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Re: Problems plotting on Mac OS X 10.4
From: |
Joe Koski |
Subject: |
Re: Problems plotting on Mac OS X 10.4 |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:04:55 -0600 |
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on 6/12/06 12:44 PM, John W. Eaton at address@hidden wrote:
> On 9-Jun-2006, Norm Hecht wrote:
>
> | Second, when I try to use the print command to send the plot to
> | a pdf, I get this:
> |
> | sh: line 1: kpsexpand: command not found
>
> This happens because of what might be considered a bug in gnuplot.
> See for example
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-12/msg00283.html
>
> | gnuplot> set term pdf;
> | ^
> | line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set
> | terminal' for a list
>
> This means your copy of gnuplot was not compiled with support for the
> pdf terminal type.
>
> jwe
Norm, John,
On a Mac, if you use "-dpsc2" in a print command, you write a .ps file. As
soon as you open the .ps file in the Mac Preview app, it becomes a .pdf
file. An extra step, but it works.
Joe