On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Torsten <address@hidden> wrote:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 doug doug 4 Nov 8 15:24 tt1a.mOn 14.11.2013 20:30, Doug Stewart wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Torsten <address@hidden
Well, "interesting" is slightly understated ... :-)> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
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> On 14.11.2013 10:53, Doug Stewart wrote:
> > How do you try to open the existing file before the crash,
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> > menus of the GUI or with edit.m?
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> > I use the mouse and click on the button, in the menu bar, that is
> > supposed to open an existing file.
> > I then navigate to a .m file a click on it. Octave then shuts down.
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> I am not able to reproduce the crash.
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> Just to get the facts right:
> When you try to open the file:
> - you have "gedit" configured as custom editor
> - you click on the open icon in the toolbar
> - in the dialog box you navigate to the desired file and select it
> - octave crashes
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> A few more questions:
> - is gedit already open (you have selected "restore last session"
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> This is not gedit related -- I had exactly the same symptoms before I
> tried gedit.
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> in the settings)?
> - in which state is the internal editor (shown, hidden, ...)?
> - does octave crash when you use "edit file_name" instead?
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> Wow this is interesting
> I did edit d.m
> and it did not crash.
> and now I can use the gui mouse buttons and I can open and close d.m
> with no crashes.
> I then tried to open an old file with the mouse and got a crash
> I then did edit d1.m and it works fine with this d1.m file but still not
> with any old files.
> I can access all my old file with the edit command and then they work ok
> with the mouse clicks!!!!
Did you edit and save d.m when opened the first time via edit.m? If so,
is there a change in file permissions?
And you said it is not gedit related; but is it related to a custom
editor or does this also happen with the internal editor
It happens with the internal editor
-rw-rw-r-- 1 doug doug 4 Nov 14 15:10 tt1 (copy).m
-rw-rw-r-- 1 doug doug 4 Nov 14 15:10 tt1.m
It crashes with tt1.m and tt1 (copy).m but is ok with tt1a.m
the only difference among these files is the date!!!
I used ghex to look at them and they are the same.
If I create a new file with gedit separate from octave then this new file works ok
So the date seems to be the problem!!!!
Don't ask my why or how cus I don't know.
Doug