Compiling maxima with gcl



Hello Robert and Constantine,

> Let's try to solve the problem in the draw package.
> Can you give more details about it?

The problem reported by Constantine is that when he writes

draw2d(explicit(sin(10*x),x,-1,3));

Gnuplot returns the following error message:

"maxout.gnuplot", line 1: undefined variable: size



The first line in maxout.gnuplot is:

set terminal x11 enhanced   size 600, 500

I have introduced option 'dimensions' recently, so that it is possible
to set the size of the graphic window. This works with Gnuplot 4.4, but
it seems it does not work with 4.2, which is Constantine's version,
although the code above is compatible with 4.2. According to Gnuplot
4.2's documentation:


  set terminal x11 {<n>}  
                   {title "<string>"}  
                   {{no}enhanced} {font <fontspec>}  
                   {linewidth LW} {solid|dashed}  
                   {{no}persist} {{no}raise} {{no}ctrlq}  
                   {close}  
                   {size XX,YY} {position XX,YY}  

I can't reproduce now the problem, since I don't have a 4.2 at hand, but
I think the diagnostic is correct.

Constantine, I suggest you to upgrade Gnuplot if you plan to work with
package 'draw', since there are other draw features which only work with
4.4.

Let me know if you have more problems.

--
Mario