bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #42681, Freeze on Ctrl+s in Console

 
 

bug #42681: Freeze on Ctrl+s in Console

Submitter:  Jonathan Hahn <helo>
Submitted:  Fri 04 Jul 2014 02:34:40 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  1 - Wish
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Documentation
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  mtmiller
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Sat 07 Feb 2015 04:23:53 AM UTC, comment #6: 

Fixed by disabling output flow control unconditionally in the unix terminal:

http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/409d82472aee

Ctrl-S should no longer cause inadvertent freezing, and Ctrl-Q and Ctrl-S can now be configured in readline.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Sat 07 Feb 2015 12:07:57 AM UTC, comment #5: 

I agree, it's pretty risky to leave Ctrl-S bound to flow control in the GUI terminal, and it's basically useless.

I don't remember at the moment, but I think I had a patch already tested to disable flow control in the unix terminal, where there is already some terminal control stuff being done.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Fri 06 Feb 2015 05:22:07 PM UTC, comment #4: 

I would really like to see this fixed as I use the Ctrl+S binding for my own purposes in readline.

I think the problem here is that Ctrl+S is being seen by the terminal emulator and the default behavior of this is not easily overridden.  When I use the preferences dialog (Shortcuts, Disable global shortcuts when terminal window has focus) I can disable general shortcut processing like Ctrl+N for New File.  But this doesn't work for Ctrl+S.  Interestingly, on Windows Ctrl+S brings up the incremental search through history feature.  So there must be an actual difference in code between the two terminal implementations in libgui/qterminal/libqterminal/(win32|unix).  Maybe the answer lies there.

Rik <rik5>
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Tue 08 Jul 2014 04:48:18 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Thanks for confirming. I'm not sure what the right approach should be in this case. Marking as documentation for now, but may also be fixed by disabling this particular readline binding by default when in GUI mode.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Group Member
Fri 04 Jul 2014 10:25:06 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Yes I mean Ctrl+s. I thought everything was frozen, but you are right. It is only the Console Window.

That the Run-Button at the editor was not working as well confused me.

Maybe there could be a hint for the readline mode in GUI.


Jonathan Hahn <helo>
Fri 04 Jul 2014 03:00:49 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for your bug report. Do you mean that after Ctrl+s you are unable to type in the console window? Or is the entire GUI frozen (unable to click any menus, switch tabs?)

If it's only text entry that is "frozen", this is expected readline behavior with the Ctrl+s key sequence. Enter Ctrl-q to turn on text input again.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Fri 04 Jul 2014 02:34:40 PM UTC, original submission:  

I have Console and Editor upon each other. Sometimes I press Strg+s for saving my script while the cursor still is in Console. After that the GUI is freezed.

Jonathan Hahn <helo>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2015-02-07 mtmiller Dependencies- bugs #43520 is dependent
    2015-02-07 mtmiller StatusIn Progress Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2015-02-07 mtmiller StatusNeed Info In Progress
        Assigned toNone mtmiller
    2015-02-06 rik5 SummaryFreeze on Strg+s in Console Freeze on Ctrl+s in Console
    2014-07-08 mtmiller Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Item GroupSegfault, Bus Error, etc. Documentation
        Release3.8.1 dev
    2014-07-04 mtmiller StatusNone Need Info

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