Re: Octave/OS X Aquaterm problems (bugs or me?)

[Joe Koski]

on 1/6/04 3:59 PM, Henry F. Mollet at address@hidden wrote:

> This didn't quite work for me but I'm making progress.  I was testing an
> Octave *script* which originally had 9 plots using "set aqua term x" 9
> times. Using set multiplot, I tried to get the first 4 plots into one window
> (using 4 different origins), the next 4 in the second window, which left #9
> for the third window.
> 
> I found that using set term aqua required multiplot to be turned off and
> back on between the "set term aqua (x)" statements or I got a warning and no
> results. (gnuplot> set term aqua 2 line 0: You can't change the terminal in
> multiplot mode)
> 
> 2) When using figure (x) instead, I got no warning but plots 5-8 appeared on
> top of plots 1-4 in the first window. As above, I had to turn off and back
> on mulitplot between the figure (x) statements to get what I wanted.
> Henry
> 
Henry, I concur that things aren't yet 100 per cent with figure.m and "set
term aqua" on Mac OS X. I also had to do much fiddling and insertion of clg
and pause at various points in my script to get what I wanted. Also, I could
never get more than two plot windows open at a given time. The Octave manual
has only a short description of figure. The gnuplot manual looks like it was
glued together in the 80s, and it reads like a treatise on ancient graphics
systems (DEC Regis, Tektronix 401x, etc.) and operating systems(Vax VMS,
Amiga, etc.). Just one of the challenges with use of free software, I guess.
I'm just happy things work as well as they do.

Incidentally, I was pleased to find that "set term aifm color" gives me
files that open in Adobe Illustrator 10 without problems, although saving
from Aquaterm into EPS format or PDF also works well with Illustrator or
other programs.

Joe Koski 

> 
> 
> 
> on 1/5/04 3:31 PM, Joe Koski at address@hidden wrote:
> 
>> When you are doing multiple plots with "set terminal aqua" in one plot
>> window, say figure(1), and the page fills up with plots, you can call
>> figure(2) to start a new plot window without closing the old window. At
>> least that's what it did for me. figure.m worked for me in X11, but did not
>> work with Aquaterm.
>> 
>> If the figure.m is not complaining about needing X11, it is probably OK for
>> Aquaterm, and works as stated in the Octave manual.
>> 
>> Joe Koski
>> 
>> on 1/5/04 3:25 PM, Henry F. Mollet at address@hidden wrote:
>> 
>>> After making appropriate changes, figure.m now works works on my Mac:
>>> 
>>> octave:4> figure(1)
>>> ans = 1
>>> 
>>> But what have I achieved with this. What I can I now do that I could not do
>>> before?
>>> Henry
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> on 1/5/04 12:43 PM, Joe Koski at address@hidden wrote:
>>> 
>>>> OK, I received the forwarded message below with the patch for my OS
>>>> X/Aquaterm problem with figure.m. However, instead of the block of figure.m
>>>> (from the octave-forge MACOSX directory) that Jean-Francois recommended in
>>>> his message, I replaced this block:
>>>> 
>>>>     if (! isempty (gnuterm=getenv ("GNUTERM")))
>>>>       oneplot ();
>>>>       figure_list = union (figure_list, f);
>>>>       eval (sprintf ("gset term %s %d\n",gnuterm, f));
>>>>     elseif (! isempty (getenv ("DISPLAY")))
>>>>       oneplot ();
>>>>       figure_list = union (figure_list, f);
>>>>       eval (sprintf ("gset term x11 %d\n", f));
>>>>     else
>>>>       error ("figure: requires X11 and valid DISPLAY");
>>>>     endif
>>>> 
>>>> with his recommended patch:
>>>> 
>>>>       oneplot ();
>>>>       figure_list = union (figure_list, f);
>>>>       eval (sprintf ("gset term aqua %d\n", f));
>>>> 
>>>> and everything seems to be working well. Thanks, Jean-Francois.
>>>> 
>>>> Joe Koski
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ------ Forwarded Message
>>>> From: Jean-Francois Cardoso <address@hidden>
>>>> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:03:30 +0100
>>>> To: address@hidden
>>>> Subject: figure in octave
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hello Joe,
>>>> 
>>>>> As a relatively new Octave user, I having some problems with the Mac
>>>>> OS X/Aquaterm graphics interface, and I've not had enough experience
>>>>> to determine if the problems are me, or the Aquaterm interface
>>>>> itself.
>>>> 
>>>> =======================================================================
>>>> 
>>>> To fix your problem, find the file figure.m in octave, change the block
>>>> 
>>>>     if (! isempty (getenv ("DISPLAY")))
>>>>       oneplot ();
>>>>       figure_list = union (figure_list, f);
>>>>       eval (sprintf ("gset term x11 %d\n", f));
>>>>     else
>>>>       error ("figure: requires X11 and valid DISPLAY");
>>>>     endif
>>>> to 
>>>> 
>>>>       oneplot ();
>>>>       figure_list = union (figure_list, f);
>>>>       eval (sprintf ("gset term aqua %d\n", f));
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> and save the result as figure.m somewhere on your path where it will
>>>> be found before the original figure.m.
>>>> 
>>>> =======================================================================
>>>> 
>>>> Could you also please post this response to the octave-help list (I am
>>>> not subscribed myself)?  Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers, JF
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ------ End of Forwarded Message
>>>> 
>>>> 
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