Re: MathKernel7 produces no Graphics
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- Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 02:07:47 -0400 (EDT)
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On Thursday, November 5, 2009 2:56:31 PM UTC+5:30, Albert Retey wrote: > Jan Engelhardt schrieb: > > Hi everybody, > > > > > > I just installed a trial of Mathematica 7.0.1 to see how it improved > > from the previous Mathematica 5.2 that I still had. Slightly > > disappointing is the fact that the MathKernel does not output graphics > > anymore, that is, > > > >> ~/bin/math > > Mathematica 7.0 for Linux x86 (64-bit) > > Copyright 1988-2009 Wolfram Research, Inc. > > > > In[1]:= Plot[x^2, {x, -1, 1}] > > > > Out[1]= -Graphics- > > > > In[2]:= > > > > Without popping up a new window with the graph as it used to in Math5. > > $DISPLAY is set and valid. Even when I forcibly unset it, there is no > > warning from the graphics output subprogram (that used to start in > > Math5) that DISPLAY is empty. > > > > I found this [ http://tinyurl.com/yfn47x2 ] thread in this newsgroup > > archive mentioning similar issues; however, if directing MathKernel to > > output in StandardForm or TraditionalForm, the -graphics- won't be a > > -graphics-, but a point list and parameters of the plot (I'd really > > prefer the drawn plot ;) > > > > In[2]:= StandardForm[Plot[x^2,{x,-1,1}]] > > > > Out[2]//StandardForm= > > > >> GraphicsBox[... lots of text ...] > > > > > > > > What could be up with MathKernel7 that it produces no Graphics? With the > > graphical interface (~/bin/mathematica), plots are in fact shown, but > > I really prefer running just the MathKernel CLI. > > > > > > thanks, > > Jan > > I think this has changed in version 6. You can get something similar to the > old default behaviour (an extra window which shows the graphics) with: > > Get["JavaGraphics`"] > > the former Motif-Graphics are not existent anymore, AFAIK. > > hth, > > albert In version 8.0, Get["JavaGraphics`"] too doesnt work. What can be done?