QtOctave Help.
QtOctave is a Graphical User Interface for Gnu Octave
QtOctave is a graphical user interface for gnu octave, which is an open
source program alternative to Matlab. With QtOctave you can
do perform computationally intensive mathematical tasks that would take
much longer to code in C or C++ or practically any other modern
computer language. It is especailly good at matrix and vector
operations. The graphical capabilities are very advanced.
It is used heavily in engineering, and is a tool well worth
learning.
This document describes how to use QtOctave. It does not
describe using octave. Octave help is available from the menu
Help->Octave Help or by clicking the
button on
the toolbar. Often tool tips are available by hovering the mouse over the various tools.
File
Open New QtOctave Window
- Opens a new main QtOctave window
Editor
- Opens a new editor window
Run an Octave Script
- Allows you to select an octave script to run and runs it
Change Directory
- Changes the working directory. You can do the same thing with cd "directory name"
View
Mode
- Single Document Interface: Every tool is in its own window
which is independent on the screen.
- Dock: All tools are in one window on subpanels.
- Workspace: All tools are in windows which in turn are
inside the main window, or workspace.
Toolbars
Select here the toolbars you wish to display on the Octave
window.
Docks
Select which panels are open.
Analysis
Data
A graphical way to enter and save matrices
Equations
A graphical interface to solving equationsMatrix
A graphical interface to common matrix operationsPlot
A graphical interface to plotting functionsStatistics
A graphical interface to some statistical functions including...
- Mean
- Median
- Standard Deviation
- Covariance
- Correlation Coefficient
- Histogram
Configuration
General Configuration
Set up things that are specific to your system.
Octave
- Octave Path: QtOctave needs to know where octave is
installed on your system so let it in on the secret here.
- Octave Arguments: You can supply octave with
arguments at startup. So list those, use the argument --help.
- Folders: Add all the folders where you have .m
files that you want octave to know about. Especially if you
have installed octave-forge, you need to make sure octave knows where
those files are located.
Help
- Help Path: This is the location of the base file
for octave help. It is called octave.html.
Editor
- External Editor: Select if you wish to use an
external editor, and what that editor is.
Terminal
- Select colors and size of the terminal.
Windows Layout
Help