Re: zoom?

[Louis Pecora]

Ben Arthur wrote:
> thanks!  worked like a charm.  the middle mouse button of labelling
> the point with it's (x,y) coordinates is quite handy too.
>
>
>   
> > Create a file called .gnuplot in your default directory with the 
> > following line:
> >
> > set mouse
> >
> > The next time you start up Octave and plot, you should be able to zoom 
> > in by selecting an area with the right-mouse button.  You can zoom back 
> > out by pressing 'u'.  Not quite as pretty as Matlab but it works.  You 
> > can also rotate 3d plots with the mouse after adding this line.
> >     

This looks like a nice feature, but (dumb question) how do you find the
default directory?   When I start Octave 'pwd' gives whatever directory
my Terminal was in at the time.

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Lou Pecora

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