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 ()

Show the GUI command history window and give it the keyboard focus.

See also: commandwindow, filebrowser, workspace.

 
: commandwindow ()

Show the GUI command window and give it the keyboard focus.

See also: commandhistory, filebrowser, workspace.

 
: filebrowser ()

Show the GUI file browser window and give it the keyboard focus.

See also: commandwindow, commandhistory, workspace.

 
: workspace ()

Show the GUI workspace window and give it the keyboard focus.

See also: commandwindow, commandhistory, filebrowser.