pgnuplot stops function in Octave 3.0.1

gOS bkirklin at quantapoint.com
Thu Jul 3 14:25:45 CDT 2008


It was enough to cause it again just by typing:

plot(1:100,1:100)
title('blah')

So long as: 
<code>
set(0, 'defaulttextfontname', '*')
</code>
was not in my .octaverc file.

When I have it, Octave doesn't crash.


Michael Goffioul-2 wrote:
> 
> 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.
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