Re: Octave plot graphics window

[Andy Buckle]

Ted - install the x server system. Yes it runs on the same computer as octave.

Then start x. I can't quite recall,but the command might be xwin. Then
start octave.


On Friday, March 18, 2011, Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello
>
> --- Ben Abbott  wrote:
>
>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:58 PM, findtype wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:06 PM, marco atzeri <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:42 PM, findtype  wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I'm trying use Octave on Cygwin.  The Octave plot function is 
>> >> > generating a
>> >> > "printer-plot" in the command window.  How can I get a graphics window
>> >> > opened to contain the plot?
>> >> > Thanks for any help.
>> >> > Ted
>> >>
>> >> something like
>> >>
>> >> octave:2> plot(x,x)
>> >> warning: X11 DISPLAY environment variable not set
>> >> ...
>> >>
>> >> You should start octave inside xterm (and with X11 server running of 
>> >> course ) .
>> >>
>> >> Marco
>> >
>> > Thank you for your reply.  Yes, the warning about "X11 DISPLAY" is exactly 
>> > what appears.  But
>> I'm working on a stand-alone PC running cygwin.  So there's no "X11 server." 
>>  Is there another
>> way to get the octave plots?
>> >
>> > Ted
>>
>> I'm not a windows user, but ... sssuming you have gnuplot installed and that 
>> it was built to
>> support the windows terminal, from Octave you can try ...
>>
>>       close all
>>       setenv ("GNUTERM", "windows")
>>       plot (1:10)
>
> Currently on windows, only cygwin version is avaiable for version 3.4.
> Thus
>
>>       setenv ("GNUTERM", "windows")
>
> is not correct.
> For Cygwin, one should install X11 and gnuplot for cygwin by CYgwin setup 
> command.
>
> Regards
>
> Tatsuro
>
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