From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Wed Jan 7 16:50:27 2004 Subject: Re: Octave/OS X Aquaterm problems (bugs or me?) From: "Henry F. Mollet" To: Joe Koski CC: Octave_post Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 14:49:48 -0800 Joe and Per, It is still not clear to me how figure(n) is different from set term aqua (n). Well, I DID see a difference when running my script which produces 3 plot windows, namely ans = 1, ans = 2, and ans =3 (see below) when using figure (n) instead of term aqua (n). However, as outlined before I had turn off and back on mulitplot between each window. Can these "ans" be used as handles for something useful. I understand that I could use f1 = figure(1) etc and then the output would produce f1 = 1 etc. Henry octave:3> MyFunctionxdotp161 Using file MyFunctionxdotp161.m x0 = 4.0000 1.1000 4.0000 ans = 1 ans = 2 ans = 3 elapsed_time = 8.2461 cpu_time = 6.9900 on 1/6/04 4:39 PM, Joe Koski at jkoski11 at comcast dot net wrote: > on 1/6/04 3:59 PM, Henry F. Mollet at mollet at pacbell dot net wrote: > >> This didn't quite work for me but I'm making progress. I was testing an >> Octave *script* which originally had 9 plots using "set aqua term x" 9 >> times. Using set multiplot, I tried to get the first 4 plots into one window >> (using 4 different origins), the next 4 in the second window, which left #9 >> for the third window. >> >> I found that using set term aqua required multiplot to be turned off and >> back on between the "set term aqua (x)" statements or I got a warning and no >> results. (gnuplot> set term aqua 2 line 0: You can't change the terminal in >> multiplot mode) >> >> 2) When using figure (x) instead, I got no warning but plots 5-8 appeared on >> top of plots 1-4 in the first window. As above, I had to turn off and back >> on mulitplot between the figure (x) statements to get what I wanted. >> Henry >> > Henry, I concur that things aren't yet 100 per cent with figure.m and "set > term aqua" on Mac OS X. I also had to do much fiddling and insertion of clg > and pause at various points in my script to get what I wanted. Also, I could > never get more than two plot windows open at a given time. The Octave manual > has only a short description of figure. The gnuplot manual looks like it was > glued together in the 80s, and it reads like a treatise on ancient graphics > systems (DEC Regis, Tektronix 401x, etc.) and operating systems(Vax VMS, > Amiga, etc.). Just one of the challenges with use of free software, I guess. > I'm just happy things work as well as they do. > > Incidentally, I was pleased to find that "set term aifm color" gives me > files that open in Adobe Illustrator 10 without problems, although saving > from Aquaterm into EPS format or PDF also works well with Illustrator or > other programs. > > Joe Koski > >> >> >> >> on 1/5/04 3:31 PM, Joe Koski at jkoski11 at comcast dot net wrote: >> >>> When you are doing multiple plots with "set terminal aqua" in one plot >>> window, say figure(1), and the page fills up with plots, you can call >>> figure(2) to start a new plot window without closing the old window. At >>> least that's what it did for me. figure.m worked for me in X11, but did not >>> work with Aquaterm. >>> >>> If the figure.m is not complaining about needing X11, it is probably OK for >>> Aquaterm, and works as stated in the Octave manual. >>> >>> Joe Koski >>> >>> on 1/5/04 3:25 PM, Henry F. Mollet at mollet at pacbell dot net wrote: >>> >>>> After making appropriate changes, figure.m now works works on my Mac: >>>> >>>> octave:4> figure(1) >>>> ans = 1 >>>> >>>> But what have I achieved with this. What I can I now do that I could not do >>>> before? >>>> Henry >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> on 1/5/04 12:43 PM, Joe Koski at jkoski11 at comcast dot net wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK, I received the forwarded message below with the patch for my OS >>>>> X/Aquaterm problem with figure.m. However, instead of the block of >>>>> figure.m >>>>> (from the octave-forge MACOSX directory) that Jean-Francois recommended in >>>>> his message, I replaced this block: >>>>> >>>>> if (! isempty (gnuterm=getenv ("GNUTERM"))) >>>>> oneplot (); >>>>> figure_list = union (figure_list, f); >>>>> eval (sprintf ("gset term %s %d\n",gnuterm, f)); >>>>> elseif (! isempty (getenv ("DISPLAY"))) >>>>> oneplot (); >>>>> figure_list = union (figure_list, f); >>>>> eval (sprintf ("gset term x11 %d\n", f)); >>>>> else >>>>> error ("figure: requires X11 and valid DISPLAY"); >>>>> endif >>>>> >>>>> with his recommended patch: >>>>> >>>>> oneplot (); >>>>> figure_list = union (figure_list, f); >>>>> eval (sprintf ("gset term aqua %d\n", f)); >>>>> >>>>> and everything seems to be working well. Thanks, Jean-Francois. >>>>> >>>>> Joe Koski >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------ Forwarded Message >>>>> From: Jean-Francois Cardoso >>>>> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:03:30 +0100 >>>>> To: jkoski11 at comcast dot net >>>>> Subject: figure in octave >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello Joe, >>>>> >>>>>> As a relatively new Octave user, I having some problems with the Mac >>>>>> OS X/Aquaterm graphics interface, and I've not had enough experience >>>>>> to determine if the problems are me, or the Aquaterm interface >>>>>> itself. >>>>> >>>>> ======================================================================= >>>>> >>>>> To fix your problem, find the file figure.m in octave, change the block >>>>> >>>>> if (! isempty (getenv ("DISPLAY"))) >>>>> oneplot (); >>>>> figure_list = union (figure_list, f); >>>>> eval (sprintf ("gset term x11 %d\n", f)); >>>>> else >>>>> error ("figure: requires X11 and valid DISPLAY"); >>>>> endif >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>> oneplot (); >>>>> figure_list = union (figure_list, f); >>>>> eval (sprintf ("gset term aqua %d\n", f)); >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> and save the result as figure.m somewhere on your path where it will >>>>> be found before the original figure.m. >>>>> >>>>> ======================================================================= >>>>> >>>>> Could you also please post this response to the octave-help list (I am >>>>> not subscribed myself)? 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