Michael Goffioul wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Benjamin Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I see that Michael set a high refence level with his installer :) >> The version I have now is not (yet) so complex. >> I have a package that contains Octave, an Editor, Gnuplot and mingw's >> gcc along with a core msys envionment. Ah yes, and ATLAS libraries for >> some architectures and the installer detecting the appropriate versino >> at install-time. > > Talking about gnuplot, do you also use the patch I wrote to > add a console mode? If not, does your gnuplot works correctly > with octave (for instance when dealing with images).
Yes, I used your patch, incorporated it and modified the mingw32 makefile similar to the msvc makefile. My quick tests showed a nicely working binary (both 2d and 3d plots). You mention image plots - is there a quick check to test correct functionality (like "sombrero(40)" for a quick-3d-check)? >> It does not contain pre-compiled octave-forge packages. >> To be frank - I had not planned to include them (yet). >> The idea was that shipping octave with gcc&msys would not require to >> include compiled forge-packages in the installer - this would save me >> some work :) > > Sometimes, the problem with octave-forge packages is not to > compile the package itself, but the dependencies. For instance > the symbolic or video packages. In such case, providing > pre-compiled packages makes user's life easier. Yes, you are right about this. I have given this quite some thought and now tend to include packages into the installer. It simply is convenient from the user's point of view. It requires some more work on my side, so I'll provide an installer when I have (at least) some packages included. benjamin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
