RE: Windows?

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

Do you know that octave-3.0.2 on mingw binaries have been available at the 
following?
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888&package_id=287261

The version is still a little bit old but works well on windows.

Unfortunately Jhandle does not work on the octave-binaries 3.0.2 on windows.

Except this point, the octave-3.0.2 mingw binaries is good tools for most 
octave users for windows.
However the package includes GCC and mkoctfile works without install complier 
by the user. That is
quite good point so that I have used this mingw version until recently.

(Now I am using octave 3.0.5 with the ATLAS optimized to my cmputer built 
myself on mingw platform.)

Benjamin Lindar is now preparing octave-3.0.5 binaries on mingw.
Please wait a while he will complete his work.
 
Regards

Tatsuro
--- "Schirmacher, Rolf"  wrote:

> 
> I must confess that I did not follow all details of the thread. I am bound
> to a windows environment and would like to use octave within a restricted
> commercial environment.
> 
> By now, I only used the MSVC-precompiled builds and I really appreciate
> them. The key is that they are really easy to install and use (even without
> administrative privelleges) and are well maintained - thanks Micheal!
> 
> Now I probably have to switch to mingw in the future. O.k. - but what does
> that mean from a user perspective?
> 
> One thing I understand immediately is that I would need gcc in mingw to
> build oct-files (instead of MSVC). But I would assume that most windows
> users rarely build oct-files themselves (at least those users who we are
> worrying about here). And please remember all the issues with getting the
> right "MSVC release" - that really never was easy. In addition, mingw/gcc
> might be distributed in the same package, ensuring that every user is able
> to build oct-files without additional package loading (that would even be an
> improvement over MSVC).
> 
> What else will change?
> 
> Will there be a reduced performance of octave? 
> 
> Will gnuplot still work well with a good performance for the rendering?
> 
> Will there be limited interaction with standard software? (I use emacs as a
> shell / UI anyway).
> 
> Will I have to install separate packages (e.g. the mingw environment) or
> will all be bundled in one package (as the MSVC build)?
> 
> Are there additional caveats when switching?
> 
> I really never used a mingw build on windows, so I honestly ask the experts
> to comment on these questions. 
> But if the changes from a user perspective will be minimum or virtually
> non-existant, then many users might not even notice the difference of mingw
> instead of MSVC and all the discussion is not really worth continuing.
> 
> Just my 2 ct.
> 
> Rolf
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