loose ends with plots/gr

[lewisl]

Try:
using Plots
using ElectronDisplay
plot(1:4,11:14) # boring plot

For a moment, the gtk window appears as drawn by gr. Then it is replaced by the electron window. But, not really. The electron window gets the foreground. GTK is still running.

One cannot close the electron window. plots closeall() function no longer works, which means that gr figure is also still hanging around.

Look at the source code quickly. Seemingly, no way to manage the gui window. Guess it hangs around indefinitely.

Golly, gosh. Sigh. Early days.

[davidanthoff]

What platform are you on? I can't replicate this on Windows.

[lewisl]

Tx. Mac: 10.14.3. Interesting: so all should work. I can do a little bit more than the simple case to help diagnose. Let me know what would help. I’m on Julia 1.0.3 and all the packages are updated to latest versions. From: David Anthoff <[email protected]> Reply-To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 8:41 PM To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Cc: Lewis Levin <[email protected]>, Author <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl] loose ends with plots/gr (#16) What platform are you on? I can't replicate this on Windows. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#16 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABGLLW4__9-Jo-lUj1CO_t-W6-Fl6Ch3ks5vRgx-gaJpZM4bTqWp>.

[davidanthoff]

Ah, I can replicate it on Mac!

I think there must be going something wrong on either the Plots.jl or GR.jl side of things here. ElectronDisplay.jl just hooks into the standard display stack of julia. It is not clear to me why Plots/GR would actually open a Gtk window in that case at all. @daschw, @mkborregaard and @jheinen, any idea what is happening here?

[mkborregaard]

I think this is GR side

[lewisl]

Thanks for following up! From: David Anthoff <[email protected]> Reply-To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 11:11 AM To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Cc: Lewis Levin <[email protected]>, Author <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl] loose ends with plots/gr (#16) Ah, I can replicate it on Mac! I think there must be going something wrong on either the Plots.jl or GR.jl side of things here. ElectronDisplay.jl just hooks into the standard display stack of julia. It is not clear to me why Plots/GR would actually open a Gtk window in that case at all. @daschw<https://github.com/daschw>, @mkborregaard<https://github.com/mkborregaard> and @jheinen<https://github.com/jheinen>, any idea what is happening here? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#16 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABGLLYUQ7uCnHtNB99S5iC6PWY0oB459ks5vRthogaJpZM4bTqWp>.

[jheinen]

I have never used ElectronDisplay.jl, neither with Plots nor with GR. Will hopefully find some time to check it ...

[mkborregaard]

I'm guessing @lewisl means gks window not gtk?

[mkborregaard]

If it's about the display stack then that is not GR - Plots handles that here: https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Plots.jl/blob/master/src/init.jl#L22-L29

[jheinen]

I can't reproduce the behaviour. The only problem is this useless GKS window showing up and disappearing immediately. After that, everything works as expected (on my Mac 10.14.4 Beta).

[jheinen]

I'll make further tests when I'm in my office ...

[davidanthoff]

I should add that I only partially reproduce the original case, i.e. the GKS (or was it a GTK, don't remember) window pops up and I think also stays around in the activity bar below? I can interact with the Electron window.

So yes, the only "problem" might be taht this GKS window shows up when it isn't really necessary.

[lewisl]

can you close the electron window programmatically? - Lewis On Feb 27, 2019, at 3:09 PM, David Anthoff <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I should add that I only partially reproduce the original case, i.e. the GKS (or was it a GTK, don't remember) window pops up and I think also stays around in the activity bar below? I can interact with the Electron window. So yes, the only "problem" might be taht this GKS window shows up when it isn't really necessary. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#16 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABGLLTKCpi9BhHJVvEEeDiwOyzRi0CV1ks5vRxAigaJpZM4bTqWp>.

[davidanthoff]

can you close the electron window programmatically?

No, we don't have an API for that right now. PRs welcome :)

[jheinen]

So yes, the only "problem" might be taht this GKS window shows up when it isn't really necessary.

It doesn't happen in plain GR, so we have to look into the Plots logic.

BTW: multi-window support will be available once the qtterm and jsterm are finished.

[mkborregaard]

There used to be an issue with GR windows constantly opening and closing when saving gifs from Plots. I don't think Plots explicitly opens GR windows though.

[lewisl]

Makes sense. Problem with wrappers even when the API is quite nice. From: Josef Heinen <[email protected]> Reply-To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7:16 PM To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Cc: Lewis Levin <[email protected]>, Mention <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl] loose ends with plots/gr (#16) So yes, the only "problem" might be taht this GKS window shows up when it isn't really necessary. It doesn't happen in plain GR, so we have to look into the Plots logic. BTW: multi-window support will be available once the qtterm and jsterm are finished. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#16 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABGLLa4eGHwrwYvqmxF1xEmP4LT6UM8cks5vR0n7gaJpZM4bTqWp>.

[lewisl]

Kind of basic, isn’t it. So, need to look at the next level down at electron itself. I am not a JS developer. How hard to find that Electron API? From: David Anthoff <[email protected]> Reply-To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 4:40 PM To: "queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl" <[email protected]> Cc: Lewis Levin <[email protected]>, Mention <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [queryverse/ElectronDisplay.jl] loose ends with plots/gr (#16) can you close the electron window programmatically? No, we don't have an API for that right now. PRs welcome :) — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#16 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABGLLXaAYn2b1_oNfBP85NJGfAICfdTHks5vRyV6gaJpZM4bTqWp>.