Re: octave on Mac

[Sebastian]

> Am 24.05.2016 um 17:24 schrieb Adam Dershowitz <address@hidden>:
> 
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>> On May 24, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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

You find precompiled build as dmg at 

http://wiki.octave.org/Create_a_MacOS_X_App_Bundle_Using_Homebrew

They may become official Mac builds once they have been carefully tested. -> 
Please test! :) 

Sebastian