Finding .m files on Mac with Tiger

[Henry F. Mollet]

In my Fink installation of Octave 2.1.46 on iMac with OS X 10.8, it was
installed in /sw which is visible in the Finder Window and Finder/Find will
find any .m file.

In my recent installation of Octave 2.1.71 from source using David Collet's
summary page (thanks), the installation of Octave is done in the usual Unix
/usr directory. It does not appear in the Finder Window unless one uses the
Finder/Go/Go to Folder with the path /usr. Finder/Find cannot located any .m
files. I should know what .m files I have available.

I've just spent 1 hour with Apple Support and they have put in a feature
request. Mind-boggling that the new Finder (Spotlight) should be a step
backwards as it cannot find anything in /usr.

Can anybody with Octave on Mac OS X 10.4.1 please confirm that they are
having the same problem or if there's a solution.
Henry




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