Octave -- an alternative to Matlab

Trying to use Octave to substute Matlab/Scilab. Its manual can be found here.

Here are some tips:

0. Add my m files to current path

• use path to display the current searching path
• copy my m file directory to /usr/share/octave/3.0.0/m/, where it will automatically load once octave is started.

1. Change text size:

• text(10, 2, '{\fontsize {18} Whatever }')
• legend('{\fontsize {24} legend item 1}')

2. Change text style

• xlabel( '{ \bf label name for x}'), where \bf stands for bold fonts
• \it stands for italic font
• \sl stands for oblique font
• \rm stands for normal font

3. Output option:

• print ("print_this.png", "-dpng", "-landscape")
• print ("print_this.ps", "-dpsc", "-landscape")