Re: editing in octave 3.2.4

[Daryl Lee]

On 7/13/2011 1:51 PM, john wrote:
> Hi ,
> dear members
>
> I have a problem for editing in octave.
>
> When I write "edit" in the original directory when I start octave,
>
> I get the error message"cannot find entrypoint -wtof in msvcrt.dll.
>
> I maked some plots in 2-and 3dim and saved this as ps files and Pdf files,no
> problem.
>
> I know I'm a beginner???
>
> Kin  regards

I just went through this recently, so it's fresh on my mind.  My preferred 
editor is gVim; you can adjust to your own taste.

1.  First, in your Octave installation find the file that corresponds to 
this one on my machine:
C:\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\site\m\startup\octaverc

In that file, add the following:
  setenv('HOME', 'c:\octave\local');
  cd ~/

You should, of course, change the path to whatever you want your Octave home 
directory to be.  This is the directory that will be used for a simple 
"edit" command, and where your local .octaverc file will go.

2.  In that HOME directory, create a .octaverc file with this in it:
  edit mode "async"
  edit editor "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Vim\\vim73\\gvim.exe %s"

  # search path
  addpath("~/octave");

The experts around here may refine this somewhat.  I am a beginner, and 
these tips are from Hansen, "GNU Octave Beginner's Guide."


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