Dumb, dumb, dumb.

org-plot or gnuplot-mode must have been configured to look in /usr/bin.
Though /usr/local/bin was in my path, it suddenly worked when I added a
symlink in /usr/bin. Uninstalling gnuplot, re-configuring with
--prefix=/usr, and reinstalling fixed everything.

John

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:24 PM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> Perhaps some silly clarification. I read through the org-mode manual for
> using gnuplot and have some unanswered questions:
>
> ### Setup ###
> - I've installed gnuplot via ./configure, make, and make install
> --- seems like it sent to /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp
> --- most of the rest of emacs lives in /usr/share/emacs
> --- Do I need to specifically add this path, or does emacs check both?
>
> - I have the following in .elisp:
> --- (autoload 'gnuplot-mode "gnuplot" "gnuplot major mode" t)
> --- (autoload 'gnuplot-make-buffer "gnuplot" "open a buffer in gnuplot
> mode" t)
>
> - I've installed gnuplot-mode by putting the two .elc files generated in
> .elisp/site-lisp, which is already in my load path
>
> - org-plot is already present according to word (indeed when doing M-x
> org-plot and then tab, I see four options
>
> - I've downloaded org-plot.org from worg
>
>
> ### Issues ###
> - When I start emacs and go to a #+Plot line and execute M-x
> org-plot/gnuplot the first time, the minibuffer reads:
> --- gnuplot-mode 0.6.0 (gnuplot 3.7) -- report bugs with "M-x
> gnuplot-bug-report"
> --- nothing else happens... what is supposed to happen?
>
> - If I execute it (M-x org-plot/gnuplot) again anywhere in the file (same
> table or another), the minibuffer reads:
> --- searching for program: no such file or directory, gnuplot
>
> - If I switch to the *gnuplot* buffer, I see this in the minibuffer:
> --- (Comint: no process)
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
>
>