Re: gnuplot settings in Octave

[Ron Crummett]

First of all, thanks for the advice. I like this.

Now, for the suggestions:

get(gcf, 'position')

returned [300 200 560 420]. Also, a plot window opened. So I tried to add the following to my .octaverc file:

set(gcf, 'position', [0 0 200 200]);

When I restarted Octave a plot window immediately opened in the lower left-hand corner (0, 0), and based on the size I'm guessing it was 200x200. But when I tried to open a second figure it was at the same location and same size as the default position.

I'd like for all plot windows to be at the location and size I specify, and I'd prefer to not have a plot window open up each time I start Octave. Is there something more that needs to be done with this?

Regarding the TeX interpreter:

get(gca, 'interpreter')

returns 'ans=none'

So it looks as though there is no interpreter. I tried the command

set(gca, 'interpreter', 'tex')

and nothing changed. In fact, running a second time the command

get(gca, 'interpreter')

still returned 'none' for the answer.

I'm guessing that the answers to my two questions are related, but how to get those answers, any and all help is appreciated. Thanks again!

-Ron

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:48 AM, indium <address@hidden> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 10:57:08PM -0700, Ron Crummett wrote:
> Hello all -
>
> Once upon a time I was able to edit my .Xdefaults file to configure
> settings for Gnuplot. I could change the default plot window size, the
> background/axes/plot colors, maybe more. And whatever I had in there worked
> for Gnuplot in general, whether called from Octave or not.
>
> That was a few years ago; now it seems that my defaults are overridden by
> Octave. Does that mean I can set my preferences somewhere in Octave?
>
> And what about LaTeX commands in the title? I thought this had been
> resolved but when I tried to do
>
> title('\pi');
>
> all I got was a 'p' at the top. Is there somewhere to set a default font?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Ron

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concerning \pi :
test whether 'tex' is interpreting your text or not. one of the
properties in get(gca()) or get(h) (h is your plot handle) should get
you a property 'interpreter', which you can set to 'tex'. Then it works.