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Re: Empty plot
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John B. Thoo |
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Re: Empty plot |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:49:15 -0800 |
On Dec 17, 2010, at 8:26 AM, bpabbott wrote:
> On Dec 17, 2010, at 09:24 AM, "John B. Thoo" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 17, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>
>> > On Dec 16, 2010, at 10:39 PM, John B. Thoo wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi. I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but I haven't been able to find an answer.
>> >>
>> >> I'm using Octave 3.2.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.4 in X11. When I try to plot, I
>> >> get an empty plot window and this:
>> >>
>> >> octave-3.2.3:1> getenv ("GNUTERM")
>> >> ans = x11
>> >> octave-3.2.3:2> x = 0:0.1:pi;
>> >> octave-3.2.3:3> plot (x, sin(x))
>> >> octave-3.2.3:4>
>> >> gnuplot> set palette file "-" binary record=64 using 1:2:3:4;
>> >> ^
>> >> line 0: Gray scale not sorted in gradient.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> octave-3.2.3:4>
>> >>
>> >> When I start gnuplot on its own, I see that I have Version 4.2 patchlevel
>> >> 5.
>> >>
>> >> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> ---John.
>> >>
>> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> "There are no atheists in foxholes."
>> >> ---Fr. William T. Cummings, M.M. (WWII, Philippines)
>> >> [_The Grunt Padre_, CMJ Marian Pub., p. 56]
>> >
>> > http://atheism.about.com/od/atheismmyths/a/AtheistsFoxhole.htm
>> >
>> > John, please tell us where you got your Octave. Was it from MacPorts,
>> > Fink, Sourceforge, or somewhere else?
>> >
>> > Also it is possible to have more than one version of gnuplot. Please check
>> > which one Octave is using by typing ...
>> >
>> > __gnuplot_version__
>> >
>> > Since you're set up to use X11, please make sure the X11.app is running
>> > before you try to plot. I've had some troubles in X11 on MacOS X, and
>> > often have to quit X11 and start it again.
>> >
>> > Ben
>>
>> Hello, Ben. Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I'm using Thomas Treichi's binary of Octave from sourceforge. The thing is
>> that I could plot in X11 using Thomas's previous version on my former
>> PowerBook 12". It was only after upgrading to Octave 3.2.3 i386 because I
>> had gotten a MacBook Pro that plotting broke.
>>
>> I had asked about this previously
>>
>> <http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/set-palette-file-quot-quot-binary-record-64-using-1-2-3-4-td2292036.html>
>>
>> but didn't get any reply then. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure
>> out the problem since, either.
>>
>> By the way, this is what Octave returns for gnuplot version:
>>
>> octave-3.2.3:1> __gnuplot_version__
>> ans = 4.2.5
>> octave-3.2.3:2>
>>
>> Thanks again for your reply.
>>
>> ---John.
>
> I haven't encountered the specific problem you are seeing. However, since you
> are using SnowLeopard, you'll want to read the link below, before upgrading
> to 10.6.5.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files//Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/2009-10-03%20binary%20of%20Octave%203.2.3/README_OSX1065.txt/view
Ben, I upgraded the OS to 10.6.5 today, so your advice to read the above link
was very timely. I made the changes suggested in the link to Octave and to
gnuplot, and they seem to be working OK. Thanks very much.
---John.
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