Re: dlgtest() no longer needs Octave package

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 11/27/2012 06:14 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 05:42:13PM -0600, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> > On 11/27/2012 05:14 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps your definition of JAVA_HOME is wrong, but in my case I can set
> > > JAVA_HOME to any valid directory and "dlgtest(0)" functions properly.
> >
> > dlgtest(1) is supposed to reinstall Java Octave package.  I presume
> > that is obsolete now:
>
> I'm catching up on all these Java developments, but I think so, yes.
> That also means dlgtest has no need for JAVA_HOME.

Why is that?  Please explain because I'm wondering what the roll of 
JAVA_HOME is in configuration and once Octave is running.  How about the 
compiled javaexac.c and javacomp.c that disable JAVA_HOME.  What's 
happening there?


> Further, I suspect dlgtest will go away completely, its functionality
> would be better expressed as proper demo blocks.

Good point.

Dan