Re: Octave 2.9.10 on my Mac

[Thomas Treichl]

Hi Matthias,

I can't see this Problem on my IA32 Mac. I think you don't have the newest 
gettext library installed (or -because I already know that you do install Fink 
packages sometimes- have an older gettext that is installed on your computer - 
read the ./configure log of Octave carefully for which version is found). If you 
are not successful please contact again.

See my output

  octave:1> help legend
   -- Function File:  legend (ST1, ST2, ...)
   -- Function File:  legend (ST1, ST2, ..., POS)
   -- Function File:  legend (MATSTR)
   -- Function File:  legend (MATSTR, POS)
   -- Function File:  legend (CELL)
   -- Function File:  legend (CELL, POS)
   -- Function File:  legend ('FUNC')
       Legend puts a legend on the current plot using the specified
       strings as labels. Use independant strings (ST1, ST2, ...), a
       matrix of strings (MATSTR), or a cell array of strings (CELL) to
       <snip>

So long,
Thomas

Matthias Brennwald schrieb:
> Dear all,
>
> first of all I'd like to say a BIG THANK YOU for the latest Octave. I  
> love the Matlab-like plotting stuff!
>
> I've built 2.9.10 on my Mac (a PowerBook G4 / PPC) following the  
> instructions from http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForMac (more  
> or less). One problem I've encountered is that the help function does  
> not work well. For example:
>
> octave:9> help legend
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib
>    Referenced from: /usr/local//bin/makeinfo
>    Reason: image not found
> warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally
> warning: help: raw Texinfo source of help text follows...
> warning: help:
>
> -*- texinfo -*-
> @deftypefn {Function File} {} legend (@var{st1}, @var{st2}, @dots{})
> @deftypefnx {Function File} {} legend (@var{st1}, @var{st2}, @dots{},  
> @var{pos})
> @deftypefnx {Function File} {} legend (@var{matstr})
> ....
>
> What's that missing library stuff? How can I fix that?
>
> Matthias