Re: Octave engine: any update?

[MrOba]

Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2 wrote
>> The octave engine is an external interface library that allows you to
>> call
>> an instance of the octave engine.
> 
> There is no "Octave engine". Octave itself is the engine. Matlab
> provides its own "engine" in order to get around its licensing
> restrictions. Octave doesn't have these licensing restrictions, so it
> doesn't need a separate differently-licensed engine. "Octave" and
> "Octave engine" are both one and the same.

Ok.. I must confess it's everything a bit foggy yet.. I'm approaching Octave
just now.. :)
But what`s the point of an octave-forge engine package then?


Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2 wrote
>> Matlab has updated its engine from the times the library has been
>> coded and provides functions like engGetVariable and engPutVariable,
>> and this is exactly what I need.. Does somebody has any hint where
>> to start to find something like that?
> 
> AIUI, you're asking for extra mex functions in Octave. I don't think
> this has been implemented, but if you're interested in implementing
> these extra mex functions in Octave, I can help you get started and
> show you where in the Octave source code these extra functions would
> need to go.

That would be very helpful.. or at least a starting point. Don't know if
I'll be able to implement something really working.. but having a look will
not hurt.





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