From help-request at octave dot org Thu Jan 12 02:24:36 2006 Subject: Re: Unwanted postscript & pdf plots From: Shai Ayal To: Neil dot Francis at csiro dot au Cc: help at octave dot org Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:29:01 +0200 I'm not sure it will work, but maybe you should try to add another gset terminal dumb gset output "/dev/null" just after the replot Shai Neil dot Francis at csiro dot au wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using Octave 2.1.53, the fink binary version for OS X. > > I ssh to the machine that has Octave installed, so have only a > text-based terminal emulator interface to it. > > When I want to create figures I would like Octave to write the figures > to files. I use code like: > > gset terminal dumb > gset output "/dev/null" > > semilogx (x, y, "r") > hold on > semilogx (x, z, "g") > hold off > > gset terminal postscript > gset output "output.ps" > replot > closeplot > > > But when I open up the resulting postscript files I find two identical > figures (the figures are correct, with both y and z plotted against x). > I expected to see only one figure in the postscript file, and this is > what I get if I ask Octave to plot to a png file. > > Am I doing something wrong? I get the same result if I use terminal > type pdf. I've heard that gnuplot postscript and Octave interact in > unexpected ways, and that is why it is best to change terminal type to > postscript and then replot only when the figure is finished - but that > doesn't seem to help here. > > Thanks, > Neil > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Shai Ayal, Ph.D. Head of Research BioControl Medical BCM 3 Geron St. Yehud 56100 ISRAEL Tel: + 972 3 6322 126 ext 223 Fax: + 972 3 6322 125 email: shaia at biocontrol dot co dot il ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------