interactive plotting functionality

[Ben Abbott]

On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Dan Mennitt <dmennitt at vt.edu> wrote:

> hey everyone,
>
> I am using Octave 3.0.2 on mac osx with gnuplot.  I would really  
> like to
> be able to zoom in and rotate 3d plots using the mouse with octave.
> After searching a bit, I have seen much chatter on this issue and the
> answer seems to be that its just not possible with the current version
> of gnuplot.  Is anyone using an alternative plotting utility that  
> allows
> this functionality?
>
> thanks
> DM

What version of gnuplot are you running?

By chance are you using Aquaterm?

If yes, try the x11 terminal instead.

Ben