[OS X TeX] Re: [OS X TeX, OT] Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 44, Issue 17

[Berend Hasselman]

On 27-06-2011, at 21:00, Jean-Claude DE SOZA wrote:

> Le 27 juin 2011 à 20:47, Berend Hasselman a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> On 27-06-2011, at 20:40, Jean-Claude DE SOZA wrote:
>> 
>>> It seems like a new Aquaterm package 1.1 was released a few months ago for Mac OS 10.6.
>>> So it installs a 64 bit AquaTerm.framework and a 64 bit Aquaterm.app.
>>> You don't need anymore to compile yourself the two components for running Gnuplot in a terminal set to Aqua.
>> 
>> As I mentioned in a previous post the compiled version of AquaTerm 1.1.0 from sourceforge doesn't work properly. It doesn't clear the plot area before drawing a new plot.
> 
> I've just installed the new AquaTerm 1.1 upon my the one I compiled myself and it works correctly. Here is a copy from a Terminal:
> 
> MBP:~ jcds$ gnuplot 
> 
> 	G N U P L O T
> 	Version 4.4 patchlevel 3
> 	last modified March 2011
> 	System: Darwin 10.8.0
> 
> 	Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2010
> 	Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
> 
> 	gnuplot home:     http://www.gnuplot.info
> 	faq, bugs, etc:   type "help seeking-assistance"
> 	immediate help:   type "help"
> 	plot window:      hit 'h'
> 
> Terminal type set to 'aqua'
> gnuplot> plot sin(x)
> gnuplot> plot cos(x)
> 
>> It superimposes each plot on the previous plot.
> 
> No, AquaTerm clears my first plot and doesn't superimpose the second on the previous.
> 
>> 
>> As far as I can see, it is simply broken.
> 
> I'm not sure.

That's nice for you but not so nice for me or my desktop computer.
Something weird must be going on with my system.
I will have to try my laptop and see what happens there.
Haven't got a clue.

Berend