Hi Herbert,
I had the same problem, too.
Try to start X11/Aquaterm first (before starting wxmaxima) by hand. Then
start wxmaxima. On my Mac all graphical functions work fine using this
order.
Jan
> I am user of wxMaxima since a lot of years, in a Linux (Ubuntu) system.
> In that system, I have no problems with plotting or drawing functions.
> Now, I use an iMac, too, with system 10.8.2, where I have wxMaxima
> 12.08.0 and Maxima 5.28.0 installed.
> When I try to use the plot or draw command, no drawings appear, wxMaxima
> simply 'hangs', no errors are reported on the screen.
> Plotting functions only with Gnuplot (version 4.6.1 is installed) works
> well in both, x11 and AquaTerm.
> Have you any idea how to 'convince' the system to plot or draw directly
> from wxMaxima?
> With my best regards,
> H. Ballmann
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