Re: octave on windows 8

On 9 August 2013 12:44, Israel Herraiz <address@hidden> wrote:

Excerpts from Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen's message of Fri Aug 09 13:29:48 +0200 2013:

> I will shortly start (to teach) a calculus course where use of
> octave/matlab will be included.
> The students will mainly be using their own computers, and (sadly)
> most of them will bring windows computers, many of the computers new,
> so with windows 8.
>
> Is there good solutions to use octave with windows 8?, as I have heard
> that do not work? So long I do not have access to a computer with
> windows 8, so cannot try!

I maintain a customized version of Octave for my classes. It contains
a GUI based on the code of the Octave GUI, although it can be used
also from the command line. The latest release, R8.2, works on Windows
8.

You can download this version from
http://forja.rediris.es/frs/download.php/2954/Octave-UPM-R8.2-setup.exe

Please note that you might need to install some additional
libraries. Just install Octave UPM and try to launch it. If you see
the main window, you don't have to install anything. If you get an
error, install the following file and open Octave UPM again (you don't
have to reinstall it):
http://forja.rediris.es/frs/download.php/2664/vcredist_x86.exe

Actually, the "official" Octave also works on Windows 8. The "secret"
to make Octave work on Windows 8 is launching it with the following
options: "-i --line-editing" (see
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Windows#Manual_installation_instructions
for more details). That is done by default in Octave UPM.

Cheers,
Israel

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Israel Herraiz
Assistant Professor / Profesor Ayudante Doctor
Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
http://mat.caminos.upm.es/~iht/
Tel: +34 91 336 6663

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From:	Lester Anderson
Subject:	Re: octave on windows 8
Date:	Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:05:37 +0100