Problems with Octave on Windows 8: crashes after any error

Question

I have installed (and re-installed) Octave 3 times on Windows 8, and I still can't get it right. The first and most obvious problem is that the prompt is missing; the screen only shows the flashing underscore that follows the prompt. This is not a major problem since the system properly responds to commands.

The major problem is that Octave crashes whenever it encounters a syntax error, instead of politely giving a diagnostic. This makes for extremely tedious software development.

Is there a way around this problem, or do we just have to wait for one side or the other to come up with an accommodation?

Answer 1

I encountered the same problem. I solved it by this: create a shortcut to octave.exe, then right click->property-> change the "target" to something like:

C:\Program Files\Octave\Octave3.6.*_gcc*.*.*\bin\octave.exe -i --line-editing

Then it won't exit if u have syntax errors. I don't understand the meaning of the parameters yet.

reference: http://exciton.eo.yzu.edu.tw/~lab/?p=1121