Re: octave on Mac

[Ben Abbott]

> On May 23, 2016, at 22:23, Joshua Friedman <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Octave on Mac is really buggy. I was able to compile it with homebrew, but 
> couldn't get the graphics to work.
> 
> Mac is basically freeBSD so I am surprised that the Windows version works 
> nicely but Mac seems to be a real problem.
> 
> These day, many (or maybe most) young students have mac laptops. It would be 
> great to see a version using the apple graphical libraries. For example, the 
> TexShop program for writing latex. If I knew enough about the graphical 
> libraries, I would volunteer, but I don't.
> 
> If possible, please compile a 4.0.1 version and make it a DMG file.

There's been some work compiling an app bundle automatically using Homebrew.
 
https://github.com/schoeps/octave_installer

Please give it a try. If the graphics don't work file an "issue" at the link so 
that the developer can work on a solution. Be sure to include info on your 
architecture and version of Mac OS.

Ben