Subject: bug#63428: 29.0.60; Octave Mode: Interacting with plots

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:27:38 -0700

[email-masked] writes:

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> In /emacs/29.0.60/lisp/progmodes/octave.el line 658:
>
> (defcustom inferior-octave-startup-args '("-i" "--no-line-editing")
>  "List of command line arguments for the inferior Octave process.
> For example, for suppressing the startup message and using `traditional'
> mode, include \"-q\" and \"--traditional\"."
>  :type '(repeat string)
>  :version "24.4")
>
> should instead pass the argument --line-editing, so:
>
> (defcustom inferior-octave-startup-args '("-i" "--line-editing")
>  "List of command line arguments for the inferior Octave process.
> For example, for suppressing the startup message and using `traditional'
> mode, include \"-q\" and \"--traditional\"."
>  :type '(repeat string)
>  :version "24.4")
>
>
> Failure to do so results in the user not being able to interact with
> generated graphs and figures with the mouse or keyboard. Which is very
> frustrating!

Leo or John, could you perhaps comment on the above?  Thanks in advance.