title: How to get Octave's plot to work under emacs?
body: <p>Using octave in a terminal window</p>
  
  <pre><code>x=1:10;
  plot(x);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>works fine, produces a plot window which is zoomable etc.</p>
  
  <p>running octave under emacs, the plot appears, but the plot window is hung and you can't zoom. If you execute <code>plot(x);</code> again, the window disappears.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using Debian Jessie, with GNU Emacs 24.3.1 and GNU Octave, version 3.8.1.</p>
  
  <p>To get it to work at all I had to make a <strong>.octaverc</strong> to set the prompt.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ cat ~/.octaverc
  PS1("&gt;&gt; ")
  </code></pre>