ginput equivalent in octave

[John W. Eaton]

On 11-Sep-1997, Andy Adler <address@hidden> wrote:

| I'm looking for a way to achieve the functionality of Matlab's "ginput"
| in octave. ([x,y]=ginput allows you to click on the graph and get the
| locations of the points)
| 
| I've started coding the following hack. But I'd like to check if there
| is an easier way.

[...]

| So, my question is:
| 
| 1) Does this functionality exist in octave, or has someone already
| written it?

Not that I know of.

| 2) If not, does anyone have any suggestions. I'm prepared to work this
| code
|    into something fairly user friendly and then contribute it to the
| octave
|    community.

To do this right, I think that either gnuplot must be modified or
Octave must use something better for graphics.  I have some plans for
the latter, but I have no idea when it might actually happen.

Thanks,

jwe