupid?
>
> > I see the same with 4.5 (for both gnuplot.exe and wgnuplot.exe).
>
> > Cheers,
> > Rob
>
> Thanks Rob, so I'm not going mad.
>
> Does anyone fancy a dig around in the code and find out why the main
> process doesn't finish?

I have just commited to CVS a fix for a zombie problem in the wxt
terminal and a similar
problem in the qt terminal.  These were terminal-specific fixes, so if
you are seeing zombies
while using another terminal type this isn't going to help.  In both
cases the sequence of
events that led to zombie creation was
1) gnuplot -persist   (or set term ... persist)
2) create some plot windows
3) manually close one (wxt) or all (qt) of the windows
    (the key is that the "closed" window is really just hidden)
4) exit the main gnuplot session
5) close the remaining plot windows
The windows closed in step (3) now belong to a zombie process.
You can't close the windows manually because they are hidden, and the
program can't close them because it has now exited.

The fixed code now truly closes all hidden windows at the time the
main program
exits.

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4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes Dougster <paul.b.douglas@gmail.com> - 2011-10-28 15:51 -0700
  Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes Dougster <paul.b.douglas@gmail.com> - 2011-12-03 16:46 -0800
    Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes sisyphus <sisyphus1@optusnet.com.au> - 2011-12-10 17:26 -0800
      Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes Dougster <paul.b.douglas@gmail.com> - 2011-12-12 17:22 -0800
        Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes Dougster <paul.b.douglas@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 16:06 -0800
          Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes Dougster <paul.b.douglas@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 16:29 -0800
          Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes Dougster <paul.b.douglas@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 16:26 -0800
            Re: 4.4.3 Win32 zombie wgnuplot.exe processes sisyphus <sisyphus359@gmail.com> - 2012-01-07 04:45 -0800
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