Re: Octave/backend interface proposal - Browser

[BrowseOct]

All,
Mostly, I developed this from current sources and code in an hour. Many
Octave users could use a scripting/ browser GUI interface that's easy to
code, if not elegant. 

The solution would need to be a functionalized package for platform and
browser independence. As both IE and Firefox support STDOUT in some manner
from windows 98 to Linux, I think this is a workable GUI front end
enhancement. Clearly it is not a replacement for a an integrated GUI.  I did
get it to work in MATLAB. 

Of primary importance in an adoptable model is the functionalizing of the .m
file and text stream approach and a fork method to keep the browser from
modally freezing the console. 

Not at all hard considering for 3 hours browsing, borrrowing and testing. 

Still thinking about the framework approach... 

function SetBrowserParams(...); 
function GetBrowserParams(...); 
function SetBrowser(string Browser); 
function SetBrowserEnv("LINUX","Firefox");
[Status,Output] = ModalBrowser("formname.html",...);

.... etc. 

Will try this on firefox using -console and PClinux this weekend. 

Best





BrowseOct wrote:
> 
> I'm working on a very limited and different approach to a GUI. Octave is a
> STDIN and STDOUT focused product. I'd like a functionalized library using
> browser based java scripting as an alternative. (It's crude in this form,
> but workable). 
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