Dear Maurice,
> If I understand correctly, "plot 1 2 3" will > 1. generate j902-user/temp/plot.pdf (default output type) and then > 2. launch xdg-open (yes, a sh file) to display it. > > Does your xdg-open utility work in your linux environment with pdf? thank you! This was what I needed to know. The linux is actually at a frontend to a computational grid, and no xdg-open is present there. (I made a link to a something that can open a pdf, and it worked.) Best regards, Ruda ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm