Re: Problem with ginput

[Matthias Brennwald]

On Dec 9, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Dec 9, 2009, at 3:17 AM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:
>
> > Dear all
> >
> > I have a problem using the ginput command with Octave 3.2.3 on  
> > Windows
> > XP (I did the same on a Mac running Mac OS X, where everything worked
> > as expeced). Using ginput results in warnings and never returns any
> > result. Here's an example:
> >
> > --------------
> > octave.exe:5:~\Desktop
> > > gnuplot_binary
> > ans = C:\Octave\3.2.3_gcc-4.4.0\bin\gnuplot.exe
> > octave.exe:6:~\Desktop
> > > version
> > ans = 3.2.3
> > octave.exe:7:~\Desktop
> > > which ginput
> > `ginput' is a function from the file C:\Octave\3.2.3_gcc-4.4.0\share
> > \octave\packages\plot-1.0.7\ginput.m
> > octave.exe:8:~\Desktop
> > > plot (rand(1,10))
> > octave.exe:9:~\Desktop
> > > ginput (1)
> > warning: implicit conversion from real matrix to real scalar
> > warning: implicit conversion from real matrix to real scalar
> > warning: implicit conversion from real matrix to real scalar
> > warning: implicit conversion from real matrix to real scalar
> > [THINGS SEEM TO BE STUCK HERE. THE ONLY WAY TO EXIT FROM GINPUT AT
> > THIS POINT SEEMS TO BE CTRL-C.]
> > --------------
> >
> > I don't know what to do to fix this. Is this a but or am I doing
> > something in the wrong way? I'd appreciate any help.
> >
> > Matthias
>
> Matthias, can you tell us what version of gnuplot you're using? You  
> can get that info by type "__gnuplot_version__" at Octave's prompt.
>
> I don't have a windows machine to test this on, but this problem may  
> have been fixed.
>
> The prior discussion is at this link.
>
>         http://old.nabble.com/Ginput-doesn't-work-in-3.2.3-to26470943.html
>
> The changeset is linked to below.
>
>         http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/fea3d4868692
>
> Can someone confirm this change fixed the problem?
>
> Ben

Dear Ben et al:

On my Windoze machine I get:
__gnuplot_version__ = 4.3.0-2009-07-08CVS.Octave-mingw32

On my Mac I get:
__gnuplot_version__ = 4.2.5


Matthias