On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:45:11 -0400, Rich Hammett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Fromm, Stephen (NIH/NIMH) wrote:
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>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:49:19 -0500, Ken Simpson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> >Hi - I'm considering porting SPM2 to Octave (or at least getting
>> started.)
>>
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>> IMHO porting SPM to a freeware package would be a very useful community
>> service. But it could also be very difficult. Besides the *.m files,
>> you
>> have to convert the compiled mex files, too.
>>
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>Besides the mex files, you also have to deal with the toolboxes...
>Doesn't SPM use some of the MATLAB proprietary code? I know
>that a lot of that hasn't been duplicated in OCTAVE.
I think SPM relies very little on the toolboxes.
That said, there are also other things, e.g. graphic user interface.
Though sounds like the original poster might not care so much about that.
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>rich
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