Solved: Can't plot from Octave using Aquaterm in OS X 10.5

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 15, 2009, at 11:12 PM, norm_hecht at ricochet.com wrote:

> On Apr 14, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Apr 14, 2009, at 7:06 PM, norm_hecht at ricochet.com wrote:
>>
>> I just figured out my problem: I needed to place the line
>>
>> export GNUTERM='aqua'
>>
>> in my .bash_profile in the home directory.  I hope this can
>> help anyone out there who's having the same problem.
>>
>> Norm Hecht
>> Thornton, CO
>>
>> For Mac OSX that should be the default behavior. Perhaps your  
>> installation/setup
>> includes a "export GNUTERM=x11" somewhere?
>>
>> Ben
>
> Ben,
>
> I'm not sure why my solution came through before my original
> message, but here are my replies to your two messages.
>
> I upgraded by downloading Thomas Treichel's Octave binary,
> and just dropping it into my applications folder as suggested.
>
> I also checked through my .profile and .bashrc and .bash_profile
> files, and didn't spot 'export GNUTERM=x11'in any of them.
>
> I'm a long-term but not-that-proficient unix user, so I have to
> do a fair amount of fumbling around on issues like this.  Is there
> a good "look up details as needed" reference that you recommend?
>
> I'm also wondering if this is something we should discuss off-line
> like we're doing, or is it worth putting it on octave-help?
>
> Thanks for your advice & answers,
>
> Norm

 From the Octave prompt, what do you get when you type

	system ("echo $GNUTERM")

I've cc'd Thomas as he is much more likely to understand what is  
happening.

Ben