Re: [OctDev] matcompat added to sourceforge

[<Kai...@t-...>]

Am Sonntag, 22. April 2001 08:58 schrieben Sie:
> Hi, all!
>
> I've finally added matcompat to sourceforge.  There is still a lot
> of work to be done to turn it into a product though.  In particular,
> the make files have to be constructed along with an install script.
> autoconf would be nice.  That way we can search for libraries like
> qhull and GiNaC, and if they are available, install the geometry or
> symbolic algebra interfaces.  Any volunteers?

Ok,

I'll bite. I will try to 'autoconfigure' the geometry package which uses the 
qhull library. But I have never used the autotools before, so I expect this 
takes some time. In the meantime we should use a 'simple' makefile, as you 
did in matcompat.
By the way there exists the book 'Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool' with a
Open Source licence. You can download it here:

http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/

> ....
>
> We also need to write test and demo scripts for each function.  I've got
> some already in a special comment form
>
> 	%!test
> 	%! blah
>
> 	%!demo
> 	%! blah
>
> which keeps them tightly coupled with the code, but we could also use
> the more conservative
>
> 	test_fn.m
> 	demo_fn.m
>
> Any preferences?

No, but I would leave it the way you are doing the tests.

Bye Kai

P.S. thanks for the fixes.

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