Re: gnuplot font messages

[mnwhite]

I have been getting similar messages for all sorts of simple plot commands
when using Octave 3.0.5 with gnuplot 4.3, particularly when I try to save
the figures with print(...).  Any text on a figure, including axes labels,
tick marks, figure title, or figure annotations generate similar warnings
and sometimes crashes.  The terminal warning tends to be of this sort:

error: gnuplot (as of v4.2) only supports 2D filled patches
error: called from `__go_draw_axes__' in file
/opt/local/share/octave/3.0.5/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m near line 538,
column 4

The code for my current project was originally written for Matlab and then
modified slightly so that it runs properly on Octave as well.  Everything
runs fine on Octave 3.0.1 with gnuplot 4.2.1, but is disastrous in the most
recent version.  The release notes describe the recent versions as simple
bug fixes, but it seems it has introduced many more bugs than were fixed
(e.g. the new version completely ignores LineStyle specifications when using
plot(...)).  I have observed this both on a Mac and PC.

Have others experienced such debilitating problems when using the newest
version?  Any assistance you can provide would be most appreciated.


Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> Can someone confirm the following behavior. When I type the following  
> commands into gnuplot
> 
> set terminal x11 enhanced
> set xrange [0.00e+00:1.00e+00];
> set ytics ( "{0}" 0,  "{0.5}" 0.5,  "{1}" 1,  "{1.5}" 1.5,  "{2}" 2)  
> font "Helvetica,14";
> plot 2*x
> 
> I get the messages below.
> 
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> setting font to Helvetica,14
> 
> I haven't seen any complaints from Octave users yet, so I thought I  
> should confirm its not just my installation.
> 
> By the way, if the curly brackets are removed, there are no messages.
> 
> set terminal x11 enhanced
> set xrange [0.00e+00:1.00e+00];
> set ytics ( "0" 0,  "0.5" 0.5,  "1" 1,  "1.5" 1.5,  "2" 2) font  
> "Helvetica,14";
> plot 2*x
> 
> Ethan/Petr, is gnuplot expected to behave this way? If so, can these  
> messages be suppressed without suppressing everything sent to stderr?
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
> 

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