Re: Octave 2.9.10 on my Mac

[Matthias Brennwald]

Ok, I moved my previous gettext out of the way, downloaded the most  
recent version from the GNU server, installed that, and the problem  
is solved.

Thanks,
Matthias

On 06.04.2007, at 16:02, Thomas Treichl wrote:

> 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




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