Re: Can't save a plot

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 12, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Jorgen Sandberg wrote:

> From: Doug Stewart
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:03 PM
> To: Jorgen Sandberg
> Cc: Ben Abbott ; Dmitri A. Sergatskov ; Octave Help
> Subject: Re: Can't save a plot
>  
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Jorgen Sandberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Dear Ben,
>>> 
>>> Here you lost me. What should I do? Will I have to modify a file, compile 
>>> it and load it in some folder?
>>> 
>>> Or will you prepare a 3.6.4 package of OCTAVE? (my preferred option)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Jorgen
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ben Abbott
>>> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 2:11 PM
>>> To: Dmitri A. Sergatskov
>>> Cc: Jorgen Sandberg ; Octave Help
>>> 
>>> Subject: Re: Can't save a plot
>>> 
>>> On Nov 11, 2012, at 10:09 PM, Dmitri A. Sergatskov wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Jorgen Sandberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Dear Ben,
>>> 
>>> In my mind the -G option does not work as intended.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think there is a bug in __print_parse_opts__.m
>>> (at least as of version 3.6.3)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> arg_st.ghostscript.binary = file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), arg(3:end));
>>>         if (isempty (arg_st.ghostscript.binary))
>>>           error ("print: Ghostscript binary ""%s"" could not be located",
>>>                  arg(3:end));
>>>         else
>>>           arg_st.ghostscript_binary = __quote_path__ 
>>> (arg_st.ghostscript_binary);
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Should not the  last line be
>>> arg_st.ghostscript_binary = __quote_path__ (arg_st.ghostscript.binary);
>>> 
>>> ?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.  I seem to have a blind spot for "." and "_"
>>> 
>>> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/61d08b092a9d
>>> 
>>> Ben 
>> 
>> You just have to modify the file ------ no compiling needed.
> 
> Dear Doug,
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> in the meantime i have downloaded gswin32 and installed it.
>  
> Now, when I run OCTAVE there is no error message concerning ghostscript, but 
> it says that it can’t find the following:
>  
> epstool
> fig2dev
> pstoedit
>  
> What do I do next?
>  
> I have searched for epstool on the internet and found a version from 2005. 
> Can I use that one?
>  
> Again and again, please prepare a complete package for OCTAVE for Windows 7 
> (64bit) even if it includes copies of already installed software on my PC.
>  
> Regards,
> Jorgen Sandberg

The utilities (epstook, fig2dev, & ps2oedit) aren't needed for most cases.  
With ghostscript installed you should be able to print to ps, psc, eps, epsc, 
pdf, png, jpg, etc.

However, if you are using the "qt" toolkit, then printing doesn't work yet.  
You'll need to change to either the "fltk" or "gnuplot" toolkit.

        close all
        graphics_toolkit fltk
        plot (rand (3))
        print test.png

Ben