octave-2.1.50_1 in stable

[Nicola Vitale]

> [le6u9bl02 at sneakemail.com, 2004-01-15T04:05:09+00:00]
> The octave port in stable doesn't load under emacs' octave-mode.
> Both emacs 21 and 20 hang after "Esc-x octave-mode", and  evaluation
> of a line for example "Ctrl-c i l". 

I think because emacs cannot find the prompt.
Try to put in ~/.octaverc this line:

PS1=">> "

Ciao.
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Nicola S. Vitale
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