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bug #47360: edit command not working in GUI mode

Submitted by:  KIAaze <kiaaze>
Submitted on:  Mon 07 Mar 2016 06:50:27 PM UTC  
 
Category: GUISeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Incorrect Result
Status: Works For MeAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Closed
Release: 4.0.0Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Mon 07 Mar 2016 07:08:59 PM UTC, comment #3:

This is clearly a configuration issue. Closing report.

If the editor is still not working after re-compiling then this can be re-opened.

Rik <rik5>
Project Administrator
Mon 07 Mar 2016 07:02:49 PM UTC, comment #2:

That might take some time, but looking at my config.log, you are right about qscintilla not being found:

configure:73078: WARNING: Qscintilla library not found -- disabling built-in GUI editor

KIAaze <kiaaze>
Mon 07 Mar 2016 06:56:17 PM UTC, comment #1:

Thanks for the bug report. If you compiled from source, it seems likely that you built without the Qscintilla libraries installed.

Can you try building Octave again with the libqscintilla2-dev package installed? You'll need to run configure again to detect the library after it is installed.

I don't know why that would influence the use of an external editor, I don't have a build without Qscintilla to test with.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Project Administrator
Mon 07 Mar 2016 06:50:27 PM UTC, original submission:

The "edit" command does not seem to work when in GUI mode.
It works as expected if I start octave with the --no-gui option.

I use the following in my ~/.octaverc:
edit mode async;
EDITOR("/usr/bin/geany %s");

I have also tried without specifying the editor, in which case it was set to "vim" by default.

In both cases, with "--no-gui", running "edit FUNCTION" opened the FUNCTION.m file in the set editor.
In GUI mode, nothing at all happens and the edit command returns no error.

I also tried changing settings in edit->preferences->editor from the GUI without any success.

This used to work in Octave 3.8.1.

OS: Kubuntu 14.10
Octave 4.0.0 compiled from source.
Octave 3.8.1 installed from distribution repositories.

KIAaze <kiaaze>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 28 Mar 2017 07:01:53 PM UTCmtmillerDependencies-=>bugs #50663 is dependent
    Mon 07 Mar 2016 07:08:59 PM UTCrik5Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Mon 07 Mar 2016 06:56:17 PM UTCmtmillerItem GroupNone=>Incorrect Result
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