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Re: Create a Variable Browser?


From: PhilipNienhuis
Subject: Re: Create a Variable Browser?
Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 02:31:01 -0700 (PDT)

zequinha wrote
> we need that variable editor back! How can I install it/try it out?

Back? it was never officially in.

You need to be able to build Octave:

- get all required dependencies for Octave and and Mercurial

- then clone Octave's dev tree (but you can also try stable I think):

hg  clone  http:/www.octave.org/hg/octave  default
-----(where "default" is the subdir where Octave's dev tree is going to live
on your system)
cd default
./bootstrap
hg -v import /full/path/to/latest/variable-editor/changeset
-----(hopefully it applies without rejects)
mkdir ../oct410+
----(is a build dir)
cd ../oct410+
../default/configure && make -j5 && make check
----(hopefully no problems until there)

then: either do
./run-octave &

or

sudo make install

Be aware the variable-editor as it stands has quite a few rough edges. Don't
try the automatic column width setting (takes ages to populate) and it
doesn't do e.g., Java objects, structs and classdef objects. But for numeric
arrays and cell arrays it works fine. It also allows cut & paste to/from
other programs (e.g., LibreOffice Calc).

Philip




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