Re: Problems plotting on Mac OS X 10.4

[Joe Koski]

on 6/12/06 12:44 PM, John W. Eaton at address@hidden wrote:

> On  9-Jun-2006, Norm Hecht wrote:
> 
> | Second, when I try to use the print command to send the plot to
> | a pdf, I get this:
> | 
> | sh: line 1: kpsexpand: command not found
> 
> This happens because of what might be considered a bug in gnuplot.
> See for example
> 
>   http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-12/msg00283.html
> 
> | gnuplot> set term pdf;
> |                    ^
> |           line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set
> | terminal' for a list
> 
> This means your copy of gnuplot was not compiled with support for the
> pdf terminal type.
> 
> jwe

Norm, John,

On a Mac, if you use "-dpsc2" in a print command, you write a .ps file. As
soon as you open the .ps file in the Mac Preview app, it becomes a .pdf
file. An extra step, but it works.

Joe