Building Gnuplot from Sublime2 OSX

Question

I am struggling to execute gnuplot scripts from Sublime2.

Gnuplot is installed and I can execute it from Terminal (OSX). My build configuration in Sublime 2 looks like this:

{
    "cmd": ["gnuplot"]
}

when Building it get the following result:

[Errno 2] No such file or directory
[cmd:  [u'gnuplot']]
[dir:  /Users/macuser/Documents/Gnuplot]
[path: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]
[Finished]

How to I set up the build instructions in sublime so the script will be send to gnuplot with the current path as a working directory?

Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '14 at 16:36

I'm using Sublime Text 3 on OS X 10.9, and I solve the problem with the following procedure:

Open terminal and navigate to the Installed Packages on Sublime Text:

$ cd ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages

Copy the file Gnuplot.sublime-package and paste in Desktop.
```
$ cp Gnuplot.sublime-package ~/Desktop
```

Rename the file to Gnuplot.zip and extract the content to a folder, ex. Gnuplot.

$ cd ~/Desktop
$ mv Gnuplot.sublime-package Gnuplot.zip
$ unzip Gnuplot.zip -d Gnuplot

Navigate to the folder, Gnuplot, open the file gnuplot.sublime-build with any text editor, like vim or, even, sublime text. Don't close the terminal window.
```
$ subl gnuplot.sublime-build
```
Onterminal type:
```
$ which gnuplot
```

Copy the path and with the file gnuplot.sublime-build opened previously in step 4, append the following line path like this:

{
    "cmd": ["gnuplot", "$file"],
    "path": "$PATH:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:",
    "working_dir": "${project_path:${folder}}",
    "selector": "source.gnuplot"
}

Save the file, and open terminal again. Type the following commands:

$ cd ~/Desktop/Gnuplot/
$ zip Gnuplot.sublime-package *
$ mv Gnuplot.sublime-package  ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Installed Packages\

Restart sublime text 3, and it will work fine. Sorry with my bad english. LOL

AGS · Answer 2 · 2013-10-18T11:34:04.603

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In your case, a minimum build system should look something like this:

{
    "cmd": ["/full/path/to/gnuplot"],
    "working_dir": "${project_path:${folder}}"
}

You can also set "working_dir" to any specific directory. Check this page out for further info on constructing a build file:

Build system reference

edited Oct 18 '13 at 11:34

answered Oct 18 '13 at 10:13

AGS

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I don t know where the the location of gnuplot is on my system. I tried to figure it out by invoking it with the "whereis" command, but I don get any answer. Gnuplot can be invoked with Terminal from any location on my system. Do I need to specify it with sublime? Also: last comma in your answer might be wrong. – N_2 Oct 18 '13 at 11:22
Did you actually install `gnuplot` on your machine? What OS are you using, if linux/OSX try `which gnuplot`. – AGS Oct 18 '13 at 11:26
Thanks. **WHICH** worked. "/usr/local/bin/gnuplot" OSX 10.8.5 – N_2 Oct 18 '13 at 11:34
Cool. I removed the comma in question, too. – AGS Oct 18 '13 at 11:34

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