AFAICS plot is working fine for me on Linux. Could it be that you need to update/install more addons? I think the following are what you need to run plot.
┌──────────────────┬──────┬──────┬──────────────────┐ │graphics/afm │1.0.1 │1.0.1 │AFM │ ├──────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────────────────┤ │graphics/bmp │1.0.0 │1.0.0 │bitmap utilities │ ├──────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────────────────┤ │graphics/color │1.0.0 │1.0.0 │Color tables │ ├──────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────────────────┤ │graphics/gl2 │1.0.4 │1.0.4 │gl2 │ ├──────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────────────────┤ │graphics/plot │1.0.5 │1.0.5 │Plot │ ├──────────────────┼──────┼──────┼──────────────────┤ │gui/gtk │1.0.58│1.0.58│GTK API │ └──────────────────┴──────┴──────┴──────────────────┘ JVERSION Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 Library: 7.01.046 Platform: Linux 64 Installer: j701a_linux64.sh InstallPath: /usr/local/lib/j64_701 On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, J. Patrick Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not see that behavior in Linux with viewmat - the plot stays and I > can enter new commands or make new viewmat plots. > BUT ... after running pacman today, which updated various plot packages, > plot now is broken (for me at least). If I try a simple plot I get > > plot a;b > |rank error: l > | glqwh__l y[[l=.locGL2_jgl2_ > > Were any changes made to the distribution that could cause this behavior > under Linux? (plotting with "pd" gives the same error). > > Patrick > > On Tue, 8 Mar 2011, Ric Sherlock wrote: >> >> Can you confirm that you are creating the plot/viewmat from a Gtk IDE >> session? >> If so then I can't confirm that behaviour (on Linux) i.e. the session >> is still available, with an open graphic window. >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I've mentioned this before: when I do a "plot" or "viewmat" in J7, my >>> invoking session waits on the graphic window. In other words, I cannot >>> do >>> anything in my session until I kill the graphic window. This is an >>> important difference from J6 as I usually save the graphic, after it is >>> rendered, with a command in the session. >>> >>> Does anyone else see this behavior? >>> >>> -- >>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>> ^me^ at acm. >>> org is my >>> preferred e-mail >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
