bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #42010, Can't use arrow or the 'k' key

 
 

bug #42010: Can't use arrow or the 'k' key

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Mon 31 Mar 2014 04:05:50 AM UTC  
 
Category: InterpreterSeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Other
Status: InvalidAssigned to: None
Originator Name: waTeimOriginator Email: -unavailable-
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 3.8.1
Operating System: Mac OS

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Tue 01 Apr 2014 09:17:38 PM UTC, comment #4:

Closing bug as invalid as requested.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Tue 01 Apr 2014 04:32:50 PM UTC, comment #3:

Octave has it's own inputrc file (installed in share/octave/3.8.1/m/startup/inputrc), which is used if there is no ~/.inputrc
The keypad option you mention is definitely not in octave's inputrc.

I think this bug can now be closed and reported to readline, where it belongs.

Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo>
Project Member
Tue 01 Apr 2014 03:56:55 PM UTC, comment #2:

I've tracked down the problem which may or may not be associated with octave.

this problem results from ~/.inputrc containing

enable-keypad on

obviously this makes no sense because Macs don't have a keypad, but for bonus fun it disables the 'k' key, not only for octave but for bash running in the mac terminal as well.

simply commenting it out fixes the problem

#enable-keypad on

I do not know how this file was created or how that command got in there, maybe it was octave, maybe it was another program.

Anonymous
Mon 31 Mar 2014 07:03:48 AM UTC, comment #1:

Non functional arrows under os x is already reported (bug #41337) but, to my knowledge, the issue with "k" key is not.
I can't confirm the latter on os x 10.9.2 with French azerty keyboard.

If you want to test other keyboard layouts, go to mac os x "system preferences>keyboard" and choose another one in the list.

Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo>
Project Member
Mon 31 Mar 2014 04:05:50 AM UTC, original submission:

Yes, if you can believe it, the 'k' key is non functional in both the GUI and CLI versions of the OS/X binary distribution for Mavericks (OS/X 10.9.2).

Also though the arrow keys for command line editing work in the CLI version, they do not in the GUI version.

This may be related to

bug #41124: Some keyboard layouts cannot input characters

But I didn't see anything there about the 'k' key

Some discussion says that setting the keyboard type helps. How does one do that?

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