[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56079] Command window does not accept letters "a", "p", or "w"

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URL:
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                 Summary: Command window does not accept letters "a", "p", or
"w"
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 05 Apr 2019 04:16:21 PM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Gordon Chamberlain
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 5.1.0
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Under Windows 7, using Octave Version 5.1.0.0, in the GUI environment with a
separate command window, typing the letters "a", "p", or "w", no letters show
and they are not accepted.  These letters are behaving as if they are a
"control" or "escape" sequence and are not accepted as character input.  For
example, when I'm trying to type "pkg load mapping", the following occurs:


>> kg lod ming
error: 'kg' undefined near line 1 column 1
>>


As you can see, the letters "a" and "p" simply do not appear and are not
accepted as input.

If I use the function kbhit (still in the command window under GUI execution),
the letters (a/p/w) do get properly returned as output results.

So the error seems to be in the interpreter's parsing of the input line in the
separate command window under GUI execution.  




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