New Install - nothing happens for plot command

[Michael Goffioul]

On 2/8/08, eli brossell <elijahbro at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't think I started an X server before running octave.  I don't know
> what an X server is.  I started a cygwin/shell and typed octave, then
> commenced with the example lines in my original post.

You should also install the xorg packages using cygwin setup.
Then start an X terminal (there is a startxwin.bat script in
<cygwin_root>\usr\X11R6\bin). And start octave from this
X terminal.

Michael.