Re: Plot Failure

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:

> I have gnuplot Version 4.4 patchlevel 3, installed with apt-get
> and octave version 3.4.3, built local, without error.
> on ubuntu 11.10
> 
> # cat .gnuplot
> set terminal 'xterm'
> 
> # cat .octaverc
> putenv("GDFONTPATH","/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu");
> putenv("GNUPLOT_DEFAULT_GDFONT","DejaVuSans.ttf");
> PRINTER='PhotoSmart_C4100';
> orient("landscape");
> 
> The font directory and the font exist.
> # ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
> 
> # octave
> GNU Octave, version 3.4.3
> ...
> octave:1> t=[0:.1:2*pi];
> octave:2> plot(t,sin(t)
> 
> Nothing. - no plot window
> 
> octave:3> x=plot(t,sin(t))
> x = -15.880
> 
> ps ax shows
> 12198  2857 S+   00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/octave
> 12199 12198 S+   00:00:00 gnuplot
> 
> so it looks like octave started gnuplot, but, ???
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
> 
> Tom Dean

Just a guess ... Di you have the environment variable GNUTERM set to something 
other than x11 or wxt ?

Ben