Re: octave on Mac

[Adam Dershowitz]

> On May 24, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On May 23, 2016, at 22:23, Joshua Friedman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Octave on Mac is really buggy. I was able to compile it with homebrew, but 
>> couldn't get the graphics to work.
>> 
>> Mac is basically freeBSD so I am surprised that the Windows version works 
>> nicely but Mac seems to be a real problem.
>> 
>> These day, many (or maybe most) young students have mac laptops. It would be 
>> great to see a version using the apple graphical libraries. For example, the 
>> TexShop program for writing latex. If I knew enough about the graphical 
>> libraries, I would volunteer, but I don't.
>> 
>> If possible, please compile a 4.0.1 version and make it a DMG file.
> 
> There's been some work compiling an app bundle automatically using Homebrew.
> 
> https://github.com/schoeps/octave_installer
> 
> Please give it a try. If the graphics don't work file an "issue" at the link 
> so that the developer can work on a solution. Be sure to include info on your 
> architecture and version of Mac OS.
> 
> Ben

The Macports version now builds and runs just fine.  So, that is another 
option.  

—Adam