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Friedrich -- Слава Україні
Friedrich -- Слава Україні

Reputation: 3764

interactive terminal for mac OS

It is true that the old fashioned x11 terminal is the default and solely interactive terminal on Mac? qt seems even deprecated https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/173946.

PS: I have no Mac, but colleagues who use my programs. But I'm starting to be ashamed to distribute it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 884

Answers (2)

binzo
binzo

Reputation: 1569

It is true that the old fashioned x11 terminal is the default

The default terminal may be vary depending how you install it or how you set GNUTERM environment variable. And you can also change the startup behavior by specifying a terminal in ~/.gnuplot.

As for gnuplot installed via Homebrew

From the link in your question, I will assume that your colleagues are using Homebrew to install gnuplot.

Homebrew, since version 2.0, no longer provides the installation options (like --with-x11 or --with-qt ) in the formulae included in homebrew-core. To be precise, see this.

Homebrew does not have any formulae with options in Homebrew/homebrew-core.

Currently, if you install gnuplot from Homebrew, only qt terminal can be used as an interactive terminal, while x11 and wxt terminals are disabled. There is no option to enable these with the brew command.

If you prepare your own Homebrew Formulae, it's a different story...

Upvotes: 1

Ethan
Ethan

Reputation: 15118

Gnuplot interactive terminals that can be used on MacOS

  • qt (IMHO the favored option)
  • wxt (equally capable)
  • x11 (as you say, kind of outdated)
  • aqua (connects to Mac-specific AquaTerm app)

Any or all of these can be configured in at the time gnuplot is built. Each depends on prior installation of the corresponding support libraries or, in the case of AquaTerm, a separate app. Aqua is the most "Mac-like", but provides display only (i.e. no mousing operations).

Upvotes: 2

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