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Re: Cygwin & Octave can't plot...
From: |
Stefan van der Walt |
Subject: |
Re: Cygwin & Octave can't plot... |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:21:08 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i |
Hi Lou
The "pipe-gnuplot" command doesn't exist under Cygwin. Changing the
line
> gnuplot_binary = 'pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe';
to
> gnuplot_binary = 'gnuplot';
in your octaverc should help.
Regards
Stefan
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 02:21:33PM -0400, Ciotti, Louis A wrote:
> Ok I installed cygwin on my pc and I can't seem to get octave to
> plot.(Have been using the win32 version of octave prior to doing this,
> and everything worked fine)
>
> I get the following error:
> octave:1> sombrero (41)
> pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe: not found
> warning: broken pipe
> octave:2> pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe: not found
>
> my octaverc file:
>
> ## System-wide startup file for Octave.
> ##
> ## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each
> ## time Octave starts for every user at this site.
> ##############################################################
> ## Please Do Not Change These Settings
> ## They Are Needed For Proper Operation on The Win32 Platform
> gnuplot_binary = 'pipe-gnuplot gnuplot.exe';
> putenv('TMPDIR','C:/Cygwin/tmp');
> # gnuplot_has_multiplot = 1
> ##############################################################
>
> I can run gnuplot from an xterminal window and it works fine, I just
> cannot get Octave and gnuplot to talk to each other.
>
> I did an internet search, could not find an answer, so I hope someone
> here can help.
>
> Lou
>
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