> It didn't seem to want to left me build a pdf device.
To get pdf device you will need the libharu library
https://github.com/libharu/libharu/archive/RELEASE_2_3_0.zip
which should build without issue.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Peter Williams
<peter.williams...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi Alan & Arjen
>
> Thanks for your attention. Hope I am posting this correctly. One of the
> first things I did when I built Plplot5.11.1 was to run the c code
> examples. Example x07c.c runs fine and displays the character #(855) –
> an arrow head in a Postscript file. All very jolly! So, the fonts must
> be built into the library. My program shows nothing. But maybe the
> comparison is false because I plot using plptex while x07c.c uses a
> different method, which I confess I am not clear about. It does print
> some characters correctly e.g. #(766) - the infinity symbol.
>
> I have been using Plplot for a long time starting with an ARM Acorn
> Archimedes. I built Plplot5.00 back in the 90's using a collection of
> .bat files. I still have it and it plots #(855) fine. I thought it was
> time to upgrade... I build using CMAKE 3.4.0-rc2 in its GUI form. It
> didn't seem to want to left me build a pdf device. Maybe I am not using
> it correctly.
>
> A simplified version of my program is:
>
> /*
> FontTest
> */
> #include <math.h>
> #include <plplot.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> int i;
> PLFLT x,y,dx,dy,theta,dTheta,xMin,xMax,yMin,yMax;
>
> xMin = -4.0; xMax = 1.0; yMin = -2.0; yMax = 2.0;
>
> /* Set up viewport and window, but do not draw box */
>
> plinit();
> plenv( xMin, xMax, yMin, yMax, 0, 0 );
> plfontld(1);plfont(1);
>
> x = -2.0; y = 2.0*exp(-x*x/4.0); dy = -x*exp(-x*x/4.0); /* Find
> arrow slope */
> plptex(x, y,1.0,dy,0.5,"#(855)"); /* C2 Arrow */
> plptex(x,-y,dx,dy,0.5,"#(855)"); /* C1 Arrow */
> plptex(x,0,-1.0,0.0,0.5,"#(855)"); /* Gamma Arrow */
>
> plend();
> return 1;
> }
>
> Best Wishes, Peter
>
>
>
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