[OctDev] waitbar function

[Quentin S. <qsp...@ie...>]

Dear octave community,

Attached is a waitbar function that I discussed in a earlier mail a few
weeks ago. It approximates the Matlab command by the same name, but uses
terminal functions rather than graphics, and attempts to use compatible
syntax as much as possible. It has code for compilation both with and
without the "term.h" system header by looking for the HAVE_TERM_H flag.
I have not figured out how to generate the associated config.in files,
as my knowledge of these tools is minimal. If someone is willing to do
this, or can explain in a short e-mail how this is done, please do so.

Also a second, unrelated question. Since upgrading my RedHat system to
version 8.0 with GCC 3.2, and updating octave to 2.1.39, octave-forge
does not compile. Is this a known problem?

thanks,
Quentin Spencer