[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49703] arrow keys, backspace and tab are not available

[Andrew Janke]

Follow-up Comment #9, bug #49703 (project octave):

I'm having a similar issue on Mac.

The arrow keys work on their own. But modified arrow keys (Ctrl-arrow,
Alt-arrow, Cmd-arrow) still only move one character at a time. On a Mac, I
would expect Ctrl-arrow and/or Alt-arrow to move one word at a time, and
Cmd-arrow to move to the start or end of the line.

Also, clicking in the current line in the command window doesn't move the
cursor, like I would expect. I can click and drag to select text, but not
click to move the cursor.

Is there a way to enable these arrow controls on Mac?

macOS 10.13.6, Octave 4.4.1, installed via Octave.app (4.4.1-beta3).

My environment:


>> system('env')
SHELL=/bin/zsh
TERM=xterm
TMPDIR=/var/folders/_4/9mx5ryp52bb_z6drbcbrhwl40000gn/T/
Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.LKIonCIuny/Render
LC_NUMERIC=C
USER=janke
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.6MmApez1ZG/Listeners
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0
COLUMNS=121
PATH=/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/bin/:/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/bin/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/Cellar/octave-octave-app_4.4.1_0/4.4.1/libexec/octave/4.4.1/site/exec/x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0:/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/Cellar/octave-octave-app_4.4.1_0/4.4.1/libexec/octave/api-v52/site/exec/x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0:/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/Cellar/octave-octave-app_4.4.1_0/4.4.1/libexec/octave/site/exec/x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0:/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/Cellar/octave-octave-app_4.4.1_0/4.4.1/libexec/octave/4.4.1/exec/x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0:/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/Cellar/octave-octave-app_4.4.1_0/4.4.1/bin
_=/usr/bin/env
PWD=/Users/janke
GS_OPTIONS=-sICCProfilesDir=/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/opt/ghostscript_9.25_0/share/ghostscript//iccprofiles/
-sGenericResourceDir=/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/opt/ghostscript_9.25_0/share/ghostscript//Resource/
-sFontResourceDir=/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/opt/ghostscript_9.25_0/share/ghostscript//Resource/Font
XPC_FLAGS=0x0
F77=/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/bin/gfortran
LINES=58
XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0
HOME=/Users/janke
SHLVL=2
FC=/Applications/Octave-4.4.1.app/Contents/Resources/usr/bin/gfortran
GNUTERM=qt
LOGNAME=janke
DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.Z8CDwxgsBB/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
LC_TIME=C


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