Re: Print plots without GUI

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:02 AM, malleor wrote:

> Jaroslav Hajek-2 wrote
> 
>> figure (1, "visible", false);
>> plot (1:10, 1:10);
>> print myplot.eps
>> 
>> works for me (3.3.50+).
> 
> Dear Jaroslav, 
> 
> Sadly, this code crashes my Octave 3.4.3 (latest stable). 
> 
> octave:1> figure (1, "visible", false);
> octave:2> gcf
> ans =  1
> octave:3> plot (1:10, 1:10);
> panic: Segmentation violation -- stopping myself...
> attempting to save variables to `octave-core'...
> save to `octave-core' complete
> warning: get: allowing currentfigure to match root property currentfigure
> error: get: unknown property "currentfigure"
> error: evaluating argument list element number 1
> error: called from:
> error:  
> C:\Octave\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\share\octave\3.4.3\
> m\plot\close.m at line 74, column 3
> error:  
> C:\Octave\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\share\octave\3.4.3\
> m\plot\close.m at line 57, column 5
> error:  
> C:\Octave\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\share\octave\3.4.3\
> m\plot\__go_close_all__.m at line 27, column 3
> 
> It happens only when the figure 1 has never been visible -- the following
> code works. 
> 
> octave:1> figure (1, "visible", false);
> octave:2> plot (1:10, 1:10);
> 
> This is clearly a bug and I'm about to try solving it. Maybe one of you
> Octave guys wishes to do it also. Or maybe it's solved in next dev versions? 
> 
> Regards, 
> malleor

Which operating system are you running ?

And which graphics toolkit are your using ?

If you don't know, you can type ...

        graphics_toolkit

Using the gnuplot toolkit, I don't see this error on 3.4.0, 3.4.3, or the 
current developers stable sources.

Ben