--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 2007-03-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
+	* plot/newplot.m: Call __request_drawnow__ after initializing axes.
+	* plot/text.m: Call __request_drawnow__ after creating text objects.
+
+	* plot/clf.m: Don't call drawnow.
+
+2007-03-20  Daniel J Sebald  <daniel.sebald@ieee.org>.
+
 	* plot/drawnow.m: Make __go_close_all_registered__ persistent
-	instead of global.  From Daniel J Sebald <daniel.sebald@ieee.org>.
+	instead of global.  Only register __go_close_all__ with atexit if
+	the plot stream is successfully opened.
 
 2007-03-15  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 

--- a/scripts/plot/clf.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/clf.m
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     for k = get (cf, "children")
       delete (k);
     endfor
-    drawnow ();
   else
     print_usage ();
   endif

--- a/scripts/plot/drawnow.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/drawnow.m
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
         cmd = sprintf ("%s -title \"Figure %d\"", cmd, h);
       endif
       plot_stream = popen (cmd, "w");
-      if (isempty (__go_close_all_registered__))
-	atexit ("__go_close_all__");
-	__go_close_all_registered__ = true;
-      endif
       if (plot_stream < 0)
 	error ("drawnow: failed to open connection to gnuplot");
       else
@@ -57,6 +53,10 @@
 	if (isunix () && isempty (getenv ("DISPLAY")))
 	  fprintf (plot_stream, "set terminal dumb\n;");
 	endif
+	if (isempty (__go_close_all_registered__))
+	  atexit ("__go_close_all__");
+	  __go_close_all_registered__ = true;
+	endif
       endif
     endif
 

--- a/scripts/plot/newplot.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/newplot.m
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
       case "replacechildren"
       case "replace"
 	__go_axes_init__ (ca, "replace");
+	__request_drawnow__ ();
       otherwise
 	error ("newplot: unrecognized nextplot property for current axes");
     endswitch

--- a/scripts/plot/text.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/text.m
@@ -78,12 +78,14 @@
 				"position", pos(i,:),
 				varargin{:});
 	endfor
+	__request_drawnow__ ();
       elseif (n == nx)
 	for i = 1:nx
 	  tmp(i) = __go_text__ (ca, "string", label{i},
 				"position", pos(i,:),
 				varargin{:});
 	endfor
+	__request_drawnow__ ();
       else
 	error ("text: dimension mismatch for coordinates and label");
       endif

--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-03-20  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* sysdep.cc (Fpause): Call drawnow.
+
 2007-03-15  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* variables.cc (F__lock_global__): Delete.

--- a/src/sysdep.cc
+++ b/src/sysdep.cc
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 #include "oct-obj.h"
 #include "ov.h"
 #include "pager.h"
+#include "parse.h"
 #include "sighandlers.h"
 #include "sysdep.h"
 #include "toplev.h"
@@ -648,15 +649,20 @@
 
       if (! error_state)
 	{
-	  if (xisnan (dval))
-	    warning ("pause: NaN is an invalid delay");
-	  else if (xisinf (dval))
+	  if (! xisnan (dval))
 	    {
-	      flush_octave_stdout ();
-	      octave_kbhit ();
+	      feval ("drawnow");
+
+	      if (xisinf (dval))
+		{
+		  flush_octave_stdout ();
+		  octave_kbhit ();
+		}
+	      else
+		octave_sleep (dval);
 	    }
 	  else
-	    octave_sleep (dval);
+	    warning ("pause: NaN is an invalid delay");
 	}
     }
   else