Re: Embedding the Octave interactive prompt

[John Swensen]

Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 08/11/2007, Michael Goffioul <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > On 11/8/07, Javier Arantegui <address@hidden> wrote:
> >     
> > > QtOctave can be use under MS Windows XP (I am not sure what you mean with
> > > Win32).
> > >       
> > As far as I know, it does not use terminal emulation.
> >     
>
> True. The last version that Pedro Lucas made (which I have yet to
> package for Debian; I'm on it) implements its own history and command
> completion functions independently from GNU readline. I still think
> it's substandard myself, but it's a vast improvement over not having
> that functionality at all. However, P.L. seemed unaware of John
> Swenson's work in the C++ octave_server class, and he thought it was
> interesting when I pointed it out to him. He may change his approach
> to QtOctave in the next release. Terminal emulation may not be
> necessary at all.
>
> - Jordi G. H.
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P.S. With the recent patches to the high-level debugging functionality 
of octave (see debug.h and debug.cc), my octave_server class will soon 
have the ability to set, clear, and respond to hitting breakpoints. This 
would happen a lot faster if I could get my Matrix Analysis and Random 
Signal Analysis teachers to give a little less homework ;)

John Swensen