plot() is very slow in Octave 3.0.1, but OK in Octave 2.1.73

[David Bateman]

Milan Bok wrote:
> Bug report for Octave 3.0.1 configured for i686-pc-cygwin
>
> Description:
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>
> Simple plot() calls, e.g. "plot(1:3)", take approx. 10 seconds to complete. This slowness of plotting started when I installed Octave 3.0.1. I use Gnuplot 4.2.3, Cygwin version of 2008/7/25. 
>
> Repeat-By:
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> plot(1:3)
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> Fix:
> ---
>
> I returned to Octave 2.1.73. There simple plot calls take less than a second. As I am writing this, I have just reinstalled Octave 3.0.1 only to call bug_report().
>   
Do subsequent calls to plot also take 10 seconds to complete? Maybe the 
issue is the startup of the gnuplot sub-process. On my linux system the 
startup is much shorter.

D.


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