Re: suggestion for matlab guide replacement

[c.]

On 8 Aug 2011, at 03:25, hatepod wrote:

> Hi,
> I need to use octave for a project previously developed on Matlab. All the
> core .m files of the project are perfectly compatible with octave. However,
> the project uses a small interface designed with matlab GUIDE. It is a very
> functionless interface (gui). It lets user specify some parameter values and
> then call another .m file passing these values as arguments.
> 
> What do you suggest me to use to develop similar interface for the octave
> version? (I am not talking about an octave frontend. I just need a
> functional Matlab GUIDE replacement).
> 
> Does anyone have a similar past experience? Should I use something like Qt.
> Is there anyway to implement a progress bar with an such an external
> interface (basically the m-files take more than an hour to process, that is
> why something like a progress bar is essential for me). I also need to be
> able to interrupt the processing of octave whenever needed from this
> external interface.
> 
> Would you please advise me about the simplest solution for such a situation.

If the interface you need to write is really that simple you might want to look 
at the
 "zenity" package which does have a very simple progress-bar function:
http://octave.sourceforge.net/zenity/function/zenity_progress.html
HTH,
c.