Greetings, and thanks so much! Patching this in the next debian package upload.
Take care, Jaime Villate <vill...@fe.up.pt> writes: > Hi, > that was a bug I introduced in 5.33.0 and which has already been fixed > on May 28: > http://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/e86fb0d691cfa83437aa3a75e8be901bf6bde3d2/ > > Those using 5.33.0 can also fix the problem by adding the following > line to the Maxima init file: > set_plot_option([gnuplot_default_term_command, "set term pop"])$ > > Regards, > Jaime > > On 16-07-2014 22:07, Camm Maguire wrote: >> forwarded 752214 maxima-disc...@lists.sourceforge.net >> thanks >> >> Package: maxima >> Version: 5.33.0-3 >> Severity: normal >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> I am running the kde desktop on jessie and installed the gnuplot and maxima >> packages. >> Gnuplot uses the terminal option qt by default, whereas maxima wants the wxt >> terminal, >> which is not installed by default. Thus I get the following error when I >> plot. >> >> Maxima 5.33.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net >> using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.10 (a.k.a. GCL) >> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. >> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. >> The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. >> (%i1) plot2d(x^2-x,[x,-10,10]); >> >> (\%o1) \verb|/home/yves/maxout.gnuplot_pipes| \\ \verb| | >> gnuplot> set term wxt size 640,480 font ",12"; set term pop >> ^ >> line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set >> terminal' >> for a list >> >> I can fix it by issuing the command >> >> set_plot_option([gnuplot_term, qt]); >> >> I am not sure however why maxima wants to use the wxt backend with gnuplot. >> I didn't install wxmaxima, the wxt backend is not available by default with a >> gnuplot install under kde, neither is the library libwxbase. My feeling is >> that >> the maxima package should not rely on wxwidgets by default for plotting. At >> least it should check for the availability of the backend. >> >> Best regards. >> > > > > > -- Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
