Re: strcat error on printing plots

[Marco Atzeri]

--- Mar 21/7/09, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> ha scritto:

> Da: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> Oggetto: Re: strcat error on printing plots
> A: "Marco Atzeri" <address@hidden>
> Cc: "octave maintainers list" <address@hidden>
> Data: Martedì 21 luglio 2009, 12:55
> 
> On Jul 21, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> 
> > --- Lun 20/7/09, Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> ha scritto:
> >
> >> Da: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> >> Oggetto: Re: strcat error on printing plots
> >> A: "Marco Atzeri" <address@hidden>
> >> Cc: "octave maintainers list" <address@hidden>
> >> Data: Lunedì 20 luglio 2009, 18:26
> >> On Jul 20, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Marco
> >> Atzeri <address@hidden>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>> using 3.2.0 on cygwin and printing enough
> plots
> >>>
> >>> a="prova..png";
> >>> x=1:100;
> >>> plot (x,x)
> >>> print( "prova1.png","-dpng")
> >>> print( "prova2.png","-dpng")
> >>> print( "prova3.png","-dpng")
> >>> print( "prova4.png","-dpng")
> >>> print( "prova5.png","-dpng")
> >>> print( "prova6.png","-dpng")
> >>> print( "prova7.png","-dpng")
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I obtain the following multiple message
> >>>
> >>> ********************************************
> >>> error: Invalid call to strcat.  Correct
> usage
> >> is:
> >>>
> >>> -- Function File:  strcat (S1, S2, ...)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Additional help for built-in functions and
> operators
> >> is
> >>> available in the on-line version of the
> manual.
> >> Use the command
> >>> `doc <topic>' to search the manual
> index.
> >>>
> >>> Help and information about Octave is also
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> >>> mailing list.
> >>> warning: __gnuplot_get_var__: some elements in
> list of
> >> return values
> >>> are undefined
> >>>
> >>
> *******************************************************
> >>>
> >>> Is this fault happening also on other platform
> ?
> >>>
> >>> I presume some replot cleaning problem in
> >>>
> >>> /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/plot/print.m
> >>>
> >>> but eventually is a strcat issue
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Marco
> >>
> >> Do you get the same error when you type ...
> >>
> >> figure (1)
> >> __gnuplot_get_var__ (gcf, "GPVAL_TERMINALS")
> >>
> >
> > Hi Ben,
> > no, the output in this case is
> >
> > ans = NaN
> >
> > The fault I have is never on the plot command but
> always
> > when I call print enough times (usually at the third
> or forth
> > call).
> 
> Do you run those commands from a script or by pasting them
> into the  
> command window?
> 
> Ben

The fault arrive earlier if I ran a script, but also
pasting the command I can obtain it.
Any suspect ?

Marco