Re: gnuplot not working on Mac OSX 10.9.5

[Brian Kaczynski]

Here is the return for this query:

octave:3> [a,b] = system("which gnuplot")

a = 0

b = /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/gnuplot

2015-04-06 13:24 GMT+02:00 Ben Abbott <address@hidden>:

> On Apr 6, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Brian Kaczynski <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> After downloading/installing GNU_Octave_3.8.0-6.dmg on my MacBook Air with OSX version 10.9.5 I'm getting the following error when I try to plot something:
>
> octave:13> x = (0:1023)/1024;
> octave:14> plot(x,sin(x))
> gnuplot> set terminal aqua enhanced title "Figure 1"  font "*,6" dashlength 1
>                       ^
>          line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list
> octave:15>
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> -Brian

Gnuplot is telling you that it wasn't built with support for Mac OSX's native "aqua".

First we should check which gnuplot Octave is finding.

What does ...

        [a, b] = system ("which gnuplot")

... return?

Ben