ginput with Octave 3.2 is SLOOOOOOWWWW on Windows

[Matthias Brennwald]

Dear all

The ginput() function is very slow on my Windows XP machines. On Mac OS X or 
Linux, ginput(1) returns immediately after clicking on a plot. On Windows, 
however, it takes several seconds to return after a click (Octave 3.2 with 
gnuplot, using the "stock" ginput, not the one from the plot package available 
at Octave-Forge). This makes using ginput() impractical, especially in 
situations where several clicks are required. I suspect the slowness has to do 
with the Octave/gnuplot interaction and it somehow reminds me of this thread: 
http://old.nabble.com/Plotting-with-3.2.0-on-Windows-is-SLOOOOOOWWWW-td24703690.html
 .

Is there a fix or workaround to the ginput slowness?

Matthias

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