[scilab-Users] Two missing features in Scilab 5.1

[Vincent COUVERT]

François Vogel a écrit :
> Kirill Kirillov said on 16/02/2009 01:39:
>> Hi.
>>
>> 1) According to this page [1] Scilab 5.1 should have GUI generator. When
>> will it be ready?
>
> Good question to which I would be interested to read an answer as 
> well. I would certainly use the feature if available, thus my interest.
> For what I can infer from the commits in the git tree that I'm 
> following on a daily basis this feature was never started. AFAIK it 
> was never discussed on the development mailing list and there is no 
> SEP describing it.
> Predicting when the GUI generator will be ready in Scilab is therefore 
> a bit hard ;-) I think a more basic question is whether this feature 
> will be developed at some point of time or not.
> Note that I'm often wrong in my perception of these things, though.
> Final answer left to the opteam. Their updated roadmap looks overdue.
In Scilab 5.1 priority was given to graphics enhancements and 
compatibility. The roadmap on Scilab WebSite is quite obsolete and will 
be updated soon. This feature is not yet started and no SEP has been 
written for it.

Vincent
>
>
>> 2) Also I can't find Variable Editor although in old-GUI-style it was
>> available in Scilab 5.0.3.
>
> Well, this works for me in Scilab 5.1:
>   a=1;editvar a
> Or do you perhaps mean something else?
>
> Francois
>
>
>> Kirill Kirillov
>> <><
>> -- 
>> [1] http://www.scilab.org/developers/index_developers.php?page=roadmap
>


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