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Re: How to launch Octave with its GUI ?


From: Michael Goffioul
Subject: Re: How to launch Octave with its GUI ?
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:34:34 +0200

On 7/28/07, Julien R <address@hidden> wrote:
> > What do you mean with "graphical interface"? Octave does not have by
> > default
> > a graphical interface, it simply runs in a console. Of course, if you
> > want to use
> > plots (which uses gnuplot), you'll need to have a X server running as
> > well. If this
> > is what you mean, then look into C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat:
> > this is
> > a batch script to start the X server and an X terminal. You can probably
> > tune it
> > to start octave in the terminal.
> >
> By the past, I used Matlab and also tried Scilab. It was possible to load
> ".m" scripts and do other things by using a GUI (for example, using the
> "Open file" button). As I understand, all this is done in a command line
> mode with Octave.
> I could start the X server and the X terminal. Then, from the X terminal, I
> called octave.
> If I understand well, all Octave commands will be called from this terminal.
> Content of vector or matrixes will also be printed in the same terminal.
> Isn't it?

Yes. Octave does not have a GUI like Matlab. There are some attempts that
you can find on the web (like octave workshop), but to my knowledge, there's
nothing really stable or full-featured.

Michael.


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