Starting Octave Windows XP

[Michael J. McCann]

Tatsuro,
         Thank you for your help. I also got some pointers from 
others (a very helpful community!) and I can see what you did, so 
that is helpful. It looks as if I'm trapped by the inability of 
Octave to follow CD instructions when the folder names contain 
spaces. I don't give files or folders such names, but Windows XP Home 
does and, what's more, it doesn't list the short form in DOS command 
window DIR listings.
         Maybe you have a way to avoid it or your system is better set up.
Thank you,
Mike.
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At 06:58 2008-02-08, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>Is the following example helpful for you?
>
>A Octave snapshot
>****************************************
>octave-3.0.0.exe:4> cd D:\usr\Tatsu\program\Octave\ChemEng
>octave-3.0.0.exe:5> pwd
>ans = D:\usr\Tatsu\program\Octave\ChemEng
>octave-3.0.0.exe:6> ls
>  Volume in drive D has no label.
>  Volume Serial Number is ACCF-78A8
>
>  Directory of D:\usr\Tatsu\program\Octave\ChemEng
>
>[.]                     Ex6_3a.m                GNU Octave 2.1.50.lnk
>[..]                    Ex6_3ODE45.m            octave-core
>.octave_hist            Ex6_6.m                 start_octave.sh
>cygwinHere.lnk          FucnEx6_6.m             test.m
>Ex3_1.m                 FuncEx4_4.m             ????????.txt
>Ex4_4.m                 FuncEx6_3.m
>Ex6_3.m                 FuncEx6_3ODE45.m
>Ex6_3.utf8.m            FuncEx6_6rate.m
>               19 File(s)         20,417 bytes
>                2 Dir(s)  34,798,256,128 bytes free
>octave-3.0.0.exe:7> Ex3_1
>x =
>
>    246.286
>     28.571
>    154.857
>     17.143
>     11.429
>     61.571
>**********************************************************
>
>Ex3_1.m
>*******************************
>A=[0    0     0   0     1   1   ;
>    0   -1     0   1     1   0   ;
>    1   -0.1  -1   0     0  -1   ;
>    0.1  0     0   0     0  -0.4 ;
>    0   -0.85  0   0.75  1   0   ;
>   -0.6  0.085 0.7 0     0   0.6 ];
>
>b=[73;
>    0 ;
>    27;
>    0 ;
>    0 ;
>    0 ];
>
>x=A\b
>*********************************
>
>You edit the  *.m files
>***********************************
>octave-3.0.0.exe:8> edit Ex3_1.m
>***********************************
>
>
>
>Regards
>
>Tatsuro
>
>
>--- "Michael J. McCann" <mccannscience at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I have just installed Octave. I had been introduced to Matlab
> > (R2007a) but can't use it now. Octave seems to be an alternative.
> >          Doing calculations at the command line is OK,
> > BUT to be useful I need to store code and retrieve it on a project by
> > project basis.
> >
> > I have never used UNIX etc so all references to its workings are
> > meaningless. DOS commands no longer make sense and I can't get then
> > to work in the command window anyway. Things like >CD .. etc produce
> > no response.
> >
> > I can't see any instructions that allow me to save ".m" files where I
> > can later get at them (e.g somewhere in "My Documents" ) nor a means
> > to bring them back or use them again. The "path" instruction is no
> > help as it doesn't yield any useable information. The working
> > directory is referred to in the help files but not where it is nor
> > how to select it. I need to be able to keep a collection of files for
> > each project in its own folder (working directory I presume).
> >
> >   I see no definitions of syntax or rules for functions or file
> > naming. Am I to assume that I use a Matlab text? The editor allows me
> > to save files anywhere in the Windows folder structure, but that
> > bears no relation to the Octave files.
> >
> > Please can you point me to some help?
> > Thanks,
> > Mike.
> >
> > Dr Michael J. McCann,           Date: 2008.02.08        03:26gmt
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