Re: OCTAVE for MacOSX: dmg of Octave 3.8.0 and Octave 3.8.2

[Carlo De Falco]

On 15 Sep 2015, at 20:02, Gregorio Rubio Navarro <address@hidden> wrote:

> There are “complementary” problems in dmg of versions 3.8.0 and 3.8.2. The 
> first one does not write some symbols, like ], @, and others, and the plot 
> command works. In version 3.8.2 no problem  with symbols, but plot command 
> fails. There is a message:
> 
>>> Qt terminal communication error: select() error 9 Bad file descriptor
> 
> Any idea to fix this?

I guess you are using OSX 10.10 or higher, right? 
If so, this is somethi you just can't fix.
The .dmg distribution is only intended to work on OSX 10.9.
If you want to install on a newer system your best option appears to be using 
homebrew.
c.