Re: strcat error on printing plots

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 21, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:

> --- Lun 20/7/09, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> ha scritto:
>
> > Da: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> > Oggetto: Re: strcat error on printing plots
> > A: "Marco Atzeri" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: "octave maintainers list" <address@hidden>
> > Data: Lunedì 20 luglio 2009, 18:26
> > On Jul 20, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Marco
> > Atzeri <address@hidden>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > > using 3.2.0 on cygwin and printing enough plots
> > >
> > > a="prova..png";
> > > x=1:100;
> > > plot (x,x)
> > > print( "prova1.png","-dpng")
> > > print( "prova2.png","-dpng")
> > > print( "prova3.png","-dpng")
> > > print( "prova4.png","-dpng")
> > > print( "prova5.png","-dpng")
> > > print( "prova6.png","-dpng")
> > > print( "prova7.png","-dpng")
> > >
> > >
> > > I obtain the following multiple message
> > >
> > > ********************************************
> > > error: Invalid call to strcat.  Correct usage
> > is:
> > > -- Function File:  strcat (S1, S2, ...)
> > >
> > >
> > > Additional help for built-in functions and operators
> > is
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> > Use the command
> > > `doc <topic>' to search the manual index.
> > >
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> > > warning: __gnuplot_get_var__: some elements in list of
> > return values
> > > are undefined
> > *******************************************************
> > > Is this fault happening also on other platform ?
> > >
> > > I presume some replot cleaning problem in
> > >
> > > /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/plot/print.m
> > >
> > > but eventually is a strcat issue
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Marco
> >
> > Do you get the same error when you type ...
> >
> > figure (1)
> > __gnuplot_get_var__ (gcf, "GPVAL_TERMINALS")
>
> Hi Ben,
> no, the output in this case is
>
> ans = NaN
>
> The fault I have is never on the plot command but always
> when I call print enough times (usually at the third or forth
> call).

Do you run those commands from a script or by pasting them into the  
command window?

Ben