Re: --no-window-system option

[Rik]

On 05/25/2016 08:43 AM, address@hidden wrote:

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Re: --no-window-system option and plotting

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Hi,

Confirmed, I would expect Octave to fallback to gnuplot graphics_toolkit
with no display as it does e.g. when using ssh without X forwarding (no -Y
or -X option):

$ssh localhost
$octave -f -W

>>plot (1:10) 

You then obtain a plot drawn in the calling terminal.

Pantxo

Okay, I found that the following works to disable graphics

unsetenv DISPLAY
octave -f -W
plot (1:10)
=> ASCII-art plot

It seems that Octave is ignoring the -W option, and determining on its own whether graphics are available.  I did a little digging, and filed a bug report here https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?48017.

Thanks for confirming,
Rik