Re: Cygwin & Octave can't plot...

[Stefan van der Walt]

Hi Lou

The "pipe-gnuplot" command doesn't exist under Cygwin.  Changing the
line

> gnuplot_binary = 'pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe';

to

> gnuplot_binary = 'gnuplot';

in your octaverc should help.

Regards
Stefan

On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 02:21:33PM -0400, Ciotti, Louis A  wrote:
> Ok I installed cygwin on my pc and I can't seem to get octave to
> plot.(Have been using the win32 version of octave prior to doing this,
> and everything worked fine)
> 
> I get the following error:
> octave:1> sombrero (41)
> pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe: not found
> warning: broken pipe
> octave:2> pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe: not found
> 
> my octaverc file:
> 
> ## System-wide startup file for Octave.
> ##
> ## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each
> ## time Octave starts for every user at this site.
> ##############################################################
> ## Please Do Not Change These Settings
> ## They Are Needed For Proper Operation on The Win32 Platform
> gnuplot_binary = 'pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe';
> putenv('TMPDIR','C:/Cygwin/tmp');
> # gnuplot_has_multiplot = 1
> ##############################################################
> 
> I can run gnuplot from an xterminal window and it works fine, I just
> cannot get Octave and gnuplot to talk to each other.
> 
> I did an internet search, could not find an answer, so I hope someone
> here can help.
> 
> Lou
> 



-------------------------------------------------------------
Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Octave's home on the web:  http://www.octave.org
How to fund new projects:  http://www.octave.org/funding.html
Subscription information:  http://www.octave.org/archive.html
-------------------------------------------------------------