Starting Octave Windows XP

[Michael J. McCann]

Michael,
         Well, thank you. That works fine. I had no idea where the 
problem was. I'll see if I can find the instructions about " ' ' " \\ 
etc. because I didn't see (or perceive) the guidance when I read 
through the stuff about addpath. Thank you for the clarification 
about functions and commands.
Cheers,
Mike.
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At 08:36 2008-02-08, you wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 8, 2008 at 6:37 AM, Michael J. McCann <mjmccann at iee.org> wrote:
> > Michael,
> >         Thank you for the quick response. Your reply makes good
> > sense, but I can't make 'addpath' or any change directory command do
> > anything with paths that contain spaces and that's where all my stuff is:
> >         C:\Documents and Settings\mjmccann\My
> > Documents\  etc.  Personally I don't define file names with spaces
> > but Windows XP does.
> >         I see you use ( ) round the path-name, but I thought it was
> > a command, not a function call.  Is that my mistake?
>
>A command is simply a function that can be called more conveniently
>as a command, but it's still a function. So for instance, typing
>
>addpath C:\MyDir
>
>or
>
>addpath('C:\MyDir')
>
>are equivalent. If your path contains spaces, just surround the path
>with single quotes (if you use double quote, you have to double the
>backslash; see octave documentation about single and double quote
>difference):
>
>addpath 'C:\Documents and Settings\mjmccann\My Documents\whatever'
>
>or
>
>addpath('C:\Documents and Settings\mjmccann\My Documents\whatever')
>
>Michael.
>
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