FW Re: wiki windows installation page

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> To: Nicholas Jankowski; octave-maintainers ; atzeri Marco <
> Cc: 
> Date: 2017/2/20, Mon 18:04
> Subject: Re: wiki windows installation page
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
>>  From: Nicholas Jankowski 
>>  To: octave-maintainers 
>>  Cc: 
>>  Date: 2017/2/18, Sat 03:49
>>  Subject: wiki windows installation page
>> 
>>  After a user fumbled through installing two outdated versions of
>>  Octave because they insisted on following scattered instructions, I
>>  updated the info on the Wiki [1] for v4,2.0 (it still had 4.0.3 as the
>>  most recent version).  Two questions:
>> 
>>  1 - Is it necessary to move cygwin instructions under the 4.2.0
>>  section? If so, can they just be moved from the 4.0.3 section or does
>>  antyhing need to be changed?
>> 
>>  2 - Windows zip version includes both octave.bat and octave.vbs.  I
>>  think the .vbs was added as a part of bug # 41074 [2].  Is there a
>>  particular reason to tell the user to make a shortcut to one or the
>>  other?
>> 
>>  [1] http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows
>>  [2] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41074
>> 
>>  Nick J.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank for the update for octave 4.2.0 for windows.
> 
> 1. Cygwin version octave is also updated to 4.2.0.
> Marco is a maintainer Cygwin version octave  so I will add his address in 
> reply 
> list.
> 
> 
> 
> 2. Shortcut made by octave installer now uses octave.vbs but not octave.bat.
> Perhaps there is no definite reason why tell the user to make shortcut to 
> octave.vbs
> for zip archive.
> 
> Tatsuro


This is forwarded message to the ML from Marco.

On 20/02/2017 10:04, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> 1. Cygwin version octave is also updated to 4.2.0.
> Marco is a maintainer Cygwin version octave  so I will add his address in 
> reply list.
>

updated the cygwin portion to 4.2.0

>
> Tatsuro
>

Regards
Marco