Re: Getting Started

[Martin Helm]

Am Sonntag, 10. Oktober 2010, 18:28:12 schrieb Peter Dawes:
> hi Octave user,
> 
> I am a first year engineering student and have (i think) downloaded Octave
> successfully. However, I noticed in the manual that you can use the
> command "silent" to stop it producing all the version info at the top.
> When I try to do this it just says that it doesn't recognize this
> function. How do I enter this properly? I'm typing into the black terminal
> box, I take it this is correct? How do you save your work from there? I'm
> very sorry, I'm a complete novice to programming of any sort.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter

If you want to start octave without the verbose output about version and so on 
you add the silent option on the command line

octave --silent

not after you started octave at the octave prompt (not sure if I understood 
what you really tried).

You can save the commands you enter in octave by using the diary which gives 
you some kind of log file about what you enetered (call "help diary").
If you want to save the functions you develop the best way is to use an 
external editor like notepad++ in windows or in linux for example emacs, vi, 
gedit, kate ...