Re: gnuplot under mac osx

[Gavin Jin]

I also prefer fink and  darwinport as they take care of all the details 
for you.

If prefer not to use fink or darwin port, chibaf has some instructions 
about how to make gnuplot
work with octave:

http://homepage.mac.com/chibaf/math/macosx/install/10.3/

On Dec 24, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Michael Martin wrote:

> On Dec 24, 2003, at 12:05 PM, Nicola Varanese wrote:
> > I've installed Apple's X11 (no SDK) and successfully compiled gnuplot 
> > (along with its dependencies: gd, png, jpeg and so on). But, when I 
> > launch it under xterm, it says:
> >
> > Terminal type set to 'unknown'
> >
> > and when I try to plot something, it doesn't output with an error and 
> > simply does not plot anything (even if DISPLAY and TERM variables are 
> > correctly set by Apple's X11)!
>
> 	The problem is not X11, but gnuplot. Gnuplot needs to know what sort 
> of output device you want to plot too. Gnuplot can output to all sorts 
> of devices and file formats and needs to be told  what to use. From 
> the sound of it, your gnuplot configuration file is not set up 
> properly to reflect that you are using X11. To get gnuplot to plot via 
> X11, type "set terminal X11" as soon as you get into gnuplot. This 
> will tell gnuplot to send its output to an X11 window.
>
>
> > Furthermore:
> > Do you think it's better using Fink Octave (even if it makes you 
> > download tons of source, like xfree86 libs)?
>
> 	Yes. It has been my experience that Fink is generally easier to deal 
> with. I used the Fink installation of both Octave and gnuplot with 
> little trouble. As to the "download tons of source, like xfree86 libs" 
> comment, no this is not entirely true. Fink can be told about non-fink 
> installs of things like Tex and X11. I prefer Apple's X11 over xfree86 
> and Gerben Wierda's Tex distribution over fink's. Simply inform fink 
> of the packages you have already installed and it will look for the 
> required items in their standard locations. The beauty of Fink is that 
> in manages the entire set of packages you will need. Now yes, Fink 
> will download the source for packages you do not have already 
> installed, but that to me makes life easier.
>
> 	Also, with the Fink installation of gnuplot, one gets Aqua, which 
> obviates the necessity of having to use X11. While X11 has its 
> advantages, Aqua gives on a very nice Mac OSX app to use with gnuplot. 
> Aqua will save plots to .pdf etc, whereas raw gnuplot & X11 will 
> require you to do it manually. I use both X11 & Aqua and favor Aqua 
> over X11 for gnuplot.
>
>
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