pgnuplot stops function in Octave 3.0.1

[Michael Goffioul]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:01 PM, gOS <bkirklin at quantapoint.com> wrote:
>
> I can't isolate the error. I've tried several times, but the problem seems to
> randomly fix itself and then crop back up every 2 weeks or so. I'm looking
> for anyone with similar issues.
>
> I'm running the windows version of Octave, the one that isn't cygwin. On a
> pentium 4 windows xp machine.
>
> GNU plot crashes with messages like:
>
> (gnuplot.exe:4580): Pango-WARNING **: couldn't load font "Helvetica
> Not-Rotated 200", falling back to "Sans Not-Rotated 200", expect ugly
> output.
>
> Unfortunately, GNU plot stops working shortly after and I get the windows
> error report dialogue.
>
> I usually recieve these errors when I call input inside of an Octave script
> where a user would traditionally input some value.

It would be helpful if you could provide some simple test script that
reproduce the problem.

Michael.