Re: How to pause until plot window closed?

In article <ns6dnf9ElM-yYhjVnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Grant Edwards <grante@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I want a shell script to plot a file and then allow the user to
manipulate the plot using the mouse (zoom, unzoom, etc.), and I
can't figure out how to do that.

gnuplot <<EOF
plot "$$tmp.dat" with points
pause -1
EOF

That exits immediately.

If I replace the -1 with a large number (say, 9999), then the
plot window is unresponsive. If I do a "pause mouse key", then
the plot window closes when the user tries to un-zoom.

Make a separate subroutine file that loops on 'pause mouse key'.

pause mouse key
if (MOUSE_KEY != 27) reread

The call it from the main script

print "Hit <esc> to exit"
load "loop_til_escape"

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Ethan A Merritt
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