https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420959

--- Comment #33 from avlas <jsar...@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to avlas from comment #32)
> (In reply to Nikita Sirgienko from comment #26)
> > (In reply to avlas from comment #24)
> > > 
> > > I think I didn't explain myself quite well. Let me try again:
> > > 
> > > I was not trying to get into the ultimate problem of why the test fails
> > > (which is that cantor uses a different /tmp inside its sandbox).
> > > 
> > > I was just mentioning that when the test fails, Cantor should be smart
> > > enough to only limit these functions that require accessing to system's
> > > /tmp, i.e. plotting, and work fine otherwise, so that users can execute
> > > Octave's commands that are not associated with plotting.
> > Yes, this is correct, and this is actually how new code works. For example,
> > when use my normally builed Cantor (master branch) and Octave from flatpak
> > (without enabled access to /tmp), I have gotten error message about
> > disabling plot integration, but after closing it, Octave backend works
> > correctly and even plots works (but appears in separate window, because of
> > disabled plot integration
> > 
> > I have also tried reproduce your problem, but I failed to run Cantor from
> > flatpak with Octave from flatpak.
> 
> I'm sorry to insist. It may work for you but I think there are still issues
> with this because this is not how it works in my system:
> 
> - Flatpak's Cantor is able to remove the file that I set by hand in /tmp,
> which means Cantor is having access to /tmp, but the test fails anyway.
> Flatpak's Octave is able to write to /tmp as well just fine as I can see
> plots in Non-flatpak's Cantor. And both Cantors have the same config with
> respect to Flatpak's Octave.
> 
> - Furthermore, once the test fails, nothing works in Flatpak's Octave
> anymore.
> 
> From Octave options in Cantor I see that I can use png/jpg/svg but not eps
> as you are showing in your screenshot. I guess this is because in flatpak
> ghostscript is not available. Wondering if that makes the difference between
> what you see and what I see.

Sorry, I meant Faltpak's Cantor here: 

- Furthermore, once the test fails, nothing works in Flatpak's Octave anymore.

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