Re: Octave 4.0 GUI and viewing, scrolling, and editing items of selected variables.

[PhilipNienhuis]

RT wrote
> Greetings
> 
> I've been testing the Octave 4.0 Gui and I was wondering if viewing,
> scrolling, and editing items of selected variable items was left out.
> Example when I go to scroll back and forth or edit the values/items of a
> variable using qtoctave (and yes I know it has been discontinued for
> several years it just works great) if I want to see the values/items of a
> variable and know exactly where it is located by row and column I just
> click it from the variable list and I'm able to see, edit, and scroll back
> and forth thru all the values/items of the variable using the scroll bar.
> See video https://youtu.be/to3kI-C5C60
> 
> I tried to do the same thing with Octave 4.0 but all I get is this see
> video https://youtu.be/BgRy-tRlLwc am I missing something?  If I want to
> scroll back and forth, edit items, or know where an item is located by row
> and column in a variable with a large data set how can I do this in the
> GUI
> for octave 4.0?  Has this not been added if not how do we get this
> submitted as something we would like added?  Am I the only one that likes
> to scroll thru his datasets from time to time to see what it looks like?

If you can build Octave yourself, you could try the still-alpha Variable
Editor (see patch #8656).

I use it often and I still include it in my experimental builds. But it has
some rough edges to be aware of.

Philip




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