Derek, Thanx for the info. I think I'll just make a PostScript or jpeg out of the plots and look at them from there. I always produce files of what I plot in the end anyway. Takes a bit more effort, but I can live with that for now.
All the best, Kåre On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 10:46 -0700, Derek Lamb wrote: > Kåre, > > This is similar to a problem I had with the xwin driver, and Hazen > confirmed with the Gnome Canvas driver (gcw) in PLplot. Hazen thought > it was a problem with the driver, and not with PLplot itself. I find > that plotting to a file, such as png or postscript, does not kill the > session. (see > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/pipermail/perldl/2006-June/000423.html > for the end of that discussion.) > > If you want to plot to xwin, I find that clicking on the window while > it's open and hitting 'enter' will allow you to issue a plend() without > everything hanging and the session crashing. I also find that doing > this causes all the lines to be drawn at once and the window immediately > closes, so you have to have quick eyes if you want to see what you have > plotted. As a result, I still use PGPLOT for my everyday plotting, and > switch to PLplot if I need to make a plot that I can't make in PGPLOT. > I do think this is a very good solution for the long term, but it works > for now since I haven't had time to dig into the PLplot xwin driver. > > Derek > > Kåre Edvardsen wrote: > > > I'm trying out PLplot, but "plend ()" terminates the whole pdl-session > > with: > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > > > What I like to try is overplotting several curves, like with "hold" > > and "release" in PGplot, and then end the plotting session without > > crashing... > > > > All the best, > > Kare > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Perldl mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > > > > >
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