Hi,

When I try C-c Tab b or C-c Tab C-b to send a block I just get

Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", 1, 1.

Nevertheless, sending lines and regions works ok

Regards,

Juan Ramon

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7)
  of 2014-03-07 on lamiak, modified by Debian
Package: Emacs version 24.3.1

current state:
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(setq
  octave-blink-matching-block t
  octave-block-offset 2
  octave-comment-char 35
  octave-continuation-offset 4
  octave-continuation-string "\\"
  octave-send-echo-input t
  octave-send-line-auto-forward t
  octave-send-show-buffer t
  )