Using jconsole for 99+% of my j activity, and Mac OS X as workstation (mostly
with j on a networked Linux server) I prefer PDF to be the default. Strongly.
- joey iPh
On Dec 19, 2011, at 6:55 AM, David Mitchell <davidmitch...@att.net> wrote:
> I have mixed feelings about the default.
>
> A default output of gtk seems best for general interactive use and visual
> fidelity with the old plot behavior.
>
> Some jconsole users seem to be using jconsole for its streamlined interface
> and
> character based interaction. I would think that a default output of png fits
> better with that usage.
>
> png has the added advantage of providing a reasonable, if indirect, path to
> printing the plot results.
>
> pdf seems best reserved as a non-default option.
>
> On 12/19/2011 9:36, bill lam wrote:
>> I might know why it worked for me but failed for you. Since I tested
>> jconsole
>> on a debian console without X11, it always choose cario/png output. But for
>> windows or linux with x11 (Ric's case), it elect gtk output, the problem is
>> that those required and coinsert have been left out.
>>
>> It also worked in JHS because gtk will never run under that environment.
>> Before fix the bug, I must ask what should be the default plot output for
>> jconsole - gtk, pdf or png?
>>
>> Пнд, 19 Дек 2011, David Mitchell писал(а):
>>> I got the same failure on Win7_64 with plot in jconsole on J701 with
>>> current addons.
>>>
>>> I was able to get it to work with this workaround:
>>>
>>> load'plot'
>>> load '~addons/graphics/gl2/gl2.ijs'
>>> dbg 1
>>> plot 20?20
>>> |value error: glsel
>>> | glsel PIdLoc
>>> |gtk_paint[0]
>>>
>>> coinsert 'jgl2'
>>> dbrun''
>>>
>>> (jconsole.exe:5224): Pango-WARNING **: couldn't load font ""Arial"
>>> Not-Rotated 9
>>> ", falling back to "Sans Not-Rotated 9", expect ugly output.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/19/2011 1:47, bill lam wrote:
>>>> That is strange. I tested just plot under linux jconsole before replying
>>>> your email. It looks like it choose gtk ouput but gl2 has not been loaded.
>>>> You may try load gl2 manually.
>>>>
>>>> Can you email me your jzplot.ijs file by private mail?
>>>>
>>>> Пнд, 19 Дек 2011, Ric Tikkanz писал(а):
>>>>> AFAICS my system has the latest plot (1.0.25) and a bunch of other
>>>>> things I thought may be related (I appended the jpkg results to my
>>>>> initial post to try and signal that).
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM, bill lam<bbill....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I think your plot is out-dated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The defaut output for jconsole has also been changed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Пнд, 19 Дек 2011, Ric Tikkanz писал(а):
>>>>>>> Currently I get an error if I try to plot from jconsole (Windows or
>>>>>>> Linux).
>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure (at least under Linux) that I used to get a gtk window.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> load 'plot'
>>>>>>> plot 10?10
>>>>>>> |value error: glcanvas_jgl2_
>>>>>>> | PIdLoc=: glcanvas_jgl2_ PForm;PId;(Cw,Ch);coname''
>>>>>>> 'output pdf' plot 10?10
>>>>>>> |value error: PIdLoc
>>>>>>> | _2{.getGtkWidgetAllocation_jgtk_ canvas__PIdLoc
>>>>>>> 'output pdf' plot 10?10
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> load 'pacman'
>>>>>>> 'search' jpkgv 'graphics base library gui'
>>>>>>> +----------------+------+------+-------------------------------+
>>>>>>> |base library |7.1.52|7.1.52|base library scripts |
>>>>>>> |graphics/afm |1.0.2 |1.0.2 |AFM |
>>>>>>> |graphics/bmp |1.0.1 |1.0.1 |bitmap utilities |
>>>>>>> |graphics/color |1.0.1 |1.0.1 |Color tables |
>>>>>>> |graphics/gl2 |1.0.14|1.0.14|gl2 |
>>>>>>> |graphics/graph |1.0.3 |1.0.3 |Graph |
>>>>>>> |graphics/jturtle|1.0.1 |1.0.1 |Turtle graphics |
>>>>>>> |graphics/opengl |1.0.11|1.0.11|OpenGL graphics |
>>>>>>> |graphics/plot |1.0.25|1.0.25|Plot |
>>>>>>> |graphics/viewmat|1.0.2 |1.0.2 |Displays a viewmat |
>>>>>>> |gui/gtk |1.0.77|1.0.77|GTK API |
>>>>>>> |gui/jgtkgrid |1.0.7 |1.0.7 |Grid implementation for J7/JGTK|
>>>>>>> +----------------+------+------+-------------------------------+
>>>>>>> JVERSION
>>>>>>> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25
>>>>>>> Library: 7.01.052
>>>>>>> Platform: Win 32
>>>>>>> Installer: j701a_win.exe
>>>>>>> InstallPath: c:/program files/j701
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