[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49397] Spacebar key is not recognize as "space"

[Avinoam Kalma]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49397>

                 Summary: Spacebar key is not recognize as "space"
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: avinoam
            Submitted on: Thu 20 Oct 2016 08:32:36 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Avinoam
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

consider the following simple script: 


function test_space()
global g;

app = init_app();
g = build_GUI(app);

set(g.fig, 'KeyPressFcn', @on_type);
end

function on_type(~,e)
global g;
disp (e.Key);

switch e.Key
    case {'escape'}
        close(g.fig);
        return;
end
end

function app = init_app()
app = struct();
app.sz = [100 200];
end

function g = build_GUI(app)
sz = app.sz;
g = struct();
g.fig = figure('Name','test spacebar', ...
    'NumberTitle','off', 'Menubar','none', 'Resize','off', ...
    'Position',[200 200 sz(2)*2 sz(1)+40]);
end


If you press any key, Octave will print this key. If you press
escape, Octave will print "escape" and quit this script.

The problem: if you press the spacebar, Octave will print 
"any" and not "space" as Matlab does. 




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Date: Thu 20 Oct 2016 08:32:36 PM GMT  Name: test_space.m  Size: 517B   By:
avinoam

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=38778>

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