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::pwtk::gp::term_ok

SYNOPSIS

proc ::pwtk::gp::term_ok {term} {

PURPOSE

Check if the terminal $term is OK.

This proc is typically used internally by PWTK.

RETURN VALUE

1 ... if the Gnuplot $term terminal is supported by PWTK and exists in Gnuplot 0 ... otherwise

SOURCE

    variable gp

    if { [auto_execok gnuplot] eq {} } {
        ::pwtk::error "no usable Gnuplot program found" 1
    }

    set term [pwtk2gp $term]

    # gp(supported_terminals) == list of terminals supported by both PWTK and Gnuplot

    ::pwtk::ifempty gp(supported_terminals) {
        set gp(terminals) [concat $gp(file.terminals) $gp(win.terminals) $gp(txt.terminals)]

        # add the empty terminal (i.e. Gnuplot's default terminal) to a
        # list of supported_terminals
        foreach type {"" file. win. txt.} {
            set gp(${type}supported_terminals) {}
        }

        # workaround: it happens that [::gp::gp print GPVAL_TERMINALS] may return an empty string
        for {set i 0} {$i < 10} {incr i} {
            if { [set gpterminals_ [::gp::gp print GPVAL_TERMINALS]] ne {} } {
                break
            }
        }
        foreach t $gpterminals_ {
            foreach type {"" file. win. txt.} {
                if { $t in $gp(${type}terminals) } {
                    lappend gp(${type}supported_terminals) $t
                }
            }
        }
    }

    if { $term in $gp(win.terminals) \
             && $::tcl_platform(platform) eq "unix" && ![info exists ::env(DISPLAY)] } {
        # win-terminal & no DISPLAY 
        return 0
    }
    if { $term in $gp(supported_terminals) } {
        return 1
    } else {
        return 0
    }
}