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Re: Octave does not start gnuplot
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Octave does not start gnuplot |
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Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:29:03 -0500 |
On Nov 25, 2010, at 4:09 AM, Paul Schanda wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have installed Octave and Gnuplot, using MacPorts, on my MacBook Pro.
> The octave is version 3.2.4, gnuplot is Version 4.4 patch level 2.
> Gnuplot's terminal type is set to 'aqua'.
>
> I can start octave without problems and its functions seem to work.
> However, when I try to plot something gnuplot is not started correctly.
> I try the following:
>
> octave:1> a=[1 2 3]
> octave:2> plot(a)
>
>
> These commands start up X11 as well as AquaTerm.
> However, then nothing else happens.
> octave goes back to a promt again:
>
> octave:3>
>
> No gnuplot window pops up, no graph coming... There are no error messages,
> making it hard to know where to start.
>
>
> I found that I have "gnuplot" in a couple of places,
> because it apparently came
> with some other Unix-type programs I am using (such as NMRPipe).
> I am not sure whether this can make problems.
> I have also tried to create an alias in my .cshrc,
> such that I am sure that a command "gnuplot" points to the version
> that I have installted together with octave.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> By the way, I also find that I cannot cleanly exit octave.
> It just gets stuck
> and I have to quit the program with Ctrl-C.
> Could this be related ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
What does the following return?
getenv ("GNUTERM")
A proper result would be "x11" or "aqua".
Ben