[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49234] Qt 5 captures Page Up and Page Down keys from reaching command window terminal

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #49234 (project octave):

                Severity:              3 - Normal => 2 - Minor              
                Priority:              5 - Normal => 3 - Low                
                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              
                 Summary: PAGEUP and PAGEDOWN keys blocked by Qt in GUI pager
=> Qt 5 captures Page Up and Page Down keys from reaching command window
terminal

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Confirmed, and only applies to Octave built with Qt 5.

Possibly some change in a Qt widget that automatically captures certain key
events by default.

Easy to work around by using many other possible keystrokes to scroll in the
less pager, including Space, f, or d to scroll forward, and b or u to scroll
backward.

The default help line that Octave prints at the end suggests to use b and f.

Another workaround is to completely disable the pager with "more off" and just
use the scrolling feature of the command window.

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