How to make Octave use "gnuplot" instead of "fltk" by default?

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Raffael picture Raffael · Mar 19, 2014 · Viewed 30.2k times · Source

I'm using Octave 3.8 on Ubuntu 13.10 and "fltk" for graphics is not working well. So I always switch to "gnuplot" by commanding:

graphics_toolkit("gnuplot")

How can I configure Octave to use "gnuplot" by default?

Answer

juliohm picture juliohm · Mar 19, 2014

You add the command to your .octaverc file.

For more info: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Startup-Files.html

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