Gnuplot 4.6 - Missing Files



On 28/09/2013 12:23 PM, David Billinghurst wrote:
> On 27/09/2013 8:03 PM, Wilhelm Haager wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I suppose, Maxima 5.30 (at least for Windows) lacks some
>> Gnuplot files (Gnuplot 4.6). Hence producing Postscript images via 
>> draw2d is not
>> possible any more.
>>
>> I think, just the following directories - as they appear in
>> older Gnuplot versions - are missing:
>>  share
>>  etc
>>
>> Regards
>> Wilhelm Haager
>
> This is a packaging error.  I probably introduced it when I "improved" 
> the windows build system.  I will generate a fixed installer when I 
> get time.
>
> You can work around the problem yourself
>
>  1. create a bin directory under Maxima-5.31.1\gnuplot\
>  2. move all the files in Maxima-5.31.1\gnuplot\ to
>     Maxima-5.31.1\gnuplot\bin
>  3. copy the etc and share directories from gnuplot-4.6.3 into
>     Maxima-5.31.1\gnuplot\
>  4. edit Maxima-5.31.1\bin\maxima.bat
>       * find the line starting "set path=%maxima_prefix%\gnuplot"
>       * change "%maxima_prefix%\gnuplot" to "%maxima_prefix%\gnuplot\bin"
>
>
> This works for me for some simple tests.

There is a new windows installer at 
http://billinghurst.customer.netspace.net.au/maxima-5.31.1-1.exe

Wilhelm, it works for me.  Could you confirm it works for you, before we 
upload it to sourceforge.