[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47443] no text in Command Window

[Nathaniel Groendyk]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47443>

                 Summary: no text in Command Window
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: nateg
            Submitted on: Thu 17 Mar 2016 01:06:25 PM GMT
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Greetings,

I built octave-4.0.0 from source on Virtualized (in VirtualBox) Ubuntu 14.04.3
LTS using tarbal:


wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-4.0.0.tar.gz


and installed dependencies:

sudo apt-get install gcc g++ gfortran make libblas-dev liblapack-dev
libpcre3-dev libarpack2-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev epstool libfftw3-dev transfig
libfltk1.3-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgl2ps-dev libglpk-dev
libreadline-dev gnuplot libgraphicsmagick++1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev
openjdk-7-jdk libsndfile1-dev llvm-dev lpr texinfo libglu1-mesa-dev pstoedit
libjack0 libjack-dev portaudio19-dev libqhull-dev libqrupdate-dev
libqscintilla2-dev libqt4-dev libqtcore4 libqtwebkit4 libqt4-network libqtgui4
libsuitesparse-dev zlib1g-dev libxft-dev autoconf automake bison flex gperf
gzip librsvg2-bin icoutils libtool perl rsync tar libosmesa6-dev
libqt4-opengl-dev


After the ./configure, make, make install (i've also rebuilt several times and
used make -j4, rather than just make). I keep getting the same error where
when I try typing text in the GUI "command Window" no text appears. The cursor
is there blinking at the first row and column, but no text.

It seems my input is being processed since I tried creating a simple variable
and plotting it, and the correct plot appeared. I also see my text appear in
the command history window (after I press enter of course in the Command
Window), so I know it is interpreting my text. 

The reason I need the Command Window to work is because I get no error or
feedback information after trying to run a command.

Has anyone experienced this? I found one thread of a guy saying he apt-get
installed octave-strings, but when I try this, apt wants to also install an
older version of octave. I tried installing the source package by hand, but
got lost after I untar'd the package.

Any help is much appreciated! Thank you in advance!
-Nate








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