From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Fri Jan 10 10:21:30 2003
Subject: How to detect terminal type?
From: Peter Brinkmann <brinkman at math dot uiuc dot edu>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:21:04 -0600


Hi!
How can I detect the current terminal type?
I'm asking because I sometimes need to change the terminal type
in order to export plots to encapsulated PostScript, using a
command like
	gset terminal postscript
On my Linux box, I can reset the terminal with a command like
	gset terminal x11
The problem is that this doesn't work under Windows. So, what
I'd like to do is the following:
	1. Detect and remember the current terminal type.
	2. Export stuff to PostScript.
	3. Reset the terminal type to what it was before.
Is this possible at all?
Thanks,
	Peter



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