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Re: Blurry Graphs
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John B. Thoo |
Subject: |
Re: Blurry Graphs |
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Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:09:56 -0800 |
On Feb 17, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Jordan Erisman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Jordan Erisman <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 17, 2014 7:52 AM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 16, 2014, at 11:08 PM, Jordan Erisman <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Jordan Erisman <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have Octave installed on my Macbook Pro. When I go to plot my graphs
>>>>>>> using X11, the images are very blurry. I have plotted a few graphs on a
>>>>>>> PC at my school and the graphs are very clear. I am new to octave, and
>>>>>>> do not much about it. I would also like to know how to save the graphs
>>>>>>> from X11 to say, a word document. Thanks for the help in advance.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jordan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> X11 on Mac OSX doesn't do any anti-aliasing. If you can tell us what
>>>>>> version of Octave you are running and where you get if from, as well as
>>>>>> what version of Mac OSX you are running it on we'll be able to help out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To save a graph to include in a word document, try ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> print test.png
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And then add the png picture to your word document. Word on Mac OSX
>>>>>> lets you use PDF files for pictures, which often gives a superior
>>>>>> result. If you are running Octave whose version is 3.4.x, 3.6.x, or
>>>>>> 3.8.x, then you can ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> print -dpdfwrite test.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> I have GNU Octave, version 3.6.4 installed on my 10.9.1 Macbook via fink.
>>>>> The plots are clear when I manually set the environment to plot in
>>>>> aquaterm, but I prefer x11 if possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please bottom-post ...
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Bottom-posting
>>>>
>>>> And avoid top-posting ...
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
>>>>
>>>> For Octave via Fink, I recommend you install the atlas variant (there are
>>>> bugs in Apple's vecLib).
>>>>
>>>> fink install octave364-atlas-dev
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To improve the graphic display, I'd avoid x11 and if you'd like to avoid
>>>> Aquaterm, then try wxt or qt.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> fink install gnuplot-wxcocoa-qtmac
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When you run Octave, you can compare the different plots by ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> close all
>>>>
>>>> graphics_toolkit gnuplot
>>>>
>>>> figure (1)
>>>>
>>>> clf ()
>>>>
>>>> setenv GNUTERM wxt
>>>>
>>>> plot (rand (3))
>>>>
>>>> title ("wxt")
>>>>
>>>> figure (2)
>>>>
>>>> clf ()
>>>>
>>>> setenv GNUTERM qt
>>>>
>>>> plot (rand (3))
>>>>
>>>> title ("qt")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for all of the tips, Ben. I have one more question. Once I find
>>> which plots I like, how do I get octave to permanently plot the one I
>>> choose. I tried to do this with aquaterm by editing the octaverc file, and
>>> adding the line "setenv GNUTERM aqua," but it still plotted in X11.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jordan
>>
>> The file you'll need to edit is "~/.octaverc". The tilde "~" refers to your
>> home directory (i.e. the ".octaverc" file needs to be in your home
>> directory), and the dot "." preceding "octaverc" makes the file invisible.
>> You need the dot "." since it is also part of the filename. Since the file
>> is invisible, you won't see it from the Finder. Instead you'll need to "ls
>> -ah ~" from a Terminal window.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> Im sorry that I probably keep asking questions, but I typed in the command
>> ls -ah ~/.octaverc, and got the line
>> /Users/Jordan/.octaverc, I went to that directory and saw a file called
>> #.octaverc# and edited it, but still no luck. Maybe I misunderstood the
>> directions.
>>
>> Jordan
>
> I don't know what "#.octaverc#" is from. You want to edit
> "/Users/Jordan/.octaverc"
>
> If you try to use TextEdit, you won't see .octaverc because it is invisible.
>
> I don't know what your app your system will use, but from the Terminal you
> can try "open ~/.octaverc"
To use TextEdit, try from Terminal
open -a TextEdit ~/.octaverc
---John.
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