Re: [OS X] octave cannot start a properly working gnuplot

[Benjamin Abbott]

On Apr 28, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Leo Liu <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 2013-04-26 22:41 +0800, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> I placed your debug.gp on my Desktop and am able to display the figure using
>> 
>>    gnuplot --persist ~/Desktop/debug.gp
>> 
>> I'm running gnuplot 4.6 patchlevel 2
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Thanks Ben for the confirmation.
> 
> Are you on OS X too?
> 
> I also tested the same file on a fedora 18 server and it worked there
> too. But not on OS X. I have been trying to get some help from #gnuplot
> but get asked a lot of questions I am not in the place to answer.
> 
> I wonder if you have any idea how to debug such a problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Leo

Yes, I'm running MacOS 10.7, and using macports to install gnuplot.

I'd expect the problem is with either gnuplot or x11.

I recommend you try different versions of gnuplot.  If that doesn't resolve the 
problem, try a different version of x11.

Where did you get your gnuplot and x11?

Ben