Re: unable to show or get editor pane in octave gui (qt)

On 9/15/20 1:37 PM, Kai Torben Ohlhus wrote:
> On 9/15/20 3:21 AM, sherin wrote:
>> How should i check for qscinltilla? Sorry, i have no idea about it.
>>
> 
> Sorry, this was a rather technical request 😇
> 
> You can check for qscintilla (some library used to give GNU Octave an
> builtin editor) support by typing into your command window:
> 
>    >> __octave_config_info__ ("QSCINTILLA")
>    ans = 1
> 
> If "ans = 0" appears, then your Octave was built without the editor, and
> there is nothing you can do to make the editor appear magically.
> 
> On a macOS system I tested the latest Octave 5.2.0 from Homebrew and I
> obtained "ans = 0".  Thus I am afraid you cannot make use of the builtin
> Octave editor now.
> 
> The issue is reported
> 
> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/61141
> 
> HTH,
> Kai
> 

The Homebrew developers are super fast. 🙂

If you run

   brew update
   brew upgrade

you should get "octave 5.2.0_10", which contains the builtin Octave editor.

HTH,
Kai