Re: MathKernel7 produces no Graphics
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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?