Re: request recommendations for using octave with windows

[Paul Thomas]

BTW I forgot to add that you can download Cygwin, write to a CD, distribute 
and install it from that.  We distrubute Cygwin over the network in our lab. 
because it finds a lot of use as an X-terminal for our Tru64 machines.

A big plus, is that not only do you introduce your students to Linux but 
they get the full range of gnu compilers, python and all the other bits and 
pieces.  By running gcc with the -mno-cygwin option, they can build Windows 
APIs too.
As was said the other day on this list, the only real snag is that the 
system of file naming is different and sometimes produces strange effects. 
If a dos programme is invoked from Cygwin that requires filenames, Cygwin 
makes all the single back slashes disappear...  LF vs CR/LF is also a bit 
confusing to begin with; it just takes careful explanation.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Thomas" <address@hidden>
To: "Michael Creel" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: request recommendations for using octave with windows


> Michael,
>
> Have them download Cygwin.  It will be good for their immortal souls to be 
> gently led into a Linux environment.  If you are feeling really ambitious, 
> load X and nedit, whilst doing it.  Alternatively, SciTe is an excellent 
> editor.  Finally, download your favourite octave and build it exactly as 
> you would for Linux.  Apart from a recent glitch, it does not present any 
> problems at all.  If you give a prefix other than the default, a binary 
> for Cygwin can be circulated by tarring and zipping the lot.
>
> Pau;
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Creel" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:49 AM
> Subject: request recommendations for using octave with windows
>
>
> > Hello all,
> > I'm going to be teaching a class soon, and I'm going to have the students 
> > use
> > Octave. Most of them are Windows users. I'll offer the possibility to use 
> > a
> > Knoppix remaster to run Octave on Linux, but I imagine that most will 
> > prefer
> > to use Windows. So I need to install Octave on some windows machines. I 
> > need
> > Octave, any version from 2.1.57 or later, and a corresponding 
> > octave-forge. I
> > don't really care too much about performance, but I would like to avoid
> > surprises like the ascii save/load problem mentioned recently. Also, I've
> > seen a number of offerings of windows versions, but I haven't paid close
> > attention. Can people offer recommendations about which packages are 
> > easiest
> > to install and offer the most Linux-like functionality? TIA, Michael
> >
> >
> >
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