Re: Octave - openvar

[PhilipNienhuis]

PhilipNienhuis wrote
> 
> Werner wrote
>> Hello list,
>> 
>> in matlab there is a command  openvar. When you call it with varname
>> your workspace variable is opend in Variables editor or other graphical 
>> editing tool.
>> This command calles a very comfortable workspace editor.
>> Details see here:  
>> http://www.mathworks.de/de/help/matlab/matlab_env/view-edit-and-copy-variables.html
>> 
>> Is there any similar in octave.
> Not yet.
> 
> A while ago JWE (lead dev) made a first draft for a matrix editor, look
> here:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?8039
> 
> In recent development builds on my Linux box it still worked OK, until one
> or two weeks ago (then I had to completely renew my source tree and I
> didn't bother to apply the patch again - it doesn't apply cleanly anyway
> these days as development has continued).
> On Windows development builds it didn't work anymore for a longer time
> (that is, the matrix editor window pops up but the matrix itself isn't
> shown).
> 
> So yes, there is something similar (in the development version of Octave)
> but no, it needs to be developed further.

Forgot to explicitly add that this is a low-priority feature (something for
the wish-list).

Philip




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