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Andrew,

Andrew Straw <and...@ad...> wrote:
> First of all, a big thanks for contributing Gnuplot.py!  I use it
> all the time, as I'm sure countless others do.

Thanks for the kind words.

> Now a question -- is there a way to pipe data through a
> Gnuplot.PlotItems.TempArrayFile by default?  I ask because on my
> machine (Mac OS X 10.2.3 with gnuplot 3.8h0), the 'set mouse' on the
> x11 terminal only works when the data is available in such a file.
> 
> I vaguely seem to recall another version of Gnuplot (I'm using 1.6) did 
> this.  (I remember lots of /tmp/@1234132.1 files.)  I did find in the 
> gp_macosx.py file a "prefer_inline_data" variable, which I have set to 
> 1, to no avail.

That's funny; I thought that in version 1.6 temporary files were still
the default for Mac OS X.

In any case, in the current CVS version, FIFOs are used by default to
send data to gnuplot on platforms that support them, including Mac OS
X.  In the CVS version, if you set the following options in
gp_macos.py, then you should get temporary files by default:

    prefer_inline_data = 0
    prefer_fifo_data = 1

You can obtain the CVS version from sourceforge; instructions are
available one or two clicks from the Gnuplot.py project page,

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot-py/

Also from the sourceforge project page you can find instructions how
to join our mailing list, which is a good place to submit such
questions and discussion.  (I have forwarded a copy of this email to
the mailing list.)

Michael

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Michael Haggerty
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