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bug #45533: GUI should not run screen output through the pager

Submitted by:  Tim <timmmm>
Submitted on:  Sun 12 Jul 2015 07:52:34 PM UTC  
 
Category: GUISeverity: 1 - Wish
Priority: 3 - LowItem Group: Feature Request
Status: InvalidAssigned to: None
Originator Name: TimmmmOpen/Closed: Closed
Release: devOperating System: Any

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Tue 14 Jul 2015 08:20:23 PM UTC, comment #3:

I would like to vehemently say "no" to changing this default. You can also scroll back in a terminal. That's not the reason for why paging is the default.

It's the default because usually you don't want to have a ton of garbage in your output. It's not a matter of scrolling back. You just don't want to dump a large amount of output (and wait for it to dump!) if you accidentally miss a semicolon somewhere. The safe thing is to page.

I am going to aggressively mark this bug as invalid. Matlab does the wrong thing here by default.

Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <jordigh>
Project Administrator
Mon 13 Jul 2015 12:58:26 PM UTC, comment #2:

Thanks for the bug report. Confirm and I've thought about raising this issue.

Of course either way the default is set, someone will want it another way, and this is easily accomplished per-user or per-system with a startup file.

I have the following in my ~/.octaverc:

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Sun 12 Jul 2015 08:00:40 PM UTC, comment #1:

Workaround is to run `more off`. That should be the default.

Tim <timmmm>
Sun 12 Jul 2015 07:52:34 PM UTC, original submission:

By default in Octave 4.0.0, when you run a command that outputs a lot of text it is displayed using the `less` command. This makes no sense at all because in the GUI it is trivial to scroll back. Also it interferes with running further commands (e.g. the Run Selection command seems to do nothing if you are blocked in `less`).

Suggested fix: Don't use `less` in the GUI.

Tim <timmmm>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 14 Jul 2015 08:20:23 PM UTCjordighStatusConfirmed=>Invalid
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Mon 13 Jul 2015 12:58:26 PM UTCmtmillerSeverity3 - Normal=>1 - Wish
      Priority5 - Normal=>3 - Low
      Item GroupOther=>Feature Request
      StatusNone=>Confirmed
      Release4.0.0=>dev
      SummaryLong output is run through less even in the GUI=>GUI should not run screen output through the pager

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