From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Thu Jun  8 02:21:04 2000
Subject: Re: avoiding focus for gnuplot window
From: Mats Jansson <mats at nera dot no>
To: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>, help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 09:20:59 +0200

"John W. Eaton" wrote:
> 
> On 29-May-2000, Stef Pillaert <stef dot pillaert at kahosl dot be> wrote:
> 
> | when I make a plot, the gnuplot window gets the focus (so I have to click on
> | the terminal where octave runs to continue with octave). Can this be avoided?
> 
> In my window manager (tvtwm; I guess I'm old fashioned) it doesn't get
> the focus, but it does move to the top when new data is added to a
> plot.  I think this is a gnuplot `feature'.  Octave is definitely not
> asking for this behavior.  If someone knows how to turn it off, speak
> up!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jwe
> 

>From the man page of gnuplot 3.7:

X11 OPTIONS
      
       -noraise does not raise the plot window after each plot.

       These  options  may  also  be controlled with resources in
       your .Xdefaults file.  For example: gnuplot*gray: on .


/Mats



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