package: octave3.0 tags 522062 upstream forwarded 522062 http://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2009-April/013707.html thanks
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 03:53:25PM +0200, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > * Sergey B Kirpichev <skirpic...@gmail.com> [2009-03-31 17:43]: > > > Package: octave3.0 > > Version: 1:3.0.1-6lenny3 > > Severity: normal > > > > How to reproduce: > > shell> mkdir -p ~/octave > > shell> unset DISPLAY > > octave> edit home "~/octave" > > octave> edit mode "sync" > > octave> EDITOR > > ans = vim > > octave> edit f.m > > Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal > > > > Workarround: > > Use gvim or emacs with X window support. > > > > Problem seems to be related to RETURN_OUTPUT parameter of the system() > > function. Compare, for example, > > octave> system("vim test.m") > > vs > > octave> system("vim test.m",[]) # edit() uses system() like this > > I seems that octave is now unable to launch an editor in the terminal it > is running. For instance, doing: > > octave> edit editor "/usr/bin/vim %s" > octave> edit f.m > Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal > > is similar to doing in the shell: > > shell> /usr/bin/vim f.m > /dev/null > Vim: Warning: Output is not to a terminal > > I am not sure this is a real bug. I am forwarding this reply to the > help-octave mailing list (please, respect the M-F-T header). Let us see > what they tell us. There wasn't any reaction to this on Octave's help list. Should we bring it up again on the its bug list? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org