Bug 529628

Summary:	sci-mathematics/octave-3.8.2 - octave:1> help plot // error: unable to open /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/etc/macros.texi for reading
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Roman Belov <romblv>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Science Mathematics related packages <sci-mathematics>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Roman Belov 2014-11-17 15:10:01 UTC

After octave update I see two issues.

1. `help` command does not work.

octave:1> help plot
error: unable to open /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/etc/macros.texi for reading
error: called from:
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/m/help/__makeinfo__.m at line 103, column 5
error:   /usr/share/octave/3.8.2/m/help/help.m at line 99, column 22

2. `plot` command uses some another gnuplot terminal type, not as it was before with `x11` terminal type, and I am unable to find any way to chage it.

Thanks.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Mark Wright gentoo-dev

2014-11-18 02:36:18 UTC

1. is invalid, it works with the doc use flag.

2. is invalid, this is a new feature enabled by the X and opengl use flags:

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/NEWS-3.8.html

** Octave now uses OpenGL graphics by default with FLTK widgets.  If
    OpenGL libraries or FLTK widgets are not available when Octave is
    built, gnuplot is used.  You may also choose to use gnuplot for
    graphics by executing the command

      graphics_toolkit ("gnuplot")

    Adding this command to your ~/.octaverc file will set the default
    for each session.