Re: How to use Notepad++ as an interactive editor for Octave?

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Paryshaan 
> To: help-octave
> Cc: 
> Date: 2015/7/4, Sat 19:47
> Subject: How to use Notepad++ as an interactive editor for Octave?
> 
> Hi
> Its a few days I'm trying how to configure notepad++ (Npp) or Octave to use
> Npp as an interactive editor with Octave.
> I had some success and fails and here I want to share my experience.
> I have installed Octave and Npp on windows 8.1, Octave in D:\Octave-4 and
> Npp in C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++
> I’ve created a new .m file in D:\ and it contains these lines
> a=2
> b=a+2
> plot(1:10)
> 
> When you open an .m file in Npp you can run it in octave by pressing F5 and
> running this command:
> D:\Octave-4\bin\octave-cli.exe --persist  -i -q $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)
> Which $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH) is an Npp variable and means the path to the
> current file and other parameters are described in Command-Line-Options.
> After pressing run a command window of Octave opens displaying
> a=2
> b=4
> And a plot window is displayed.
> It’s a way for Edit in Npp and Run in Octave but is not interactive. I mean
> there is no connection between Npp and current Octave window and we can’t
> pass another file to current Octave window to use the work space and so on.
> 
> I’ve installed NppExec plugin in Npp which helps to have an interactive
> connection.
> You can download NppExec’s latest version here and you should paste
> NppExec.dll in the plugins folder in Npp install directory. After reopening
> Npp in plugins tab of menu this plugin is available.
> With pressing F6 and adding below command you can run current file from Npp:
> D:\Octave-4\bin\octave-cli.exe --persist -i -q  $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)
> After pressing OK, no new window (not octave command window nor plot window)
> is opened and the results are shown in NppExec Console. We can interact with
> octave in this console! For example we can write a*b and ans=8 is displayed.
> It seems we are working in Octave command window but some commands like clc
> for clearing the screen doesn’t works!
> And what about plot! I don’t know.
> Any idea about how to fix the problems in the second method are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks for your attension
> Rouhollah
> 
From windows command prompt

C:\Users\Matsuoka\Desktop\WadaOkanoOB>c:\Octave\octave-4.0.0\bin\octave-cli.exe 
--persist  -i -q msS.m


worked as expected. The script msS.m works as expected and octave prompt 
appears as expected.

Please try 
cmd /c D:\Octave-4\bin\octave-cli.exe --persist  -i -q $(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)

Tatsuro