Re: plotting window will not open

[LUK ShunTim]

address@hidden wrote:
> I am using Octave version 2.1.57 and Gnuplot 4.0.0 on a Windows XP 
> Professional computer through means of Cygwin version 1.5.10-3.  When 
> using either Octave or Gnuplot I cannot plot anything, they both 
> indicate that something has been plotted when I tell them to plot but no 
> plot window ever comes up.  Any assistance that anyone could give me 
> would be greatly appreciated.

See if this helps.

Try put a line like

        putenv('TMPDIR','E:/XP/Temp');

in your octave startup file "octaverc", located in
the directory "usr/local/share/octave/2.1.57/m/startup".
Replace 'E:/XP/Temp' with whatever temporary directory that gnuplot can 
write to.

Regards,
ST
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