Re: Octave/Win32 new binary package (2.9.12)

[Olli Saarela]

> > error: unable to find Java Runtime Environment
>
> Guess what? You'll need Java to run the java-based backend... :-)
> More seriously, do you have JRE installed? OTOH, I should also make the
> installer smarter and not install by default java-based backend if Java is
> not detected on the target system.

Or you might add a notification that tells the user to download and 
install JRE. An average user doesn't know whether the Octave package is 
supposed to contain all the necessary components. (I must be spoiled 
after using Windows for quite a few years :-) Anyway, it could be a 
barrier for several potential users if installing and starting Octave 
just pops up a blank window. Not even an error message without some 
further user action.

Another minor observation: Uninstall didn't remove start menu items on
Vista (even with JRE installed before installing & uninstalling Octave). 
On XP this worked as expected.

Olli