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

[Henry F. Mollet]

Joe and Per,
It is still not clear to me how figure(n) is different from set term aqua
(n). Well, I DID see a difference when running my script which produces 3
plot windows, namely ans = 1, ans = 2, and ans =3 (see below) when using
figure (n) instead of term aqua (n). However, as outlined before I had turn
off and back on mulitplot between each window. Can these "ans" be used as
handles for something useful. I understand that I could use f1 = figure(1)
etc and then the output would produce f1 = 1 etc.
Henry

octave:3> MyFunctionxdotp161
Using file MyFunctionxdotp161.m
x0 =
  4.0000
  1.1000
  4.0000
ans = 1
ans = 2
ans = 3
elapsed_time = 8.2461
cpu_time = 6.9900


on 1/6/04 4:39 PM, Joe Koski at address@hidden wrote:

> 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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