From bug-request at octave dot org Mon Feb 21 09:55:58 2005
Subject: Re: gset sends binary plot data to stdout
From: "Dmitri A. Sergatskov" <dmitri at unm dot edu>
To: Smith Mark E Contr AEDC/DYN <Mark dot E dot Smith at arnold dot af dot mil>
CC: "'bug at octave dot org'" <bug@octave.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:59:19 -0700

Smith Mark E Contr AEDC/DYN wrote:
...
> Description:
> -----------
> Setting the gnuplot terminal using gset sends binary plot data to the stdin
> of the terminal. This only occurs after a plot has been created. The gset
> command appears to be issuing a replot command.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes it does. This is a consequence of superfluous matlab compatibility
requirements for plot-related commands (plot, title, etc...).

You need to set:

automatic_replot=0

before doing 'gset out'.

Regards,

Dmitri.
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