[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53894] The file browser tries to open some m-files as data files instead

[Lars Kindermann]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53894>

                 Summary: The file browser tries to open some m-files as data
files instead 
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: larskindermann
            Submitted on: Mon 14 May 2018 06:32:19 AM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Double-clicking some m-files in the file browser widget will not open them in
the editor but will try to read them as data-files.

Éxample: opening a file init.m containing just the line


Answer=43


results in


>> error: load: failed to read matrix from file '/home/kinder/init.m'
error: parse error


This seems to happen when the file does not contain at least one of several
keywords from the octave language.

Even the shebang line #!/usr/bin/octave will not help.




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