Re: png color : unknown or ambiguous terminal type.

From: Alex Rousskov (rousskov@ircache.net)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 07:39:36 MDT


On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Vincent Y H Man wrote:

> The plotter tells gnuplot to use "png color" as the terminal type. But
> somehow gnuplot doesn't seem to be recognizing this type, and gives me the
> message above. I am using gnuplot 3.7. Seems like I'm missing something
> really basic here. Any ideas?

You probably need to enable PNG terminal support in gnuplot. See gnuplot
installation instructions on how to do that. Also see
    http://polygraph.ircache.net/UserManual/reportgen.html#Sect:2.2

To test if PNG terminal is enabled, try this:
    host> gnuplot
    gnuplot> set term png color
    gnuplot> set output "/tmp/test.png"
    gnuplot> test
    gnuplot> quit
    host> xv /tmp/test.png # or use your browser/etc. to view the image

Using the reportgen.cfg file, you may also try to change the terminal
type to something your gnuplot installation supports. However, I do not
know if all Report Generator pieces can work with alternative image
formats.

HTH,

Alex.



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