From help-request at octave dot org Mon Jul 25 21:15:22 2005
Subject: Re: Octave for WXP, interaction with editor
From: "Robert A. Macy" <macy at california dot com>
To: Sarah Kendrew <sk at star dot ucl dot ac dot uk>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:10:47 -0700

found it,

ignore_function_time_stamp 

but I didn't know about octave not checking whole
directories, but makes sense.

           - Robert -


On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 03:07:58 +0100 (BST)
 Sarah Kendrew <sk at zuaxp0 dot star dot ucl dot ac dot uk> wrote:
> 
> Robert,
> 
> Thanks, had a few messages along the same line. My
> mistake was to save my
> files in the same folder as octave's own files, in which
> it doesn't check
> for time stamp changes. I've moved it to a new directory
> but now just need
> to get octave to look there...
> 
> Cheers
> Sarah
> 
> ***********************************************
> 
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Robert A. Macy wrote:
> 
> > There is a command in octave that causes octave to look
> at
> > the date/time stamp to see if it's changed.  If this is
> set
> > wrong, octave will not see that you changed the file,
> > whether using crimson, notepad, or Sc1.
> >
> > It's supposed to be set default to always check, and
> you
> > must change it to not check.  Handy for speeding up
> loops
> > with function calls, since octave knows the functions
> have
> > not changed.
> >
> > Sorry, can't find the name of the command.
> >
> >                - Robert -
> >
> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:42:21 -0500
> >  Sarah Kendrew <sk at star dot ucl dot ac dot uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > This may be a beginner issue, I've just started using
> > > Octave as a
> > > substitute for MatLab on Windows XP. I'm using the
> > > Crimson editor for
> > > coding. Whenever I'm working on a script and make
> changes
> > > in the editor
> > > Octave doesn't seem to recognise that I've made
> changes
> > > and throws up the
> > > same errors - it does this even if I "saves as..."
> the
> > > file again or close
> > > and reopen the editor. Using a different editor makes
> no
> > > difference. The
> > > only way to solve the problem is to quit Octave and
> > > restarts.
> > >
> > > Is this a setting I've forgotten about? I've set the
> > > EDITOR variable to
> > > the Crimson executable.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Sarah
> >
> 



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