Overview | In this document you find a brief overview how to use Octave for OS/2. Octave for OS/2 Homepage. Introduction. Read Me! History of Changes.

Overview

- Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.

- Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

- Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the file COPYING for more details.

| Octave can be run in an OS/2 window or in an Emacs subshell with input and output send through an Emacs buffer. The output in the buffer is highlighted. You can get help by typing help -i topic. When Octave is running in an Emacs subshell, the Emacs info browser is used. Octave uses Gnuplot to display 2- and 3-dimensional plots. Octave can load, manipulate, save and display images. To see the left screenshot in its original (large) size, please click on the picture.

| Octave is programable. You can add new functions or write programs, which can be started directly from an OS/2 window. To write new functions or programs you can use the Emacs. With Octave you get an Emacs mode for editing Octaves script and function files. This mode will highlight the syntax of your scripts and functions. To see the left screenshot in its original (large) size, please click on the picture.

You can find more information about Octave in the Introduction to Octave, which is organized in the following way:

Preface.
Running Octave.
Simple Examples.
Comments.
Errors.

Klaus Gebhardt [TEAM OS/2]
Competence Center Architecture and Technology
Deutsche Börse Systems