Re: Mac - problem with plotting

[Andrew Gibb]

Ben Abbott wrote:
> The problem is that the default configuration of Homebrew's gnuplot
> doesn't support any terminals for displaying the plots. To add support
> for x11, ...
>
> brew uninstall gnuplot;
> brew install gnuplot --with-x
>
> I don't know if Homebrew supports qt or not. You might experiment with
> that ... or ask the Homebrew help list.
>
> Homebrew definitely doens't provide Aquaterm. But if you are up to a
> bit of hacking, you'll first need to download and install Aquaterm
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/aquaterm/
>
> And then setup the Homebrew build of gnuplot to link to the Aquaterm
> libs. If you need help with that, please inquire on the Homebew and/or
> gnuplot help lists.
>
> Beware of multiple installs of Aquaterm and/or gnuplot. You'll save
> yourself a lot of head-aches if you only have one of each installed on
> your computer.
>
> Ben

Ben,

That appears to have worked. I reinstalled gnuplot as you described, and 
set GNUTERM to X11. Now I can plot.

Consider your warning about multiple installs heeded.

Thanks very much for your time.

Andy