I guess fork_jtask_ is used in windows.

I would prefer png to pdf output because pdf veiwers requie
x-window running while png can be viewed under framebuffer.

Вс, 31 авг 2014, Scott Locklin написал(а):
> Thanks for the quick reply, Bill.
> 
> I remember how to do it now. If you load the plot methods via require'plot'
> from emacs, and you're set up to use the pdf viewer, you have to change the
> following part of stdlb.ijs to  include the extra ' &' to fork the PDF
> viewer. (aka change the "2!:1 cmd" line to "2!:1 cmd, ' &'")
> 
>    cmd=. PDFReader,' ',dquote cmd
>     try.
>       2!:1 cmd, ' &'
>     catch.
>       msg=. 'Could not run the PDFReader with the command:',LF2
> 
> Anyway, maybe this will help somebody else in the future. It is a lot more
> convenient being able to plot without your fingers leaving the keyboard in
> emacs (which is one of the main reasons I like to use emacs).
> 
> For the record, there is another pdf viewer thing in
> graphics/plot/jzplot.ijs which looks like it forks, but that code is never
> reached when I use plotting from jconsole/emacs.
> 
> The relevant line there is
>    fork_jtask_ (dquote PDFReader_j_),' ', (dquote file)
> 
> -SL
> 
> Bill Lam wrote:
> 
> >I know almost nothing about emacs. for J7 Jconsole , there is a
> >cairo output which generates png image.  at ~temp/plot.png IIRC.
> 
> On 08/31/2014 07:42 PM, Scott Locklin wrote:
> >I know some of you are emacs types like me. I recall being able to call up
> >multiple plots in emacs using jconsole/J7.x/emacs, but I can't for the
> >life of me remember the configuration magic for achieving this.
> >
> >The symptom, just to be clear, is you need to kill the plot window to
> >return to the J session.
> >
> >It seems that you should be able to fork the pdf viewer somehow, at the
> >very least (sticking a '&' after the shell out if you're working in
> >something unix-like as I am).
> >
> >-SL
> 
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