Re: Advice on getting started converting MATLAB to Octave

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Jeffrey <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have a lot of MATLAB code in .m files for my thesis. I will need to
> convert this to run on Octave on a cluster and would like a little advice
> please.
>
> Is there an IDE, or similar, which allows you to step through code and let
> you view the value of variables in memory?
>
> Since I think the answer to the above is "no", what are good editors to use
> for Octave code? I know how to use emacs, but it did not highlight .m files
> very well, so I'm wondering if there is a better editor, or a simple way to
> use emacs to highlight Octave code.
>
> How do you duplicate some of the features of an IDE? I know about adding
> print statements to my code, but I wonder if you have any other good tips
> which will help me.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
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Converting Matlab to Octave should be trivial. have you tried your
code already in the latest release?
If you are using toolboxes then you are compromised and there may be a
lot to do not only converting the code.

Others will answer, but I think the latest version of the GUI in the
dev repository already has something like stepping through code.
Otherwise I personally enjoy using gEdit.

To step through code you can add the keyboard keyword to a fuction and
script and you will be given a debug prompt where you can navigate the
code and look at variable values.