Fwd: Re: Compilation problem / octave-2.0.16 / movie / mpeg question

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Dear Octave Help,

I have 2 questions-

(1) I have an RPM installed and working for octave 2.1 but I would like
to be able to
compile 2.0.16 but I have a problem-
./configure
....
...
./make
...
..
.
make[2]: Entering directory
`/home/matt/download/octave-2.0.16/liboctave'
c++ -c  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  -I../glob
-I../glob -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
-fno-implicit-templates -g -O2 -Wall cmd-hist.cc
cmd-hist.cc: In method `command_history::command_history (const string
&, int)':
../readline/history.h:161: too many arguments to function `int
read_history ()'
cmd-hist.cc:69: at this point in file
cmd-hist.cc: In method `void command_history::add (const string &)':
../readline/history.h:71: too many arguments to function `void
add_history ()'
cmd-hist.cc:132: at this point in file
cmd-hist.cc: In method `void command_history::remove (int)':
../readline/history.h:76: too many arguments to function `HIST_ENTRY
*remove_history ()'
+ lots more of this stuff
cmd-hist.cc:434: at this point in file
make[2]: *** [cmd-hist.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/matt/download/octave-2.0.16/liboctave'

make[1]: *** [liboctave] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/matt/download/octave-2.0.16'
make: *** [all] Error 2


Before I start delving into the code anyone know what is going on here?
// sysinfo
uname -a
Linux trouble 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 16:46:36 EDT 2001 i686 unknown




(2) Is there any movie / animation facility in octave?  If not has
anyone made any attempt
to do this or are there any alternatives--- Would a
octave->gnuplot->framestore->imagemagik->mpeg movie
approach be sensible  and could I code this via an octave mfile without
delving into the octave source?
Is there a way of sucking a bitmap back from a gnuplot window and
displaying it from octave in a sensible
way (ie could I use this to provide the equivalent of M(i)=getframe to
build a movie?).


Thanks matt


ps I have some general questions-- how active is octave development, of
the free matlab interpreters is
octave <active / likely to continue> or <inactive / likely to be
upsurped by scilab or something else> ?
When is the next stable release due?



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