Re: Can't find x11 terminal on Mac OS. Extremely Desperate.

[Alexander Hansen]

On 7/13/14, 2:08 AM, Rami Mawas wrote:
> I have been stuck with this issue for 1 week now :( and I can't find the
> answer in the FAQ or online. can somebody help PLEASE?
>
> I am running Mac OS Mavericks 10.9.4.
> Installed Octave 3.8.1 via Homebrew which came with gnuplot 4.6
> Have XQuartz 2.7.6 installed.
> I restarted my computer after all was done.
>
> I can't find x11 listed when I run 'set terminal' in 'gnuplot'.
> Of course octave-cli will complain that my terminal is unknown.
>
> octave:1> x=1;
>
> octave:2> plot(x);
>
> gnuplot> set terminal aqua enhanced title "Figure 1" size 560 420  font
> "*,6" dashlength 1
>
>                        ^
>
>           line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set
> terminal' for a list
>
>
> What did I do wrong? How can I debug this situation?
>
> address@hidden:~>*gnuplot
>
> G N U P L O T
>
> Version 4.6 patchlevel 5    last modified February 2014
>
> Build System: Darwin x86_64
>
> Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2014
>
> Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
>
> gnuplot home: http://www.gnuplot.info
>
> faq, bugs, etc:   type "help FAQ"
>
> immediate help:   type "help"  (plot window: hit 'h')
>
>
> Terminal type set to 'unknown'
>
> gnuplot> set terminal
>
>
> Available terminal types:
>
>             canvas  HTML Canvas object
>
>                cgm  Computer Graphics Metafile
>
>            context  ConTeXt with MetaFun (for PDF documents)
>
>              corel  EPS format for CorelDRAW
>
>               dumb  ascii art for anything that prints text
>
>                dxf  dxf-file for AutoCad (default size 120x80)
>
>              eepic  EEPIC -- extended LaTeX picture environment
>
>                emf  Enhanced Metafile format
>
>              emtex  LaTeX picture environment with emTeX specials
>
>           epslatex  LaTeX picture environment using graphicx package
>
>                fig  FIG graphics language for XFIG graphics editor
>
>                gif  GIF images using libgd and TrueType fonts
>
>               gpic  GPIC -- Produce graphs in groff using the gpic
> preprocessor
>
>            hp2623A  HP2623A and maybe others
>
>             hp2648  HP2648 and HP2647
>
>               hpgl  HP7475 and relatives [number of pens] [eject]
>
>             imagen  Imagen laser printer
>
>               jpeg  JPEG images using libgd and TrueType fonts
>
>              latex  LaTeX picture environment
>
>                lua  Lua generic terminal driver
>
>                 mf  Metafont plotting standard
>
>                mif  Frame maker MIF 3.00 format
>
>                 mp  MetaPost plotting standard
>
>               pcl5  HP Designjet 750C, HP Laserjet III/IV, etc. (many
> options)
>
>                png  PNG images using libgd and TrueType fonts
>
>         postscript  PostScript graphics, including EPSF embedded files
> (*.eps)
>
>            pslatex  LaTeX picture environment with PostScript \specials
>
>              pstex  plain TeX with PostScript \specials
>
>           pstricks  LaTeX picture environment with PSTricks macros
>
>                qms  QMS/QUIC Laser printer (also Talaris 1200 and others)
>
>              regis  REGIS graphics language
>
>                svg  W3C Scalable Vector Graphics driver
>
>            tek40xx  Tektronix 4010 and others; most TEK emulators
>
>            tek410x  Tektronix 4106, 4107, 4109 and 420X terminals
>
>            texdraw  LaTeX texdraw environment
>
>               tgif  TGIF X11 [mode] [x,y] [dashed] ["font" [fontsize]]
>
>               tikz  TeX TikZ graphics macros via the lua script driver
>
>           tkcanvas  Tk/Tcl canvas widget [perltk] [interactive]
>
>               tpic  TPIC -- LaTeX picture environment with tpic \specials
>
>            unknown  Unknown terminal type - not a plotting device
>
> Press return for more:
>
>              vttek  VT-like tek40xx terminal emulator
>
>              xterm  Xterm Tektronix 4014 Mode
>
>
>
> Thank you a bunch! I am desperate
>
> --rami

That sounds like something to bring up with Homebrew's support.  There's 
nothing Octave can do to give you a terminal that wasn't included in 
your gnuplot build.

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Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
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