#44334: octave @3.8.1: Cursor keys and command line history not working in the GUI ------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: Torsten.Maehne@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.1 Keywords: gui readline | Port: octave ------------------------------+-------------------------------- I have the octave port @3.8.1 installed in the +gui variant to try the new GUI. The GUI works quite well except for the editing shortcuts in the command line window: No cursor keys are working, i.e., editing the current command line has to be done only using backspace and delete. A command from the history has to be done using the mouse. I suspect something goes wrong with loading the readline configuration. Unfortunately, loading explicitly a minimal ~/.inputrc using readline_read_init_file() does not help. When the GUI starts up, the command line window contains the following messages: {{{ Warning: QObject::connect: Cannot connect main_window::set_widget_shortcuts_signal (bool) to (null)::set_shortcuts (bool) warning: docstring file '/opt/local/share/octave/3.8.1/etc/built-in- docstrings' not found GNU Octave, version 3.8.1 Copyright (C) 2014 John W. Eaton and others. This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. For details, type 'warranty'. Octave was configured for "x86_64-apple-darwin12.5.0". Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org. Please contribute if you find this software useful. For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/get-involved.html Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports. For information about changes from previous versions, type 'news'. }}} The editing shortcuts work correctly in the command-line version of octave. I'm using an up-to-date MacPorts installation on OS X 10.8.5. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44334> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X