Re: gnuplot_x11 driver with octave.app/gnuplot.app on Mac

[Henry F. Mollet]

Tomas,
You can ignore my earlier question re current drawnow.m. I downloaded
Revision 1.15.2.4 and modified start-up script for Gnuplot.app. Now
everything works as expected and
>    octave-2.9.13:1> plot ([1:10]) # Starts up X11 and plots in Xwindow.
Thanks.
Henry


on 8/11/07 5:08 AM, Thomas Treichl at address@hidden wrote:

> Ok Henry, sorry I misunderstood some things - and I hope I understand it right
> now ;) Thanks for the detailed explanation.
> 
> I've attached the modified startup script for Gnuplot.app, please replace
> 
>    /Applications/GnuPlot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
> 
> with my attached file. Then take an unmodified Octave.app and download the
> current version of drawnow.m from the CVS site
> 
> http://velveeta.che.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/octave/scripts/plot/drawnow.m
> 
> and replace
> 
> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/2.9.13/m/plot/drawnow
> .m
> 
> Then this works for me:
> 
>    bash$ export GNUTERM=x11
>    bash$ octave # I just have Octave.app
>    octave-2.9.13:1> plot ([1:10]) # Starts up X11 and plots in XWindow
> 
> If you don't like the xterm window that opens automatically when X11 is
> started 
> then edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc. Please tell me if this works for you...
> 
>    Thomas
> 
> Henry F. Mollet schrieb:
>> 
>> Thomas,
>> 
>> There would be no problem if I cannot toggle between X11 and AquaTerm as I
>> can always run two different terminal windows to do it.
>> 
>> 'octave-2.1.71/gnuplot-4.0' was installed from source. Was about 2 dozen
>> steps if I include all the dependencies that were needed.
>> 
>> 'octave-2.1.71/gnuplot-4.0' does *not* open the X11 application
>> automatically but that's not a problem because I can open it.
>> 
>> My problem still is case #3 below, namely Octave-2.9.13/Gnuplot-4.2. It does
>> trigger X11 to open but it uses AquaTerm instead of X11 to do the graph.
>> 
>> Below are the 4 cases, first the summaries, then the copy/paste from the Max
>> Terminal window.
>> Henry
>> 
>> 1. Gnuplot 4.2 will open X11 when starting out in a Mac Terminal window.  I
>> can get a graph in the X'Gnuplot' window.
>> 
>> 2. Gnuplot 4.0 will NOT open X11, I have to open it. Then I can get a graph
>> in the X'Gnuplot' window.
>> 
>> 3. Octave-2.9.13/Gnuplot-4.2 will open the X11 application (including an
>> xterm window that I don't need) *but* the graph will appear in AquaTerm. I
>> just cannot get the graph in an X'Gnuplot' window.
>> *This is the problem that I cannot solve*.
>> 
>> 4. Octave-2.1.71/Gnuplot-4.0 does not open an X11 window  and I do have to
>> open the X11 application if I want a graph. The graph will appear in the
>> X'Gnuplot' window.
>> 
>> *******************************************
>> 1. Gnuplot 4.2
>> Last login: Fri Aug 10 15:12:39 on ttyp2
>> Welcome to Darwin!
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 500$ export GNUTERM=x11
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 501$ exec
>> '/Applications/GnuPlot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot'
>> 
>>         G N U P L O T
>>         Version 4.2 patchlevel 0
>>         last modified March 2007
>>         System: Darwin 8.10.0
>> 
>> Terminal type set to 'x11'
>> gnuplot> 
>> ## This will have opened the X11 application with an xterm window with the
>> following prompt:
>> henry-f-mollets-emac:~ hfm$
>> I could use this xterm window but don't need it to do a Gnuplot graph
>> because gnuplot is already open in the Terminal window. Importantly, the X11
>> application has been opened.
>> 
>> gnuplot> plot sin(x)
>> Will now give a graph in an X'Gnuplot' window.
>> **********************************************
>> 2. Gnuplot 4.0
>> Last login: Fri Aug 10 15:21:04 on ttyp1
>> Welcome to Darwin!
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 500$ export GNUTERM=x11
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 501$ gnuplot
>> 
>>         G N U P L O T
>>         Version 4.0 patchlevel 0
>>         last modified Thu Apr 15 14:44:22 CEST 2004
>>         System: Darwin 8.10.0
>> 
>>  Terminal type set to 'x11'
>> gnuplot> plot sin(x)
>> 
>> gnuplot: unable to open display ':0.0'
>> gnuplot: X11 aborted.
>> 
>> ##If I now open the X11 application the graph will appear in an X"Gnuplot"
>> window.
>> *****************************************
>> 3. Octave-2.9.13/Gnuplot-4.2
>> Last login: Fri Aug 10 15:55:52 on ttyp2
>> Welcome to Darwin!
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 500$ export GNUTERM=x11
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 501$ exec
>> '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
>> GNU Octave, version 2.9.13
>> 
>> octave-2.9.13:1>
>> ##X11 has not been opened yet
>> octave-2.9.13:1> plot (1:20)
>> ##This will open the X11 Application (with an xterm window that I don't
>> need) *but* the graph will appear in AquaTerm.
>> octave-2.9.13:2>
>> 
>> ******************************************
>> 4. Octave-2.1.71/Gnuplot-4.0
>> Last login: Fri Aug 10 15:48:32 on ttyp1
>> Welcome to Darwin!
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 500$ export GNUTERM=x11
>> 
>>  [~] -bash-2.05b 501$ octave
>> GNU Octave, version 2.1.71 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.1.0).
>> 
>> octave:1> plot (1:10)
>> octave:2> 
>> gnuplot: unable to open display ':0.0'
>> gnuplot: X11 aborted.
>> # X11 Application has to be opened
>> octave:2> plot (1:10)
>> # graph appears in X'Gnuplot' window.
>> octave:3> 
>> *******************************************
>> 
>> 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # Copyright (C) 2007, Thomas Treichl and Paul Kienzle
> # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> # (at your option) any later version.
> #
> # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> # General Public License for more details.
> #
> # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
> # 02110-1301 USA
> 
> # Checks if Gnuplot is started from a file that is a link or if this
> # file has been taken directly to startup the Gnuplot program.
> LINK=`readlink "${0}"`
> if [ -z "${LINK}" ]; then
>   BASE="${0%/bin/gnuplot}"
> else
>   BASE="${LINK%/bin/gnuplot}"
> fi
> ROOT=`(cd "${BASE}" 2>/dev/null && pwd)`
> # echo LINK: ${LINK}
> # echo BASE: ${BASE}
> # echo ROOT: ${ROOT}
> # exit
> 
> # Setting up various path information variables that are needed to
> # startup the Gnuplot program.
> GNUPLOT_HOME="${ROOT}"
> PATH="${ROOT}/bin:${PATH}"
> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${ROOT}/lib:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
> DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${ROOT}/lib:${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}"
> 
> # Export the variables that have been defined before so that the
> # Gnuplot program gets knowledge about them.
> export GNUPLOT_HOME PATH DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH
> 
> # Set up the path where gnuplot searches for the local .gnuplot file
> # (HOME), gnuplot's help file is installed (GNUHELP) and the gnuplot
> # prologue files are placed (GNUPLOT_PS_DIR)
> if [ -z ${HOME} ]; then
>   export HOME=`~`
> fi
> if [ -z ${GNUHELP} ]; then
>   export GNUHELP="${ROOT}/share/gnuplot/4.2/gnuplot.gih"
> fi
> if [ -z ${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR} ]; then
>   export GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${ROOT}/share/gnuplot/4.2/PostScript"
> fi
> if [ "${GNUTERM}" == "x11" ]; then
>   # Edit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc if you don't like it that an xterm is
>   # opened if X11 is started.
>   open "/Applications/Utilities/X11.app"
>   if [ -z ${DISPLAY} ]; then export DISPLAY=:0.0; fi
>   if [ -z ${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR} ]; then
>     export GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${ROOT}/libexec/gnuplot/4.2"
>   fi
> fi
> 
> # Invoke gnuplot, preserving spaces in all the input arguments.
> "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.2.0" "$@"