title: Octave -- Plotting from Terminal Command Line
body: <p>Background:</p>
  
  <p>I'm new to Octave, as of today.<br>
  I am running GNU Octave, version 4.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</p>
  
  <p>I'm using the command-line interface at the terminal (ie, open the terminal and, type "octave").<br>
  I'm aware that there is a GUI, but I want to see if I can get this working in the terminal [such a setup is my preference in most applications]</p>
  
  <p>PROBLEM:</p>
  
  <p>Plots are plotted in text.  As in:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IskdE.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IskdE.png" alt="TextBasedPlot"></a></p>
  
  <p>How can I get a good-looking plot in a plotting window?  I genuinely haven't been able to find this information in 10 minutes of Googling...I think it should be easier than that....maybe someday this post will be the easy solution for others.</p>
  
  <p>Best,
  -Ryan</p>