From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Jan 27 22:30:23 2003
Subject: RE: Display problem in GNU-Octave on WindowsXP
From: Andy Adler <adler at site dot uottawa dot ca>
To: Bob Meeks <rmeeks at lamar dot colostate dot edu>
cc: "(Jeffrey) Jau-Huei Lin" <jeffrey dot lin at hsc dot utah dot edu>,    <help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:30:10 -0500 (EST)

This is strange, I have no problem with octave in WinXP.

Could you try the octave exe here:
www.site.uottawa.ca/~adler/octave/
to see if it also has that problem?

Andy


On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Bob Meeks wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem.  English version, brand new Win XP laptop,
> running using the shortcut that gets installed by the installer.  The command
> that gets executed in Windows is:
>
> "C:\Program Files\GNU Octave 2.1.36\bin\run.exe" rxvt.exe --keysym.0xFF50 '^a'
> --keysym.0xFF57 '^e' --keysym.0xFFFF '^f^h' -fn "Lucida Console-12" -tn linux
> -title "GNU Octave 2.1.36" -geometry 80x25 -sl 400 -sr -e /bin/start_octave.sh
>
> I think I downloaded from sourceforge but I'm not sure.
>
>
>
>
> >===== Original Message From "\(Jeffrey\) Jau-Huei Lin"
> <jeffrey dot lin at hsc dot utah dot edu> =====
> >Andy,
> >Here are some answers to your questions
> >
> >1.    My WinXP is English version although I included the East Asia
> >characters( including Chinese) as regional and language setup.  The original
> >and preferred language is English.  I have tried removing those East Asia
> >characters from my Win XP.  But it doesn't help.
> >
> >2.    The website I downloaded the windows binary was
> >htt://sourceforge.net/projects/matlinks
> >
> >3.    Frankly, I did't know what are rxvt and cmd box before.  I guess it's
> >rxvt.  I run it use a short cut on my desktop.  The content (target) of the
> >short cut is
> >
> >"C:\Program Files\GNU Octave 2.1.36\bin\run.exe" rxvt.exe --keysym.0xFF50
> >'^a' --keysym.0xFF57 '^e' --keysym.0xFFFF '^f^h' -fn "Lucida Console-12" -tn
> >linux -title "GNU Octave 2.1.36" -geometry 80x25 -sl 400 -sr -e
> >/bin/start_octave.sh
> >
> >That was set by the installation program I downloaded.
> >
> >4.    One thing I found after my first message--once the "rxvt" window is
> >covered by other windows and then shows up again, the straight bars will
> >disappear.  So I guess it may be a problem of "rxvt"?
> >
> >Thanks for your response
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andy Adler" <adler at site dot uottawa dot ca>
> >To: "Jeffrey, Jau-Huei Lin" <jeffrey dot lin at hsc dot utah dot edu>
> >Cc: <help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
> >Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:57 PM
> >Subject: Re: Display problem in GNU-Octave on WindowsXP
> >
> >
> >> A few questions:
> >>
> >> 1. Are you using a localized install of WinXP (ie Chinese)
> >> 2. Which octave install did you use (which web site)?
> >> 3. Are you running octave in an rxvt? or in a cmd box?
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Jeffrey, Jau-Huei Lin wrote:
> >> > I tried to install GNU-octave on my windowsXP laptop.  The method I used
> >> > was the binary code for windows.  The installation process was smooth
> >> > and the program runs OK.  The problem is the display of the characters I
> >> > typed.  There is a straight bar after every character I typed.  It looks
> >> > like
> >> >
> >> > If I type :       abcd
> >> > It will echo :  a|b|c|d|
> >> >
> >> > I don't believe it's a major bug.  Maybe it's just a setup problem.  I
> >> > tried the same binary code on my win2k machine.  Everything is ok.   But
> >> > I got this problem on my new machine.
> >> >
> >> > Has anybody reported the similar problem?  Is there any way to fix it?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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