Re: Help: Pipe Broken

[pmgagey]

        Nice, Tatsuro... the pipe broken works again!

        As you asked me, I summarize the all story for other users of the list.

Thanks a lot.


> Dear Dr. Pierre-Marie GAGEY
>
> First, please cc or to your mail to  address@hidden
> The logs are helpful for other users.
> This is the one of the purpose of the ML.
>
> By the way, because my expalnation inadequate your description is not right.
> You have to also write the file name of gnuplot.
>
>            :
>            :
>            :
> ## This appears here instead of in the pkg/PKG_ADD file so that --norc
> ## will also skip automatic loading of packages.
>
> pkg ("load", "auto");
>
> gnuplot_binary('/usr/local/gnuplot4.3/bin/gnuplot -geometry 600x400+600+400');
>
> Please write 'gnuplot'.
>
> Tatsuro
>
> > 2007/11/11, address@hidden <address@hidden>:
> > Dear Mr Matsuoka,
> >
> >        Thanks for your help.
> >        But I am not sure I put the instruction
> > "gnuplot_binary('~/posturologie/GNUOctave/');" at the right place in
> > the file octaverc, but in fact till now that does not work, I receive
> > the same error message.
> >
> >        What's wrong?
> >
> > Here is the copy of the NEW file octaverc:
> >
> > ## 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.
> >
> > ## Configure readline using the file inputrc in the Octave startup
> > ## directory.
> >
> > read_readline_init_file (sprintf ("%s%s%s",
> >                                  octave_config_info ("startupfiledir"),
> >                                  filesep, "inputrc"));
> >
> > gnuplot_binary('~/posturologie/GNUOctave/');
> >
> > if (strcmp (PAGER (), "less") && isempty (getenv ("LESS")))
> >   PAGER_FLAGS ('-e -X -P"-- less ?pB(%pB\\%):--. (f)orward, (b)ack, 
> > (q)uit$"');
> > endif
> >
> > ## This appears here instead of in the pkg/PKG_ADD file so that --norc
> > ## will also skip automatic loading of packages.
> >
> > pkg ("load", "auto");
> >
> > PMG
> >
> >
> > > Dear Dr. Pierre-Marie GAGEY
> > >
> > > Sometimes the pipe-link beween the octave and the gnuplot breaks. 
> > > The reasons for my case, the
> > > configure cannot find gnuplot correctly.  For your case, I do not 
> > > know the reason but the way to
> > > re-connect missing link is that to set gnuplot_binary.
> > >
> > > Please try that you describe in 
> > > .../share/octave/2.9.xx/m/startup/octaverc or
> > > .../share/octave/site/m/startup/octaverc
> > >
> > > gnuplot_binary(' (abosolute path of gnuplot) ');
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope this will be help for you.
> > > Good luck!
> > >
> > > Tatsuro
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > >         Could you help me, please?
> > > >
> > > > Problem :
> > > > Trying to plot from Octave it says « gnuplot command not found» even
> > > > when set term aqua or x11.
> > > > Though GnuPlot is installed and works on x11
> > > >
> > > > Configuration ;
> > > > Mac 1,6 GHz PPC G5  768 Mo DDR SDRAM Mac OS 10.4,10
> > > > Octave 2.9.16 (Binary)   GnuPlot 4.2.2
> > > >
> > > > Error Message
> > > >
> > > > octave-2.9.16:1> x = -10:0.1:10;
> > > > octave-2.9.16:2> plot (x, sin (x));
> > > > sh: line 1: gnuplot: command not found
> > > > warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lostls
> > > >
> > > > sh: line 1: gnuplot: command not found
> > > > error: compare_versions: version numbers must be a single row
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 74, column 3
> > > > error: called from `compare_versions' in file
> > > > `/Users/pierremariegagey/Posturologie/GNUOctave/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/2.9.16/m/miscellaneous/compare_versions.m'
> > > > error: evaluating static command near line 31, column 5
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 25, column 3
> > > > error: called from `__go_draw_axes__' in file
> > > > `/Users/pierremariegagey/Posturologie/GNUOctave/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/2.9.16/m/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m'
> > > > error: evaluating switch command near line 53, column 4
> > > > error: evaluating for command near line 51, column 2
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 33, column 7
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 26, column 5
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 25, column 3
> > > > error: called from `__go_draw_figure__' in file
> > > > `/Users/pierremariegagey/Posturologie/GNUOctave/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/2.9.16/m/plot/__go_draw_figure__.m'
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 73, column 6
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 70, column 4
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 68, column 2
> > > > error: evaluating for command near line 67, column 7
> > > > error: evaluating if command near line 41, column 5
> > > > error: called from `drawnow' in file
> > > > `/Users/pierremariegagey/Posturologie/GNUOctave/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/2.9.16/m/plot/drawnow.m'
> > > >
> > > > Context
> > > >    I¹m using Octave for the first time. At first I tried to get it
> > > > through Fink but I got plenty of troubles this way, that¹s why I
> > > > downloaded binary Octave 2.9.16, quite simple.
> > > > I guess ( ???) there¹s some problem with  « /sw » where I made a fuss
> > > > with Fink ???
> > > >
> > > > What¹s to be done ?
> > > > Thanks

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