Re: Octave presentation slides

[Robert A. Macy]

True, Windows Explorer downloaded the file as .tar.tar, but
on inspecting the file the header appears to be a tar.bz2
so I changed the name.  But, I can't unzip a bz2.  And
can't seem to save .html from a URL easily either.  Keep
missing pieces and get those little white windows with red
x's where what I want to view is missing something.  

I avoid saving ANYTHING in html
1 it creates a list of confusing subdirectories
2 won't print, or at least can't control the print
3 usually accidentally activates the Windows Explorer
wiping out a website I was trying to look at.  

I hoped some kind soul would redo the short form manual in
pdf for octave ?? so don't get the truncated version.  

                - Robert -

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:02:59 -0500
 Quentin Spencer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Robert A. Macy wrote:
> 
> >Stefan,
> >
> >Thank you for supplying them, however, 
> >notice the label is  octave-aims.tar.tar
> >
> >But more importantly, I only have Winzip and such, which
> >will do tar.gz or tar.tgz, but doesn't understand
> tar.tar
> >
> >Is it possible to put a different version up there for
> the
> >"compression challenged"?
> >  
> >
> 
> The presentation is all HTML. If you don't have the right
> tools to unpack the tar.bz2 file, you can still see it by
> following the "view online" link Stefan put on his web
> site:
> http://www.dsp.sun.ac.za/~stefan/octave-aims/index.html
> 
> I think maybe your browser (Internet Explorer?) may be
> doing something funny to the file extension. I downloaded
> it and got a tar.bz2 file rather than tar.tar. I think
> double file extensions like this confuse some Windows
> programs, which want to insist on only one extension.
> Also, if you have cygwin installed, you may have tar
> installed somewhere on your system without knowing
> it--try it from the cygwin prompt.
> 
> And, Stefan, nice presentation!
> 
> -Quentin
> 



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