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Re: Change the default terminal on windows

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From	Jörg Buchholz <bookwood4new@freenet.de>
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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

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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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