Re: Windows install

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 09, 2008, at 12:36PM, "Thomas L. Scofield" 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Here is what one student
>>wrote:
>>
>>      I did end up completing the install last night with every
>>option available (I was not able
>>      to select some as they were blocked/would not allow a 'check
>>mark').  I then restarted
>>      my computer and tried the Octave program.  When opening, all
>>that was displayed were
>>      some lines of command/information regarding the program.  I hit
>>enter, and tried typing
>>      but only some type of source code involving Octave 3.0.1 appeared.
>>
>
> My wild guess is that everything is working as expected and that the student 
> in question is unaccustomed to a command line program.
>
> Perhaps a picture showing "only some type of source code involving Octave 
> 3.0.1" would help clarify?
>

That's what I'd guess, too. I remember some of my fellow students
simply assuming that every English text dumped to a console window is
an error message.

> Ben
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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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