set palette file "-" binary record=64 using 1:2:3:4;

[John B. Thoo]

Hi.  I'm sorry if this is a FAQ.

I just installed Octave 3.2.3 i386 that I got from

<http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/>

on a MacBook Pro 13" Mac OS X 10.6.4.  My problem is graphing:

octave-3.2.3:1> x = 0:0.1:pi;
octave-3.2.3:2> plot (x, sin (x))
octave-3.2.3:3> 
gnuplot> set palette file "-" binary record=64 using 1:2:3:4;
                                                            ^
         line 0: Gray scale not sorted in gradient.


octave-3.2.3:3>

The plot is empty.  I'm plotting in an X11 window and not in AquaTerm.  I can 
plot directly from gnuplot (Version 4.2 patchlevel 5):

Terminal type set to 'x11'
gnuplot> plot sin (x)
gnuplot>

I searched the archives for "binary record=64" and got this

<http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/template/NodeServlet.jtp?tpl=search-page&node=1599824&query=binary+record%3D64>

but I couldn't fish out anything helpful, so I am appealing to you.  TIA.

---John.

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