Re: [Gretl-users] Graphics problem

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Hélio Guilherme wrote: [in response to Henrique, see below] > I tested your script under ubunto with CVS build and did not reproduce your > bug. > > Used both Portuguese variants. > > You forgot to mention your operative system. I have an idea of what might be wrong here, which is consistent with this experiment working on Ubuntu but not on Windows. A gretl graph is saved in the form of a text file containing the gnuplot commands, inside the current (hidden) session directory. The thing is that the filename is (I think, I'll have to check) the same as the name chosen for the graph. So if Henrique saved a graph under a name which contained UTF-8 accented characters (inside gretl, everything is in UTF-8), these would turn into weird stuff on the Windows file system (Windows never uses UTF-8), and gretl would then be unable to find the file again. If that's the correct diagnosis, I guess the fix is either (a) insist that graph names are ASCII (maybe unpopular) or else (b) don't use the graph name to name the associated file of gnuplot commands. This is of course a bother because it means we have to find some other way of keeping straight which file goes with which graph. Now if Windows "got with the program" and used UTF-8 we'd be fine... Henrique's message: > > I think I'd found a bug when plotting a graph. Please take a look at the > > following script: > > > > <script> > > open australia.gdt > > "Gráfico" <- gnuplot PAU {set title "Australian price level";} > > --time-series --with-lines --output=display > > </script> > > > > The plot called "Gráfico" cannot be opened in the Gretl icon view. The only > > way it works is taking away the accented name (using "Grafico" instead of > > "Gráfico"). _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users