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Re: Change the default terminal on windows

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Subject	Re: Change the default terminal on windows
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On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 1:22:57 PM UTC+2, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
> On 26.09.2019 19:18, s1291 wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 12:00:04 PM UTC+2, Jörg Buchholz wrote:
> >> On 26.09.2019 10:51, s1291 wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 7:38:48 PM UTC+1, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
> >>>> Am 25.09.2019 um 18:22 schrieb SyntaxErrorX00:
> >>>>
> >>>>> gnuplot/wgnuplot use wxt as the default terminal. I want to change that to be 'qt' instead so every time I have to run "set term qt" so I am looking for a way to change it permanently. I tried everything I found on internet:
> >>>>> * create GNUPLOT.INI and insert "set term qt",
> >>>>> * Create an environment variable GNUPLOT pointing to that directory (My home directory, C:\Users\username).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Tried to change the file wgnuplot.ini in my home directory.
> >>>>> * Tried to change the file wgnuplot in C:\Program Files\gnuplot\share\wgnuplt.ini
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But unfortuately that have no effect, every time I open gnuplot I get the default terminal wxt.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Could you please tell me how can I change that? 
> >>>>
> >>>> You have to place the gnuplot.ini (not wgnuplot.ini, thats just for
> >>>> the windows GUI) file in the $APPDATA directory, which usually is
> >>>> <your home directory>\appdata\roaming
> >>>>
> >>>> (For some unknown reason, the ~\appdata directory is hidden by
> >>>> default. First thing I change on every windows machine, right after
> >>>> disabling the system sounds.)
> >>>>
> >>>> Enter "set APPDATA" on the command line to check.
> >>>>
> >>>> Or you reinstall gnuplot and choose a different default terminal in
> >>>> the installer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hth, Karl
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for you reply,
> >>> Sorry I forgot to mention that I tried also with what you suggested: to add gnuplot.ini to %appdata% folder but unfortunately it didn't work.
> >>> So I will try the second suggestion.
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> are you sure that it not works? It looks like gnuplot always tell you at
> >> the start "Terminal type is now 'windows'", but the terminal is set to
> >> what you give in the gnuplot.ini.
> >>
> >>
> >> Jörg
> > Hello Jörg,
> > Yes I am sure, I tried to create a the file %appdata%\gnuplot.ini with the following content: 
> > set terminal qt
> > But that has no effect.
> > I changed the content to 
> > Terminal=qt
> > 
> > That has also no effect (I don't know if that syntax is valid or not but at least I tried it).
> 
> My "gnuplot.in" is at "C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\gnuplot.ini"
> and all what I tell gnuplot is done.
> 
> The simple syntax is:
> 
> set term qt enhanced
> set samples 1000
> set grid
> set encoding utf8
> 
> But I must do a "show terminal" to see what terminal is really set. At
> the start gnuplot always says the terminal is set to "windows".
> 
> It is WIN 7 with gnuplot 5.2
> 
> Jörg

It is not clear what you are asking for. I assume you want to change the default terminal to something like qt. The simple solution is to re-install gnuplot and choose qt as the default terminal from the installer.

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Change the default terminal on windows SyntaxErrorX00 <samirmath01@gmail.com> - 2019-09-25 09:22 -0700
  Re: Change the default terminal on windows Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2019-09-25 20:38 +0200
    Re: Change the default terminal on windows s1291 <samirmath01@gmail.com> - 2019-09-26 01:51 -0700
      Re: Change the default terminal on windows Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2019-09-26 12:00 +0200
        Re: Change the default terminal on windows s1291 <samirmath01@gmail.com> - 2019-09-26 10:18 -0700
          Re: Change the default terminal on windows Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de> - 2019-09-30 13:22 +0200
            Re: Change the default terminal on windows s1291 <samirmath01@gmail.com> - 2019-10-30 06:53 -0700

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