From help-request at octave dot org Fri Dec 23 10:07:39 2005 Subject: RE: question about multiple plots From: "James R. Phillips" To: help at octave dot org Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:05:35 -0800 (PST) --- Steven Thijs wrote: > Hi Ronald, > > When I first plot something, then type figure, and then plot another > thing, > no new plot is generated, in fact, the new data is not plotted at all. > When I look in the gnuplot window, I get the message: > > Set term X11 1 > Unknown or ambiguous terminal type;... > > When I look in the manual, I find: > 16.6 Multiple Plot Windows > Figure (n) Function File > Set the current plot window to plot window n. This function currently > requires X11 and a version of gnuplot that supports multiple frames. > > My gnuplot version support multiple frames, > but I'm not sure about the X11 thing. Isn't this something unix or linux > related? > I'm running octave on Windows XP... > > Thanks a lot for the help, and happy holidays! > > Steven > Please tell us about your octave installation. Are you using the current version from cygwin, or some other version? Also, what version of gnuplot are you using - native windows version or X11 version from cygwin? The native windows gnuplot application does not support multiple plot windows open, so that may be your problem. jrp ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------