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Subject: Re: Change the default terminal on windows
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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