GNUPLOT in Cygwin: Terminal type set to 'unknown'

GNUPLOT in Cygwin: Terminal type set to 'unknown'

[Dilan Shah]

I am trying to use GNUPLOT in Cygwin, however whenever I start it up it just
says the terminal type is unknown and then when I try to plot something
simple like sin(x), nothing happens.

$ gnuplot

        G N U P L O T
        Version 4.4 patchlevel 0
        last modified March 2010
        System: CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.7(0.230/5/3)

        Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2010
        Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others

        gnuplot home:     http://www.gnuplot.info
        faq, bugs, etc:   type "help seeking-assistance"
        immediate help:   type "help"
        plot window:      hit 'h'

Terminal type set to 'unknown'
gnuplot> plot sin(x)
gnuplot>

Can anyone help me?  Thanks.
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Re: GNUPLOT in Cygwin: Terminal type set to 'unknown'

[Keith Christian]

There is lots of additional good gnuplot info on the WWW.

Fast answer:

gnuplot> set terminal dumb
Terminal type set to 'dumb'
Options are 'feed  size 79, 24'
gnuplot> plot sin(x)

A (crude) graph of sin(x) should now be on the terminal screen, or if
you're using X, then it will appear in an X window.


========Keith

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