Re: Octave crashing

[Michael Goffioul]

On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:

On Aug 17, 2013, at 5:39 AM, Duje Roje wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with my Octave 3.6.4 crashing after every syntax error. It also doesn't plot. I'm using Windows 8 and I read that someone had a similar problem on: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37623
>
> I've tried solving the closing on syntax error by adding -i to the shortcut path. E.g. the shortcut points to "C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\bin\octave.exe -i". But I am unable to change the shortcuts path because the name is not specified in the Target box. And I can't rename the original file 'cause it would change the extension. So I'm puzzled to how that is supposed to work.
>
> There is also a suggestion that may solve the plot issue:
> "Adding the --line-editing flag did fix the plot issue."
> But I don't know what that means, so I haven't tried it. Or is there some other way?

You need to edit the shortcut and append "--line-editing". So the shortcut should points to:

C:\Octave\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\bin\octave.exe -i --line-editing

Michael.