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== Getting started ==
== Getting started ==
* [[Developer FAQ]]
* [[Developer FAQ]] -- Start here.
* [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave
* [[Contribution guidelines]] for Octave
** [[C++ style guide]]
** [[C++ style guide]]
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** [[Help text style guide]]
** [[Help text style guide]]


== [[:Category:Releases|Release]] process ==
== Octave development ==


{{Note|The '''GNU Octave 6.1''' release process has been started.<br>See the '''[[6.1 Release Checklist]]''' for more information.}}
=== [[:Category:Building|Building]] ===
 
* [[Release Checklist|Release Checklist template]]
* [[:Category:Releases|Older releases]]
 
== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progess ==
* [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development.
* [[Summer of Code Project Ideas]] -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects.
* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done.
** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>.
** [[JIT]] -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
** [[GUI terminal widget]] -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
** [[International Characters Support]] -- Using Octave in your own language.
** [[Pythonic]] -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave.
 
== [[:Category:Building|Building]] ==


* [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source.
* [[Building]] -- General information how to build Octave from source.
** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]]
** [[Building on Microsoft Windows]]
** [[Building on Ubuntu Virtual Machine]]
* [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot].
* [[Continuous Build]] -- Check changes with [https://buildbot.net/ Buildbot].
* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows.
* [[MXE]] -- Cross-compiling to MS Windows.
* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Large array support]] --
* [[Enable large arrays: Build octave such that it can use arrays larger than 2Gb.|Large array support]] --


=== Tools ===
==== Tools ====


* [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme.
* [[Mercurial]] -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
* [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files
* [[Doxygen]] -- Documentation for C++ files
* [[Debugging Octave]] -- How to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ gdb] to obtain stack traces.
* [[Finding Memory Leaks]] -- How to use [https://www.valgrind.org/ valgrind].
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave.
* [https://ccache.samba.org/ ccache] -- How to faster compile Octave.
* [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.
* [[:Category:Editors|Editors]] -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.


== [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] ==
=== [[:Category:Testing|Testing]] ===
 
* [[Tests]]
* [[Tests]]
* [[BIST for m-files]]
* [[BIST for m-files]]
* [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++|BIST for C++ files]]
* [[Add BIST tests for octave functions written in C++|BIST for C++ files]]
=== Debugging ===
* [[Debugging Octave]] -- How to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ gdb] to obtain stack traces.
* [[Finding Memory Leaks]] -- How to use [https://www.valgrind.org/ valgrind].
=== [[:Category:Releases|Releasing]] ===
* The next release will be '''GNU Octave 6.1'''. See the '''[[6.1 Release Checklist]]''' for more information.
* [[:Category:Releases|Older releases]]
== [[:Category:Project_Ideas|Project ideas]] and work in progess ==
* [[Short projects]] -- Good starting point to get into the Octave development.
* [[Summer of Code Project Ideas]] -- Ideas page for GSoC, SOCIS, ... projects.
* [[Projects]] -- Many things that would be nice to have done.
** [[Classdef]] -- Define own data types using <code>classdef</code>.
** [[JIT]] -- Just in time compiler for Octave.
** [[GUI terminal widget]] -- Ideas about a new improved terminal widget.
** [[International Characters Support]] -- Using Octave in your own language.
** [[Pythonic]] -- Calling Python functions directly from Octave.


== Meetings ==
== Meetings ==

Revision as of 20:02, 29 August 2020

This page contains links to pages of interest to Octave developers.

Getting started

Octave development

Building

Tools

  • Mercurial -- How to use Octave's version control scheme, creating patches (changesets).
  • Doxygen -- Documentation for C++ files
  • ccache -- How to faster compile Octave.
  • Editors -- A list of editors supporting Octave syntax highlighting.

Testing

Debugging

Releasing

Project ideas and work in progess

Meetings

Other