Re: problem with printing graphics to file Octave 3.6.4, manual install, windows

[Abbott, Ben]

On May 22, 2013, at 10:34 AM, ossands wrote:

> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Abbott, Ben-2 [via Octave] <[hidden email]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On May 22, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Obed Sands wrote: 
>> 
>> > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Ben Abbott <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> >> On May 19, 2013, at 04:07 PM, Obed Sands <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> >> 
>> >>> I did the manual install for windows, as described sourceforge/ Octave 
>> >>> Forge (c.f. 
>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20Windows%20binaries/)
>> >>>  
>> >>> 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Things seem to be working o.k. and Gnuplot seems to be in place as 
>> >>> 
>> >>> octave:1>plot(rand(40,3)) 
>> >>> 
>> >>> produces a good result but 
>> >>> 
>> >>> octave:2>print -djpg 'lkj.jpg' 
>> >>> 
>> >>> gives an error: 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Error: /undefined in nan 
>> >>> Operand stack: 
>> >>>    --nostringval-- 
>> >>> Execution Stack: 
>> >>>    %interp_exit   .runexec2 --nostringval--   --nostringval--   
>> >>> --nostringval--  2   %stopped_push  --nostringval--  --nostringval-- 
>> >>> --nostringval--    false   1   %stopped_push   1932  1 3  %oparray_pop   
>> >>> 1931  1   3  %opparay_pop   --nostringval--  1915   1  3   %opparay_pop  
>> >>>  1803  1  3  --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2  
>> >>> --nostringval--   --nostringval--  --nostringval--  2  %stopped_push  
>> >>> --nostringval-- 
>> >>> Dictionary stack: 
>> >>>     --dict:1179/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:82/200(L)--   
>> >>> --dict:40/64(L)-- 
>> >>> Current allocation mode is local 
>> >>> Last OS error: No such file or directory 
>> >>> GPL  Ghostscript  9.07:  Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 
>> >>> octave:3> 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Any ideas will be appreciated, 
>> >>> 
>> >>> Scott Sands 
>> >>   
>> >> That ghostscript is being called indicates that Octave thinks it has 
>> >> produced an eps-file.  Please verify that eps output is working for you. 
>> >> 
>> >>     print -depsc test.eps 
>> >> 
>> >> If that works, please tell us what Octave returns with the debug flag. 
>> >> 
>> >>     print -djpg -debug test.jpg 
>> >> 
>> >> Ben 
>> >
>> >   Hello Ben, 
>> > 
>> > specifying epsc as the target file type gives the same message. 
>> > 
>> > eps output must not be working. 
>> > 
>> > oss
>> 
>> What does Octave return when you add the "-debug" flag? 
>> 
>> Please copy-n-paste what you typed and what Octave returned. 
>> 
>> Ben 
> 
> Here's a diary of the plot/print commands with the debug flag enabled
> octave:6> plot(rand(40,3))
> octave:7> print -depsc -debug lkj.eps
> epstool command: 'C:\Octave\Octave3.6.4_gcc4.6.2\gs\bin/gswin32c.exe -dQUIET 
> -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=epswrite -sOutputFile="lkj.eps" -'
> fltk-pipeline: 'C:\Octave\Octave3.6.4_gcc4.6.2\gs\bin/gswin32c.exe -dQUIET 
> -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dSAFER -sDEVICE=epswrite -sOutputFile="lkj.eps" -'
> 
> he other error messages follow as before (i.e. Error: /undefined in nan
> Operand stack:...). These messages do not, however, show up in the diary 
> file. Additionally, I can't seem to ^C/^V them into a window. I've had to 
> transcribe them by hand in the past posting. They are, pretty-much as I 
> reported and I'd guess that the differences have to do with my transcription 
> skills. I can get a little more anal with the transcription of these messages 
> if you think that would help. 
> 
> The gswin32c executable is there, as promised. Same result with 
> graphics_toolkit('gnuplot') and graphics_toolkit('fltk')
> 
> oss

Please don't top-post.  Bottom posting makes it easier to follow the 
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> Because it is difficult to read.
>> Why is top posting discouraged?
>>> Top posting is discouraged.

> Bottom posting is proper etiquette here
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Ok, back to your problem.

Please try the print command with the gnuplot toolkit.

        close all
        graphics_toolkit gnuplot
        plot (rand (3))
        plot -depsc -debug test.eps

If there is an error (there should not be one since Octave does not use epstool 
or ghostscript in this case) copy-n-paste the entire result from Octave.

Ben