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Subject: Re: Change the default terminal on windows
From: s1291 <samirmath01@gmail.com>
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On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 1:22:57 PM UTC+2, J=C3=B6rg Buchholz wrote=
:
> On 26.09.2019 19:18, s1291 wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 12:00:04 PM UTC+2, J=C3=B6rg Buchhol=
z wrote:
> >> On 26.09.2019 10:51, s1291 wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 7:38:48 PM UTC+1, Karl Ratzsch wr=
ote:
> >>>> 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 l=
ooking for a way to change it permanently. I tried everything I found on in=
ternet:
> >>>>> * 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\sha=
re\wgnuplt.ini
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But unfortuately that have no effect, every time I open gnuplot I g=
et the default terminal wxt.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Could you please tell me how can I change that?=20
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >> J=C3=B6rg
> > Hello J=C3=B6rg,
> > Yes I am sure, I tried to create a the file %appdata%\gnuplot.ini with =
the following content:=20
> > set terminal qt
> > But that has no effect.
> > I changed the content to=20
> > Terminal=3Dqt
> >=20
> > That has also no effect (I don't know if that syntax is valid or not bu=
t at least I tried it).
>=20
> My "gnuplot.in" is at "C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\gnuplot.ini"
> and all what I tell gnuplot is done.
>=20
> The simple syntax is:
>=20
> set term qt enhanced
> set samples 1000
> set grid
> set encoding utf8
>=20
> 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".
>=20
> It is WIN 7 with gnuplot 5.2
>=20
> J=C3=B6rg

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