From: "Francesco Potortì" <pot@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>,
21162@debbugs.gnu.org, "John W. Eaton" <jwe@degreesofgray.org>,
21150@debbugs.gnu.org, Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at,
Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
Subject: bug#21162: bug#21150: 24.5; octave-inf mode does not need --no-line-editing
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:09:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87im2omrjq.fsf@tucano.isti.cnr.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tump6r1g.fsf_-_@gnus.org> (larsi@gnus.org)
>
>Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> -(defcustom inferior-octave-startup-args '("-i" "--no-line-editing")
>> +(defcustom inferior-octave-startup-args '("-i")
>
>[...]
>
>Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> As a conclusion of my observations above:
>>
>> A. if --no-line-editing was introduce because of the Emacs inferior
>> Octave mode
>>
>> B. if it is reasonable to assume that --no-line-editing is not used by
>> any other application
>>
>> C. if there is a way to leave readline enabled, but disable tab expansion
>>
>> then one can change the --no-line-editing behaviour to just disable tab
>> expansion.
>>
>> Or, if only C is certainly true, one can deprecate and undocument
>> --no-line-editing and add a separate option --disable-tab-expansion for
>> use in Emacs inferior Octave mode.
>
>I'm going through old bug reports, and after skimming this one, I'm not
>quite sure what the conclusions are. Should the --no-line-editing value
>be removed from the options?
No. Not unless Octave adds a --disable--tab--expansion as I suggest in
the second route that I described.
The current options provide minimal damage with current Octave's
behaviour. To do better, Octave should follow one of the two routes I
illustrated above.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-08 13:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-30 17:22 bug#21162: adapting octave-inf.el to Octave 4 Francesco Potortì
2015-07-31 6:47 ` Glenn Morris
2015-07-31 9:26 ` Francesco Potortì
2015-07-31 15:39 ` Glenn Morris
2015-08-06 13:15 ` Francesco Potortì
2021-05-26 22:58 ` bug#21150: 24.5; octave-inf mode does not need --no-line-editing Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-06-08 13:09 ` Francesco Potortì [this message]
2021-06-09 9:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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