I am setting up a fresh installation of Octave.app 3.4.0 (precompiled binary, 2011-05-23) for MacOSX 10.7.2, but I'm running into a few problems. I thought I'd document my experience with these problems here, and below, I have some specific questions I think are pertinent to possible fixes.
1. After download and install into /Applications/Octave.app then I put the Octave.app into my Dock, clicking on the Dock icon THE FIRST TIME (without a Terminal running) fails There is an error window that pops up _very_ briefly which says something like "257:360 execution error: Terminal got an error..." and then disappears. After it disappears, Terminal app is running, but without any open Terminal window. If I leave Terminal running, then clicking in the Dock on Octave.app again (2nd time) will open up a Terminal window and start Octave in it 2. I used to have Octave start in an X11 xterm window Trying to follow the instructions in the Octave Readme.html In my .bash_profile, I set "export OCTAVE_TERMINAL=x11" 2A. This has no effect when I click on Octave in the Dock It just tries to continue starting octave in a Terminal window. 2B. If I have an xterm runnning, and I type $ open /Applications/Octave.app It opens a new xterm window, but MacOSX also shows an additional window titled "Octave", saying "Running..." with a moving progress bar and only one button, titled "Cancel" With these problems, I'm a relative novice, but I'm trying to figure out the scheme for how Octave starts on MacOSX. I suspect it involves first: /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/MacOS/Octave, which is a binary application which (maybe?) invokes /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/script, which is a shell script and seems to actually has the logic for checking OCTAVE_TERMINAL then it starts /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave, which is the binary If anyone has expert knowledge on these and could help me sort out the problems with startup failing, and OCTAVE_TERMINAL not working, I would appreciate it Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
