35.6 Octave Workspace Windows
The functions below make windows that are a part of Octave’s own GUI interface visible, and move the keyboard focus to the selected window. Their utility lies in the ability to call these functions from a script and highlight a window without using a mouse for selection.
- : commandhistory ()
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Show the GUI command history window and give it the keyboard focus.
See also: commandwindow, filebrowser, workspace.
- : commandwindow ()
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Show the GUI command window and give it the keyboard focus.
See also: commandhistory, filebrowser, workspace.
- : filebrowser ()
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Show the GUI file browser window and give it the keyboard focus.
See also: commandwindow, commandhistory, workspace.
- : workspace ()
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Show the GUI workspace window and give it the keyboard focus.
See also: commandwindow, commandhistory, filebrowser.
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