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bug #53364: starting octave backgrounded (octave &) does not initialize terminal correctly

Submitter:  Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Submitted:  Fri 16 Mar 2018 07:29:53 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  2 - Minor
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Other
Status:  Wont Fix Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Mon 19 Mar 2018 06:37:52 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Same with irb. Ok, closing as won't fix since Octave behaves just like all other interactive interpreters.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Mon 19 Mar 2018 04:55:54 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Also confirmed that Perl is not initialized correctly if launched in the background.


perl -de 42 &


The perl interpreter works, but since there is no echo one is programming blind.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Sat 17 Mar 2018 10:38:32 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Thanks for showing that Python behaves the same way. Confirmed here, so I think it would be fine to document this as known behavior and not worry about it.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Group Member
Sat 17 Mar 2018 10:15:07 AM UTC, comment #1: 

That's a good test for the difference in terminal line settings.  They are obviously different for the background to foreground step.  I will point out, though, that even though the Octave command line terminal echo seems inactive, this isn't any different than what happens for python (where I've typed "exit()" in both scenarios:


linux@ ~/octave $ python
Python 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> exit()
linux@ ~/octave $ python &
[1] 3132
linux@ ~/octave $ Python 2.7.12 (default, Nov 19 2016, 06:48:10)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.


[1]+  Stopped                 python
linux@ ~/octave $ fg
python
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> linux@ ~/octave $
linux@ ~/octave $
linux@ ~/octave $


Is there some type of command-line option for "fg" that will reinstate the terminal settings?  I can't find a man page for fg, or any command-line help dump.  Also, after having done the background-to-foreground step, the shell "reset" in the drop-down menu doesn't fix the problem.

Dan Sebald <sebald>
Fri 16 Mar 2018 07:29:53 PM UTC, original submission:  

When octave or octave-cli is started as a background job, and then brought to the foreground again, the terminal settings have not been initialized correctly, when compared with running in the foreground.


$ ./run-octave -q &
[1] 11616
$ fg
./run-octave -q
>> system stty;       ## typed, but there is no echo
speed 38400 baud; line = 0;
lnext = <undef>; min = 1; time = 0;
-brkint -icrnl -imaxbel iutf8
-icanon -echo
>> quit
$ stty
speed 38400 baud; line = 0;
-brkint -imaxbel iutf8


This behavior has existed since Octave 3.8.2. Octave 3.6.4 was able to start and initialize in the background correctly.

Starting Octave in the foreground and then backgrounding works fine.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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    2018-03-19 mtmiller StatusConfirmed Wont Fix
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