> Newbie here again -- slightly better informed, since I've searched the > Trac items, and now found the "General FAQ" section of the Readme.html > that comes with Octave.app. However, I still can't get plotting to > work. Here's a quick recap of what I've tried: > > 1. Naively launched Octave.app right after installing it, tried to plot, > and it failed with basically "no gnuplot". > > 2. Installed gnuplot (after searching THEIR Trac system to learn why a > simple configure/make dance doesn't work on 10.4). Relaunched > Octave.app, tried to plot, got this: > > octave-3.2.3:4> plot(x,t) > > gnuplot> set terminal aqua enhanced title "Figure 1" size 560 420 > ^ > line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set > terminal' for a list > > line 0: No terminal defined > > octave-3.2.3:5> > gnuplot> plot "-" binary format='%float64' record=3 using ($1):($2) axes > x1y1 title "" with lines linestyle 1 ; > ^ > line 0: use 'set term' to set terminal type first > > 3. Found the pointer to the General FAQ, which claims (incorrectly, in > my case) that if the "gnuplot" command works then it should work with > Octave. So I deleted my installation of gnuplot, and then followed > suggestion a, to install Gnuplot.app right next to Octave.app. > Restarted octave, and tried: > > octave-3.2.3:1> x = [-pi:0.1:pi]; > octave-3.2.3:2> plot (x, sin (x)) > octave-3.2.3:3> > > ...which generates no error, but no plot either. (Incidentally, if I > double-click Gnuplot.app myself, and enter "plot sin(x)/x" into the > terminal window that appears, it also does nothing there.) > > 4. Went back to the Requirements section of the Readme.html, which claims: > > Since Octave.app version 3.2.0 there i sno need to install Gnuplot > anymore because Octave.app comes with its first own graphical backend > cf. General FAQ about 'How can I switch between different graphical > backends?'). > > But there is no such question in the General FAQ, and I'm still clueless > as to how to switch between different graphical backends. > > I'd really like to make a plot with Octave! Can anyone give me a clue? > > Thanks, > - Joe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the > world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference > attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through > interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Octave-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
Try installing AquaTerm: http://sourceforge.net/projects/aquaterm/ hth Lukas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
