Hi Mario,
On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 12:23 +0200, Mario Rodriguez wrote:
> >>> gnuplot> lc rgb 'red'
> >>> ^
> >>> "/home/bob/maxout.gnuplot", line 21: invalid command
> >>> repeat
> >>> (%o4) done
> >>>
> >>> Errors like the above repeat, the number tends to vary from execution to
> >>> execution (perhaps due to the interface with texmacs?) and they are not
> >>> all the same.
> >>>
> >>> gnuplot> 'red'
> >>> gnuplot> b 'red'
> >>> gnuplot> 1 lc rgb 'red'
> >>> gnuplot> rgb 'red'
> >>>
> >>> are example of other first lines in the error message.
> >>>
> >> What are the versions of Gnuplot and Maxima?
> >
> > gnuplot 4.2.3-1
> > maxima 5.16.2-1
> >
>
> Hello Robert,
>
> Certainly, these two versions should be fully compatible, since the
> linecolor (lc) keyword was introduced in gnuplot 4.2
>
> I can't reproduce this problem with either gnuplot 4.3 or 4.2 in my
> ubuntu box.
>
> If you continue having this problem, once you have files maxout.gnuplot
> and data.gnuplot in you personal folder, call gnuplot from terminal and type
>
> load 'maxout.gnuplot'
>
> to see if you get the same errors, in this case, please send both files
> to me and I'll take a closer look.
The result is that the last plot is shown and there are no error
messages. To me this indicates there is a problem with the texmacs
interface to gnuplot, so I shall redirect my enquiries there.
Thanks for your patience and help.
Bob
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