From graphics-request at octave dot org Fri Feb 17 03:51:48 2006 Subject: Re: Octave GUI 0.5 From: Sebastien Loisel To: William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno Cc: octave maintainers mailing list , octave-graphics Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:49:56 +0100 ------=_Part_16884_31581970.1140169796411 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline There's that possibility, other possibilities: * Use an MDI window * Separate but tabbed editor window However it's not clear which one is most desirable at this point. Other requests I have so far: * Variables tab * Use Octave's history buffer Things I personally want to do: * Make MinGW go (*) * Fix Help, perhaps using QTextBrowser (althought QAssistant would be superior.) * Add line numbers to the editor * Fix the directory tab (perhaps by implementing my own QDirModel) so it ha= s ".." in it. Patches accepted! S=E9bastien Loisel (*) Latest news: I'm supposed to try to link against liboctave statically. If you know how to do that, let me know. If that doesn't fix it, I'm going to need liboctave to collaborate and give me a pointer to its cerr. To fix the issue with a cmd.exe window popping up briefly when you do "ls" is a separate thing for which I have a workaround. On 2/17/06, William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno wrote= : > > Just a suggestion: why not have the editor inside the left window (as > in the screenshot) together with the octave console? Then there should > be a special item in the list left to it named "console", always put > on top of all other items (or be a button, for example). When the user > clicks it, the right frame would become the console, and when the user > clicks on a file, the right frame would become the editor showing the > file. :) > > -- > William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno > ------=_Part_16884_31581970.1140169796411 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline There's that possibility, other possibilities:
* Use an MDI window
* = Separate but tabbed editor window
However it's not clear which one is mo= st desirable at this point.

Other requests I have so far:
* Varia= bles tab
* Use Octave's history buffer

Things I personally want to do:* Make MinGW go (*)
* Fix Help, perhaps using QTextBrowser (althought Q= Assistant would be superior.)
* Add line numbers to the editor
* Fix = the directory tab (perhaps by implementing my own QDirModel) so it has &quo= t;.." in it.

Patches accepted!

S=E9bastien Loisel

(*) Latest news:= I'm supposed to try to link against liboctave statically. If you know how = to do that, let me know. If that doesn't fix it, I'm going to need liboctav= e to collaborate and give me a pointer to its cerr. To fix the issue with a= =20 cmd.exe window popping up briefly when you do "ls" is a separate = thing for which I have a workaround.

On 2/17/06, William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno <williampoetra@gmail dot com= > wrote:
Just a suggestion: why not have the editor inside the left window (as
in= the screenshot) together with the octave console? Then there should
be = a special item in the list left to it named "console", always put
on top of all other items (or be a button, for example). When the user<= br>clicks it, the right frame would become the console, and when the userclicks on a file, the right frame would become the editor showing the
file. :)

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William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno
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