Re: Solved: Can't plot from Octave using Aquaterm in OS X 10.5

[Thomas Treichl]

Ben Abbott schrieb:
> On Apr 15, 2009, at 11:12 PM, address@hidden wrote:
>
> > On Apr 14, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> > > On Apr 14, 2009, at 7:06 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> > >
> > > I just figured out my problem: I needed to place the line
> > >
> > > export GNUTERM='aqua'
> > >
> > > in my .bash_profile in the home directory.  I hope this can
> > > help anyone out there who's having the same problem.
> > >
> > > Norm Hecht
> > > Thornton, CO
> > >
> > > For Mac OSX that should be the default behavior. Perhaps your 
> > > installation/setup
> > > includes a "export GNUTERM=x11" somewhere?
> > >
> > > Ben
> >
> > Ben,
> >
> > I'm not sure why my solution came through before my original
> > message, but here are my replies to your two messages.
> >
> > I upgraded by downloading Thomas Treichel's Octave binary,
> > and just dropping it into my applications folder as suggested.
> >
> > I also checked through my .profile and .bashrc and .bash_profile
> > files, and didn't spot 'export GNUTERM=x11'in any of them.
> >
> > I'm a long-term but not-that-proficient unix user, so I have to
> > do a fair amount of fumbling around on issues like this.  Is there
> > a good "look up details as needed" reference that you recommend?
> >
> > I'm also wondering if this is something we should discuss off-line
> > like we're doing, or is it worth putting it on octave-help?
> >
> > Thanks for your advice & answers,
> >
> > Norm
>
>  From the Octave prompt, what do you get when you type
>
>     system ("echo $GNUTERM")
>
> I've cc'd Thomas as he is much more likely to understand what is happening.
>
> Ben

Hi Norm, hi Ben,

adding "export GNUTERM=aqua" to one of .bash_profile, .bashrc or .profile is 
absolutely the right thing to do if this problem occurs. The only thing I 
currently don't understand is why this problem occurs now (with Octave.app 
3.0.5) and didn't occur with earlier versions?
In the first email, Norm, you told us that you use Octave 3.0.5, gnuplot 4.0, 
and Aquaterm 1.0 on OS X 10.5.6. Where does your Gnuplot 4.0 and Aquaterm 1.0 
come from?

Best regards,

  Thomas