* the split between input and output takes a bit to get used to. Is
this really essential?
It was more expeditious, I will try to fix it.
* binding Ctrl-A to the "about box" is annoying -- in readline this
OK, I will try to think of a better way next time. However, I'm not sure I'm going to try to emulate anything but Matlab.
* no copy from output window
Yes, good point.
* while plot works and brings up gnuplot, freqz does nothing (does not
bring up gnuplot, or if gnuplot is already running, does not change
the plot). Try
[b,a]=butter(5,0.3);
freqz(b,a);
It's interesting because I just fired up octave all by itself and had the same problem. Here's the error output I get:
octave.exe:2> freqz(b,a);
error: `automatic_replot' undefined near line 44 column 22
error: evaluating assignment _expression_ near line 44, column 20
error: `replot_state' undefined near line 91 column 26
error: evaluating assignment _expression_ near line 91, column 24
error: °█Σ♥PW‼☺♀
error: ê/╨♥PW‼☺♀
error: ê/╨♥PW‼☺♀
This is in Octave, not Workshop. What's going on?
* If I exit from gnuplot manually, subsequent plot commands do not
fire it up again
There's a whole bunch of problems with GnuPlot, and they also show up when you run octave all by itself.