Re: Silent plot(x,y)

[Thomas Weber]

Hi Karol, 

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 03:33:53PM -0700, Karol Krizka wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm wondering if it is possible to plot a graph without displaying
> anything to the file. Basically, I'm trying to do an animated graph by
> plotting them step by step (suggested here:
> http://www.nabble.com/Displaying-an-animation---%22movie%22-td4199665.html
> ...
> The problem is that plot command displays the graph to the screen, and
> I think that it might be slowing (I show more than than 1000 frames..)
> down my script. Is there a way to suppress/silent the plot() command?
> 
> I'm using octave 3.0.5 from the Ubuntu Karmic repositories.
> 
> After some googling, I found the following suggestion:
> gset term postscript eps color
> gset output "name.eps"

The gset() commands are obsolete.

> Any suggestions? Am I missing some package?

http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?CategoryFAQ
"How do I create a plot without a window popping up (ie, a plot to a file)?"

        Thomas