Re: How to load images?

[findtype]

No big problem.  I can edit within the X window and run octave within the cygwin window.

Many thanks again! 

Ted F

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:46 PM, marco atzeri <address@hidden> wrote:

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:30 PM, findtype <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks, Marco!  That worked perfectly, and the bottom line is that an image
> loaded as advertised.
> The remaining problem I have with getting started with octave is that "edit"
> does not work for me.  It writes the m-file on the screen like "emacs" does,
> but it seems to stay in the command-line mode rather than letting me make
> changes in the text.  How can that be fixed?
> Ted F
>

I don't use that functionality. I neded to check

> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:07 PM, marco atzeri <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:39 PM, findtype  wrote:
>> > Ok, the cygwin setup.exe got me the libGraphicsMagick3-1.3.12-2.
>> > However, for octave it got version 3.4.0-2 not the -3.
>> > Also, as I didn't know where to check for fortran, it got the apparently
>> > ill-fated libgfortran3-4.3.4-4.
>> > Now Octave won't run in cygwin at all, but just exits without a word,
>> > which
>> > is the problem reported in another thread by Pertti.
>> > So, how can I downgrade the fortran to 3-4.3.4-3 ?
>>
>> Ted,
>> octave 3.4.0-2 is fine. (-3 was typo)
>>
>> for ill-fated libgfortran3-4.3.4-4
>> Run cygwin setup.exe, on "select packages" window, click on "view" to
>> switch from "category" to "full".
>>
>> search libgfortran3, you you will see
>>
>> Current       New
>> 4.3.4-4        Keep
>>
>> click on keep several times until you get 4.3.4-3
>>
>> Regards
>> Marco
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