Try
set_draw_defaults(terminal=aquaterm)$
It might help to start aqua before maxima
On my Mac it works that way with lion - I have had the same problems
hth
Jan
Am 08.05.2013 um 19:30 schrieb Michael Xue <mxue at vroomlab.com>:
> I have maxima-5.21.1 and gnuplot-4.2 installed on my macbook with
> OS X lion.when I issue
> plot2d(sin(x), [x, 0, %pi]);
> from maxima prompt, no output window shows up. Before I upgraded
> to OS X lion. a Aqua window contains the plot would show up.
>
> I do see a maxplot.aqua file in my directory. However, it is empty. other file ,
> maxout.gnuplot, maxout.gnuplot_pipes and maxout.xmaxima all seem
> to have the correct contents.
>
> I also checked that in my .maxima directory, I have a maxima-init.mac
> that contains the line:
>
> set_plot_option([gnuplot_term, aqua])$
>
> When I start gnuplot from command line, it says that terminal type is aqua.
>
> Any one here experience this issue? Please help.
>
> -Michael
>
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