From graphics-request at octave dot org Wed Feb 15 16:12:00 2006 Subject: Re: Octave GUI 0.4 From: Keith Goodman To: Sebastien Loisel Cc: octave-graphics Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:10:11 -0800 After using Octave-GUI 0.4, and after being impressed, my first question is why the input and output are in separate windows? To me it would feel more interactive if they were in a single window (even though it would be functionally equivalent since you will only be able to enter commands in the last line of the window.) Is it a design issue or a programming one? P.S. I really like the auto-indentation. On 2/14/06, Sebastien Loisel wrote: > I just released version 0.4 of Octave-GUI. > > Main new feature is an Octave GUI user's manual. You may read it here: > http://www.math.mcgill.ca/loisel/octave-gui/octave-gui-0.4/html/index.html > > I secretly updated 0.3 behind your backs several times yesterday with small > bugfixes, and there are a few more in 0.4. > > Bug fixes: > * Main window now better at keeping the focus in the input widget. > * Call octave_exit() before exiting otherwise on some computers it consumes > 95% cpu. > * Keep the files tab synced with the cwd. > * A few more bugs I forgot. > > Known bugs (help me if you know how to solve them!) > * QDirModel still is causing me problems. It ignores the NoDotAndDotDot > flag. > * I was unable to get the QT assistant configured to work with my HTML help > files. In June 2005, John Vilburn noticed that helpdemo was not part of the > QT distribution > (http://lists.trolltech.com/qt4-preview-feedback/2005-06/thread00304-0.html). > It appears that this is still the case, in disagreement with the QT > documentation. > * If you hit F1 for help, I execute firefox to read the doc. However, in > some situations, you won't be able to close Octave GUI until you've closed > firefox. This appears to be a QProcess feature. > > Cheers, > > Sébastien Loisel > >