I think -e used to mean "reuse any existing gsview session".
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Martin Kreuzer <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, you are right on both counts: > [1] double quotes not necessary (single quotes already taking care of the > blanks within path). > [2] "-e" obviously causing the error; plot working like a charm without it. > Don't know anything about this parameter; found it there in base.cfg ... > Thanks, Martin > > > At 2014-04-01 07:22, you wrote: > >> I guess the double quotes are not needed but it may be the "-e" that >> caused error. What is this "-e"? Can it be omitted? If not, try >> another app such as acrobat reader. >> >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Martin Kreuzer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > When adding a pair of double quotes I get: >> > >> > ----- >> > ] v=. 5 % ~ i: 5 >> > >> > _1 _0.8 _0.6 _0.4 _0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 >> > load 'plot' >> > plot v; v >> > view pdf error:"d:/program files/ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe" -e >> > f:/documents a >> > nd settings/admin/j701-user/temp/plot.pdf >> > >> > >> > The system cannot find the file specified. >> > ----- >> > >> > which might be alright for finding GSView but still leaves the path to >> > plot.pdf in a somehow sorry state ... >> > I haven't yet found where this parameter is filled in. >> > >> > Martin >> > >> > >> > At 2014-04-01 06:28, you wrote: >> >> >> >> > It looks to me as if there are quotes missing so that both paths >> aren't >> >> interpreted correctly. >> >> >> >> OK, what happens when you put the paths in quotes? >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Martin Kreuzer <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Greetings - >> >> > >> >> > Beg your pardon in case I didn't search thorougly enough. >> >> > >> >> > This is a from a J7 installation on a WinXP machine: >> >> > >> >> > ----- >> >> > ]v=. 5%~ i: 5 >> >> > _1 _0.8 _0.6 _0.4 _0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 >> >> > load 'plot' >> >> > plot v; v >> >> > view pdf error:d:/program files/ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe -e >> >> > f:/documents and >> >> > settings/admin/j701-user/temp/plot.pdf >> >> > >> >> > The system cannot find the file specified. >> >> > >> >> > 9!:14 '' >> >> > j701/2011-01-10/11:25 >> >> > ----- >> >> > >> >> > The executable (gsview32.exe) is there; the graph (plot.pdf) is >> there; >> >> > when opened manually via GSView there's no problem at all. >> >> > It looks to me as if there are quotes missing so that both paths >> aren't >> >> > interpreted correctly. >> >> > However, these are the relevant (?) lines from >> /system/config/base.cfg: >> >> > >> >> > ----- >> >> > EPSReader=: 'd:/program files/ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe -e' >> >> > PDFReader=: 'd:/program files/ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe -e' >> >> > ----- >> >> > >> >> > Any hint appreciated. >> >> > >> >> > Martin >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ---------- >> >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/ >> forums.htm >> >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
