Re: Clawpack + Octave?

[Miquel Cabanas]

hi,

On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 08:17:35AM -0800, John B. Thoo wrote:
> Hi.  I'm sorry if this may be off topic.  I'm interested in using 
> Clawpack, a numerical solver for hyperbolic conservation laws.
> 
> <http://www.amath.washington.edu/~claw/>
> 
> Clawpack uses Matlab to plot.  Has anyone tried using Clawpack with 
> Octave instead?  Or does anyone have any inkling as to how easy or hard 
> it may be to make Clawpack work with Octave?  I'm almost a complete 
> newbie to using Octave (and Matlab).
> 

my feeling from a fast *really fast* look at the code is that
it's quite portable, and that it doesn't use matlab specific stuff
(graphical interfaces and the like). Give it a try and post whatever
problem you face, indeed, the package authors might appreciate
your testing efforts.

Miquel

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