On win32 the default terminal is 'wxt' and since they moved to wx for the
display terminal it takes a long time to load a plot - on the order of 10-20
seconds.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Marshall [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:50 AM
To: Craig DeForest
Cc: Clifford Sobchuk; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
The basic command works on cygwin (which is what I would expect since it acts
like unix). However, the same command fails on win32 with a message about not
talking to the gnuplot for 5sec so that is where the IPC::Run (or is it open3)
is a problem.
Cheers,
Chris
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Craig DeForest <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hmmm, The "no curve option found that matches 'terminal' error sounds
> like a basic problem with the test suite (which needs to be updated). For a
> basic functionality test, try:
>
>
> % perl -Mblib /usr/bin/perldl #(or whatever)
> perl> use PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot;
> perl> $w=gpwin();
> perl> $w->plot(xvals(10),xvals(10)**2);
>
> which should generate no errors and a simple plot on your machine's default
> device.
>
>
>
> On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Chris Marshall wrote:
>
>> I also get the same error on ASPerl 5.12.3 with Vista:
>>
>> F:\chm\pdl\git\PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot>dmake test
>> C:\Users\chris.h.marshall\local\asperl\bin\perl.exe
>> "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib\lib',
>> 'blib\arch')" t/*.
>> t
>> t/manifest.t .. skipped: Author tests not required for installation
>> t/plot.t ...... 1/5 testfile: pdl_graphics_gnuplot_test_Vonlcev
>> WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was
>> expecting to read
>> a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the object anyway -- but
>> don't
>> be surprised if it doesn't work.
>>
>> # Failed test 'basic plotting succeeded without error'
>> # at t/plot.t line 36.
>> # plot() died with 'No curve option found that matches 'terminal'
>> # '
>>
>> # Failed test 'basic plotting created a reasonably-sized file'
>> # at t/plot.t line 43.
>> # resulting output file should be ascii 79x24, but only contains 0
>> bytes
>>
>> # Failed test 'error detection works'
>> # at t/plot.t line 55.
>> # plot() produced no error
>> # Testing PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot 0.11ced, Perl 5.012003,
>> C:\Users\CHRISH~1.MAR\local\asperl\bin\perl.exe
>> # Looks like you failed 3 tests of 5.
>> t/plot.t ...... Dubious, test returned 3 (wstat 768, 0x300) Failed
>> 3/5 subtests
>>
>> Test Summary Report
>> -------------------
>> t/plot.t (Wstat: 768 Tests: 5 Failed: 3)
>> Failed tests: 2, 4-5
>> Non-zero exit status: 3
>> Files=2, Tests=5, 2 wallclock secs ( 0.09 usr + 0.02 sys = 0.11
>> CPU)
>> Result: FAIL
>> Failed 1/2 test programs. 3/5 subtests failed.
>> dmake.exe: Error code 131, while making 'test_dynamic'
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> For what it is worth, IPC:Run 0.90 fails to pass all tests on
>>> cygwin/Vista and the latest git clone from Craig's repo also fails
>>> to pass tests. Maybe something is broken in the test suite?
>>>
>>> --Chris
>>>
>>> make test
>>> PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e"
>>> "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/manifest.t ..
>>> skipped: Author tests not required for installation t/plot.t ......
>>> 1/5 testfile: pdl_graphics_gnuplot_test_8pt8eAN
>>>
>>> # Failed test 'basic plotting succeeded without error'
>>> # at t/plot.t line 36.
>>> # plot() died with 'No curve option found that matches 'terminal'
>>> # '
>>>
>>> # Failed test 'basic plotting created a reasonably-sized file'
>>> # at t/plot.t line 43.
>>> # resulting output file should be ascii 79x24, but only contains 0
>>> bytes
>>>
>>> # Failed test 'error detection works'
>>> # at t/plot.t line 55.
>>> # plot() produced no error
>>> # Testing PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot 0.11ced, Perl 5.010001,
>>> /usr/bin/perl # Looks like you failed 3 tests of 5.
>>> t/plot.t ...... Failed 3/5 subtests
>>>
>>> Test Summary Report
>>> -------------------
>>> t/plot.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 5 Failed: 3)
>>> Failed tests: 2, 4-5
>>> Files=2, Tests=5, 4 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr 0.11 sys + 0.45
>>> cusr
>>> 1.05 csys = 1.65 CPU)
>>> Result: FAIL
>>> Failed 1/2 test programs. 3/5 subtests failed.
>>> make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> As far as PDL goes, the real problem is that the "talk to gnuplot"
>>>> part doesn't work for win32---at least reliably. Once the module
>>>> is working for unix, macosx, and windows it would be a candidate
>>>> for migration into the PDL core distribution. Of course, there
>>>> will need to be something like Alien::Gnuplot to handle installing
>>>> the gnuplot dependency to support the module. I don't know if that
>>>> is already done or not....
>>>>
>>>> --Chris
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Craig DeForest
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for having a look at this, Cliff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Both Dima and I left the default terminal to be the same as the built-in
>>>>> Gnuplot default (that you get by not specifying one to gnuplot). On the
>>>>> Mac, this defaults to "aqua"; on Fedora Linux it defaults to "X11cairo"
>>>>> (IIRC).
>>>>
>>>> What is the default on win32? I know it isn't X11.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 25, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Clifford Sobchuk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> From your response, I take it you are using cygwin and not strawberry or
>>>>>> activestate perl. The IPC methods, I think I saw them in the .pm file
>>>>>> near the bottom. I was trying to figure out exactly what was being
>>>>>> called. I saw that gnuplot itself was being called which does work (not
>>>>>> with pipes unless they changed it to be consistent with *nix platforms -
>>>>>> previously it had to call pgnuplot for any piped actions), but I didn't
>>>>>> see where the terminal type was set (the default that is, I expect we
>>>>>> can put any terminal that is supported by gnuplot). I guess that during
>>>>>> the tests files it would call the X11 term type? Does this mean that if
>>>>>> I installed Xming that it would magically work - or at least pass the
>>>>>> tests?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can give that a try and I'll check the differences between the IPC of
>>>>>> the Graphics::GnuPlotIF and PDL:Graphics::Gnuplot to see if there is
>>>>>> anything that I can naively spot as important.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried to build the .tar.gz file from the git and it fails during make.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> drzowie-PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-cbcb72d>perl Makefile.PL
>>>>>> Set up gcc environment - 4.5.2
>>>>>> Checking if your kit is complete...
>>>>>> Warning: the following files are missing in your kit:
>>>>>> debian/source
>>>>>> Please inform the author.
>>>>>> Writing Makefile for PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot Writing MYMETA.yml
>>>>>> and MYMETA.json
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Users\eclisob\Downloads\drzowie-PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-cbcb72d\d
>>>>>> rzowie-PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-cbcb72d>make
>>>>>> process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, rem, ...) failed.
>>>>>> make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
>>>>>> make: *** [blibdirs] Error 2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> CLIFF SOBCHUK
>>>>>> Core RF Engineering
>>>>>> Phone 613-667-1974 ecn: 8109-71974 mobile 403-819-9233
>>>>>> yahoo: sobchuk
>>>>>> www.ericsson.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The author works for Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson ("Ericsson"), who
>>>>>> is solely responsible for this email and its contents. All inquiries
>>>>>> regarding this email should be addressed to Ericsson. The web site for
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> This Communication is Confidential. We only send and receive
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Craig DeForest [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:15 PM
>>>>>> To: Dima Kogan
>>>>>> Cc: Craig DeForest; Clifford Sobchuk; [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 25, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Dima Kogan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Clifford Sobchuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I tried installing the PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on top of 2.4.9
>>>>>>>> and it resulted in the following report from cpanm. Any pointers?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This just means that it couldn't run the gnuplot executable. I
>>>>>>> haven't made any effort to make it work on Windows, so that's
>>>>>>> why you are seeing the error. There shouldn't be a lot involved, but
>>>>>>> somebody has to do it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also it is important to note that the code on CPAN is my latest
>>>>>>> branch. Craig has done lots of work on this module, and you should use
>>>>>>> his latest:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/drzowie/PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know if Windows support was something he touched, but it's
>>>>>>> worth a try.
>>>>>>> Craig, care to weigh in?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure. I've been working down the parse tree for Gnuplot. The existing
>>>>>> module works great for a wide variety of simple things. There is crude
>>>>>> FITS support. It is possible to do everything that gnuplot can do
>>>>>> (which is quite a lot), but edgier cases still require messing with the
>>>>>> syntax a bit (e.g. "xrange" works as advertised [you pass in a list ref
>>>>>> containing <min>,<max>], unless you set "xmdate" to plot time values on
>>>>>> the X axis, in which case you have to manually pass in a string that
>>>>>> contains double quotes -- but that will be fixed).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for Windows support, I find that the "x11" device works fine with the
>>>>>> only Windows system I use. Someone else who knows (or cares) how to
>>>>>> support the cra^H^H^Hstuff that comes out of Redmond can hack the 2-3
>>>>>> methods that do the actual IPC to the gnuplot process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's an example plot I made recently for a paper. It shows fields of
>>>>>> view of several instruments on the STEREO-A spacecraft and locations of
>>>>>> several CMEs that were tracked at the end of 2008. It was surprisingly
>>>>>> easy to generate (and is just one frame in a movie).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to get one or two more rounds of smartening finished up and a
>>>>>> better test suite written, but I (and I think Dima) am planning to have
>>>>>> a CPAN release of PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot buttoned up in time for folks
>>>>>> to poke and prod it before 2.4.11 comes out (hopefully ~4-6 months after
>>>>>> 2.4.10).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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