Re: Print plots without GUI

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:06 AM, hjg10 <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> My apologies if I am repeating questions but tried searching for an answer to
> this with no luck.
>
> Is there a way to print plots while running octave in a non-graphical
> environment (ie connectnig to a computer remotely via ssh)? I know this
> works in Matlab but have not managed to do it in octave.
>

Yes, you can create an invisible figure.
figure (1, "visible", false);
plot (1:10, 1:10);
print myplot.eps

works for me (3.3.50+).

> Also is there a way to add annotation to plots, ie can you  print text
> outside the axes somewhere other than the title or axis lables?
>

Use the "text" primitive.
text (5, 5, "the middlepoint")

hth

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