Math Forum / Math Software / Scilab / October 2008

I would like to draw something in black on a standard plot.
I have noticed that black is always the first color in the (default)
colormap.
Therefore my initial try:

WinXP tablet edition, Scilab 5.0.2.  Installs fine.  Try to run
program, get start-up screen, then an error dialog box that is hidden
behind the start-up screen.  Try to open Scilab console.  Get error
dialog:

I have a Scilab 5.0.1 installed on Windows. When inspecting pallettes
in Scicos, i can right-click on a block and call up the help about the
block. If I then close the help window I cannot re-call it again until
I restart Scilab. I wonder if others have experienced the same

 I am working on a project that uses Scilab for utilization of model
predictive control (MPC) in heating, ventilating and air conditioning
applications. The aim of this project is to use MPC on PowerPC with
minimal hardware requirements. I was searching for the solutions and I

I would like to have a grid overlaying a Matplot graphics.
Example:
Matplot([1 2 3;4 5 6])
xgrid()

I want to start a jpg file from a Scilab Script. Do somebody know how
to do this ?
Thanks a lot.

I've made (with the fundamental help of Ramine) a diagram in Scicos
4.2 that represents a resettable counter.
It works like this: when an event (let's name it "A") is received, the
counter's count is incremented by 1; when another event is received

I have installed the new Scilab-5.0.2 binary version under Windows XP,
SP3...
1. It is not possible to print the content of the console by clicking
on the print button, also printsetupbox(), and        toprint() don't

1.   In the files %SCILAB_ROOT%/modules/javasci/examples/Example.bat
and Make.bat the reference %SCILAB_ROOT%/java/jar/modules/javasci.jar
seems to be wrong. The file javasci.jar is in the folder %SCILAB_ROOT%/
modules/javasci/jar.

I repost my message : nobody replied. Was my post stupid? May be
...
The problem is : in the 5.0 version of Scilab, it is no more possible
to "copy to the clipboard" some calculated curve as EnhMetafile. And

Hello, after install in two computers I can`t open it.
¿needs a 3D graphic?
Thank and excuse my bad english language.

i screwed up and put a tooth pick in my pecker (please don't ask)
now i can't piss
any help would be MUCH appreciated.

I'm breaking a large program down into functions to make it more readable.
question 1:
Assume the top level assigns a value to VAR1. If I understand correctly
a called function can read VAR1 with no problem, even if it is not

  I've just compiled and linked a C function that receives an input
and calculate the outputs of a scicos block using the templates and
the scicos documentation information. This function generates a dll in
windows (used MSVC 9 to build such a project). I would like to know

I've compilide and installed the scilab version 5.2, but when I try to
use the fftw module I receive the message:
Scilab FFTW module not installed
My configure command was: