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Re: V 3.0.3 Windows plotting problems
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Michael Goffioul |
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Re: V 3.0.3 Windows plotting problems |
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Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:21:31 +0000 |
Looks like an OpenGL double-buffer switching problem.
It's not a fix, but you might want to use the gnuplot backend
instead. To disable jhandles, use "pkg unload jhandles".
Michael.
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:38 PM, <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have been encountering a couple of quirks in the jhandles plotting in
> Octave under Windows XP SP2:
>
> 1. When I plot a figure, the chart area appears normally, but if I click
> on the figure to bring it to the foreground, the chart area disappears
> (I just get a grey box). I can make it come back by resizing the area.
> It doesn't happen all the time, and I haven't found a way to make it
> repeatable. Switching back and forth between the console and figure
> seems to provoke it -- the chart will appear for 1/2 second and then
> vanish when I switch to the figure. (Playing as I type...) switching to
> this email and back to the figure restores it at the moment.
>
> 2. Plotting to "png" format on the particular plot I'm working with
> produces an "isometric" view -- the chart is tilted 30 degrees to the
> right (I can attach the PNG file if desired). "PS" format works fine
> but is harder to insert into documents.
>
> Bonus question: is there a way to print the plot directly to a printer
> in Windows?
>
> help print
> ...
> OPTIONS:
> `-PPRINTER'
> Set the PRINTER name to which the graph is sent if no
> FILENAME is specified.
>
> ---------
> octave-3.0.3.exe:7> print -dps -PLPT1:
> gl2psBeginPage: 0
> gl2psLineWidth: 0.500000
> gl2psLineWidth: 0.500000
> gl2psLineWidth: 0.500000
> gl2psLineWidth: 0.500000
> gl2psLineWidth: 0.500000
> gl2psLineWidth: 0.500000
> gl2psEndPage: 0
>
> Sends a print job to a network printer
>
> Usage: lpr -S server -P printer [-C class] [-J job] [-o option] [-x]
> [-d] filename
>
> Options:
> -S server Name or ipaddress of the host providing lpd service
> -P printer Name of the print queue
> -C class Job classification for use on the burst page
> -J job Job name to print on the burst page
> -o option Indicates type of the file (by default assumes a text
> file)
> Use "-o l" for binary (e.g. postscript) files
> -x Compatibility with SunOS 4.1.x and prior
> -d Send data file first
> ---------
>
> The last part seems to be produced by Octave trying to call lpr on my
> system, maybe with the wrong parameters.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
> Regards,
> Allen
> --
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> Kato Engineering
> P.O. Box 8447, N. Mankato, MN 56002
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>
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