Re: octave plot doesn't work on osx

[Henry F. Mollet]

I suspect that you're missing
export 'GNUTERM=aqua' in your .bash_profile. Mine is below but has
additional items in it. You can add this line with the help of any text
editor. I like Smultron best.
Henry

 [~] -bash-2.05b 501$ pwd
/Users/hfm
 [~] -bash-2.05b 504$ ls -a

# gives location of .bash_profile and much more on my eMac running OX X
10.4.11

[~] -bash-2.05b 506$ cat .bash_profile

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/share/doc/vtk-py23/Examples/Modelling/
Tcl:/sw/share/doc/vtk-py23/Examples//:/sw/lib/X11/grace/bin:/Users/hfm:
export PATH

export GNUTERM=aqua
export DISPLAY=:0.0

PS1='\n [\w] \s-\v \!$ '

# Was added by Fink
test -r /sw/bin/init.sh && . /sw/bin/init.sh

# Added March 2006 from MacWorld
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
set -o noclobber
 [~] -bash-2.05b 507$



on 3/18/08 3:30 PM, Adam Katz at address@hidden wrote:

> Hey guys,
> I really liked that you packaged octave 3 into a dmg file, it believe
> in KISS.
> Unfortunately  I cannot plot.
> I read all the threads starting with:
> https://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2008-February/008010.html
> but I am not so technical and didn't come to a resolution.
> I think this is a critical function (plotting), most of the
> calculations I do end with a plot (or at least, plot on the way to
> get insight).
> I am running OSX 10.4.11, octave 3.0.0 and gnuplot 4.2.2 (the one
> that came with octave), and I also got aquaterm. All the software
> came from dmg files, I also have fink and might have ruined things
> with it as well.
> I feel like backing up all my personal stuff and making a fresh
> start... (maybe it is just despair talking)
> I can add that in gnuplot, I tried "plot sin(x)" and nothing happens.
> Please explain as detailed as possible since I don't have a lot of
> experience (yet)
> Thanks,
> Adam
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