[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60813] GUI crashes when quitting debug mode from "run selection"

[John W. Eaton]

Update of bug #60813 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              
             Assigned to:                    None => jwe                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

The problem is that the quit_debug_exception that is thrown is not caught when
executing code this way.  It does work properly when using the new terminal
widget, but not with the current one.

This issue is related to the one I brought up in the meeting yesterday with
user expectations when executing code selections.  currently, we try to
execute the equivalent command as if it had been typed in the command window. 
We do this by saving any pending input at the command prompt then simulating a
command being entered at the prompt.  The idea is to have the command echoed
at the prompt followed by any output it produces and then for any previously
pending input to be displayed again.  Is that the behavior Matlab users
expect?  It seems reasonable, but the way we handle it may need to be
redesigned.

I will at least try to come up with a fix to prevent this kind of crash.

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