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Re: Point Gnuplot to X11

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Am 23.02.2015 um 01:20 schrieb Erik Zweigle:

> gnuplot: unable to open display
> '/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.E35rye5Llh/org.macosforge.xquartz:0'

> It seems that gnuplot is looking for X11 in a temporary file that has
> been erased.

I'm afraid you're rather completely misunderstanding that message.
That's not a file it's looking for.  It's a DISPLAY.  Those would
usually be not a file, but rather an (abbreviated) IP address / hostname
plus some X11-specific extension.  The usual shortest form is ":0", 
which is equivalent to "the first display on localhost".

The exact form to be used is a property of your X11 server.  You _are_ 
running one, I hope?

| I decided to upgrade gnuplot to 5.0.0 and point it to the correct
> X11.app location in /Applications/Utilities/  .  I modified line 294
> of the makefile but still receive the same message

No wonder.  DISPLAY is not something to be set in Makefiles.  You set 
that in your environment, to tell X11 programs where their display is to 
show up.

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Point Gnuplot to X11 Erik Zweigle <erikzweigle@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 16:20 -0800
  Re: Point Gnuplot to X11 Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2015-02-24 00:44 +0100
    Re: Point Gnuplot to X11 Erik Zweigle <erikzweigle@gmail.com> - 2015-02-28 12:31 -0800

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