Java interface to Octave

[David Smith]

Sorry to blunder into your mailing list.  I have some questions.

I am an Octave novice, having just downloaded and installed the latest 
Octave on my Windows box.  However, I have some familiarity with 
Matlab.  In fact, I am prototyping a freshman class that mixes Matlab and 
Java, using Matlab's smooth-as-silk Java interfaces.  Of course, the 
stumbling block is the Matlab license fee.  I want to explore replacing 
Matlab with Octave.  Hence the questions:

1. The Octave documents allude to the fact that there is a C++ wrapper that 
can be used to invoke Java programs.  Is that freely available, or do I 
need to get all the GNU C++ stuff and do it myself?

2. If this wrapper is available would I be able to understand how to use it?

3. I also couldn't find any info on what the user interface is doing when I 
create a plot file.  It seems to allow me to zoom in, but I can't seem to 
get "un-zoomed."

                        DMS

David M. Smith http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/David.Smith
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Computing



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