From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Jan 27 23:43:23 2003 Subject: Re: Display problem in GNU-Octave on WindowsXP From: "\(Jeffrey\) Jau-Huei Lin" To: "Tom Weichmann" , "Bob Meeks" , "Andy Adler" Cc: Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:43:00 -0700 I tried the version 2.1.42 from the website Andy mentioned (my previous installation is 2.1.36.) The version is better but the display problem of rxvt, the straight bar, remains. Tom Weichmann suggested me work on the font (Lucida Console-12 may have some problem). I tried replacing the font of the short cut with a few ones. Some fonts did have good display, for example, Courier. So, here is my shortcut target, "C:\Program Files\GNU Octave\bin\run.exe" rxvt.exe --keysym.0xFF50 '^a' --keysym.0xFF57 '^e' --keysym.0xFFFF '^f^h' -fn "Courier-12" -tn linux -title "GNU Octave 2.1.42" -geometry 80x25 -sl 400 -sr -e /bin/start_octave.sh I replaced 'Lucida Console' with 'Courier'. Of course you can try other fonts. If anyone has the display problem as we did, he can try this font modification. I know it's probably not a graceful solution, but if you don't care too much about the detail, it works. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Adler" To: "Bob Meeks" Cc: "(Jeffrey) Jau-Huei Lin" ; Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:30 PM Subject: RE: Display problem in GNU-Octave on WindowsXP > 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" > > ===== > > >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" > > >To: "Jeffrey, Jau-Huei Lin" > > >Cc: > > >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? 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