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Nadav Horesh wrote:

> Under linux I can not use gnuplot's mouse interaction ((un)set grid, 
> (un)zoom, etc.). It looks like gnuplot reread the data file on every 
> operation, thus it conflicts with the pipe interface introduced in 1.7.
>
> Any work-around (beside going back to 1.6)? 


Sorry I didn't respond earlier.  I was on vacation.

I am not familiar with the commands that you mentioned.  On what gnuplot 
version and platform are they?  Are they specific to a particular 
terminal type?

If this feature causes gnuplot.py to read the input file twice, that 
would indeed be a problem when working with FIFOs.  Normally, as soon as 
the FIFO has been read once by gnuplot, it is deleted.  It would be 
possible to keep the FIFO around for possible repeated reads, but this 
would defeat the purpose of the FIFO (which was to enable Gnuplot.py to 
know when it is safe to discard old data).

As for a workaround, you can go back to using temporary files as a 
default by going to the gp_*.py file specific to your platform (e.g., 
gp_unix.py or gp_macosx.py) and changing the option "prefer_fifo_data" to 0.

Michael

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