Re: fltk epslatex print problem

[Ben Abbott]

On May 20, 2012, at 9:41 AM, Grant Stephens wrote:

> Good day.
> 
> I have just got 3.6.1 working on ubuntu through the via the ppa method but I 
> am having trouble with printing(saving) a plot. I need to use the fltk 
> backend but when trying the following code the .tex file does not seem to 
> work.
> 
> graphics_toolkit fltk
> plot(rand(3))
> print -depslatex foo
> 
> This generates two files, the foo.tex and foo-inc.eps, however the foo.tex 
> does not refer to the foo-inc.eps. Using gnuplot the tex file uses the (In 
> gnuplot's case) foo.eps. Is this my system causing the problem? Oh, I need to 
> use fltk for the way it handles the fill plot type.
> 
> On a similar topic, how does one set the default backend to fltk?
> 
> Thanks in advance.


There's a bug report on this problem at the link below.

        https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?36349

The bug report includes a patch which fixes the problem in a arguably ugly way.

Ben