Re: Cannot draw figures in Mac OS X

[Henri Mollet]

[~] tcsh:11> octave
GNU Octave, version 2.1.46 (powerpc-apple-darwin6.8).
octave:1> gplot rand (100,1) with linespoints
% will by default plot using AquaTerm with window
titel "Figure 0" (default window title).
octave:2> gset term aqua 1
octave:3> gplot rand (100,1) with linespoints
% will give another plot, now with window title
"Figure 1".

When I first started using Octave about 1 year ago, I
was told that AquaTerm was all that I needed (was much
smaller in size and "native" and indeed seems to be
all that I need, and at that time X11 was not readily
available). Then Mac OS X 10.3 comes with X11 and
apparently AquaTerm is no longer included and the
default shell is bash instead of tcsh. I'm close to
saying that if you want to use Octave *and
Octave-forge*, don't use a Mac.
Henry

--- Joe Koski <address@hidden> wrote:
> on 2/18/04 3:21 PM, Vic Norton at address@hidden
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Joe,
> > 
> > I've been using Octave 2.1.50 for a while now. I
> installed it through
> > DarwinPorts. My system is Mac OS X 10.3.2.
> Everything works fine, but
> > I've never tried to graph anything. Nor have I
> ever used X11 in any
> > way.
> > 
> > Your instructions looked so simple. I thought I'd
> try them. I didn't
> > get very far. I opened X11 (and the xterm
> application) and wrote:
> > 
> >   vic$ octave
> >   bash: octave: command not found
> > 
> > OK, X11 doesn't know where octave is. Well, I
> don't have any idea of
> > how to start X11 with octave in its path, so I'll
> just append the
> > appropriate directory on the fly:
> > 
> >   vic$ PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
> >   vic$ export PATH
> >   vic$ octave
> >   GNU Octave, version 2.1.50
> (powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0).
> 
> My octave was installed via fink, and when I type
> "octave" at the xterm or
> terminal.app prompt, I get octave. I don't know how
> darwinports sets things
> up. You probably need to set up an alias in an
> appropriate (on your system)
> resource file (.cshrc, .bashrc, .xinitrc, etc.) to
> make just "octave" work
> anywhere.
> >   ...
> > 
> >   Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
> > 
> >   octave>
> > 
> > So far so good. Now to try your instructions:
> > 
> >   octave> x = rand(1:3);
> >   octave> y = rand(1:3);
> >   octave> plot(x,y);
> >   octave>
> > 
> > Well, that's it. That's my random plot, Joe. You
> are seeing everything.
> 
> You may need to enter
> 
> gset term X11
> 
> to tell gnuplot to open X11 windows. Otherwise I
> don't know what to do.
> Also, try
> 
> gset term aqua
> 
> To see if Aquaterm is installed. It has some
> advantages over X11 (easy save
> to .pdf).
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Joe Koski
> 
> 
> 
> 



-------------------------------------------------------------
Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Octave's home on the web:  http://www.octave.org
How to fund new projects:  http://www.octave.org/funding.html
Subscription information:  http://www.octave.org/archive.html
-------------------------------------------------------------