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Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud |
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Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:03:10 -0500 |
On Nov 29, 2011, at 12:40 PM, Puranjoy Bhattacharya wrote:
> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> To: Puranjoy Bhattacharya <address@hidden>
> Cc: help-octave Octave <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:24 AM
> Subject: Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud
>
>> On Nov 27, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>
>> > On Nov 27, 2011, at 3:27 AM, Puranjoy Bhattacharya wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>> >> To: Puranjoy Bhattacharya <address@hidden>
>> >> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 4:51 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud
>> >>
>> >>> On Nov 26, 2011, at 6:39 AM, Puranjoy Bhattacharya wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I have been facing the problem with a Windows7 installation of Octave.
>> >>>> However, the bug report link that is quoted everywhere (quoted below)
>> >>>> is dead. Please send me the bugfix. I have faced this problem once
>> >>>> before, and remember having used a fix in form of building or
>> >>>> installing some package from Octave command line.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "When plotting Octave occasionally gives me errors like `gnuplot> 9
>> >>>> 0.735604 line 26317: invalid command'.
>> >>>> There is a known bug in gnuplot 4.2 that can cause an off by one error
>> >>>> while piping data to gnuplot. The relevant gnuplot bug report can be
>> >>>> found at
>> >>>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1716556&group_id=2055&atid=102055."
>> >>>
>> >>> The bug report you are referring to is with gnuplot.
>> >>>
>> >>> The mail list you've sent your inquiry to is for octave.
>> >>>
>> >>> I recommend you update you gnuplot to a more recent version.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm not a Windows user, so I can't help with that, but for someone to
>> >>> help you, you'll need to tell us where you got your copy of Octave from.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ben
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the prompt reply. The problem concerns piping data to GnuPlot
>> >> from Octave on Windows7. This GnuPlot in question is bundled with the
>> >> Windows installer of Octave downloaded from octave.sourceforge.net.
>> >> There's no other GnuPlot installed on the system. I guess this refers to
>> >> an issue that's probably been solved for Linux, but persists on Windows.
>> >> The quoted comment is from the Octave FAQ.
>> >>
>> >> The problem that I'm facing is that when I use plot or imagesc from
>> >> Octave, I end up getting a one-off error. E.g. first plot command
>> >> produces no graph, second plot command produces the first graph, third
>> >> produces the second, and so on.
>> >>
>> >> With regards,
>> >> Puranjoy
>> >
>> > Please "reply-all". That way those more knowledgeable can comment as well.
>> > In addition, by replying at the bottom of the email it is easier for those
>> > who arrive late to follow along.
>> >
>> > It is possible the problem you are seeing still exists for the developers
>> > sources. So I'd like to help fix this. If the problem has already be
>> > solved in the developers sources, there is a reasonable chance you'll be
>> > able to apply the same fix to your version.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, I don't have access to a Win7 machine. Until that changes,
>> > I won't be much help in debugging this.
>> >
>> > Ben
>>
>> Puranjoy,
>>
>> I've installed Win7 via VirtualBox on MacOSX and then installed Octave-3.2.4
>> from the Octave-Forge link.
>>
>> I tried "demo legend". Each of the plots displayed correctly for me.
>>
>> I'm unable to duplicate the problem you've encountered. If "demo legend"
>> works correctly for you, can you give me an example of a simple script that
>> does not?
>>
>> Ben
>
> "demo legend" works for me too. However, right after the demo, if I try
> something like
> >> plot(1:100)
> the problem starts. There's no output. Then I try
> >> plot(1:200)
> and I get the plot of 1:100, and so on.
I still don't see the problem. Try removing oct2mat as Jordi suggested and let
us know if that fixes the problem for you.
Ben
- One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Puranjoy Bhattacharya, 2011/11/26
- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Ben Abbott, 2011/11/26
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- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Ben Abbott, 2011/11/27
- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Puranjoy Bhattacharya, 2011/11/28
- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Ben Abbott, 2011/11/28
- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Puranjoy Bhattacharya, 2011/11/29
- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud, Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2011/11/29
- Re: One-off error in piping data to Gnuplot: bug link is a dud,
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