some guys told me it due to bugs in qt.He told me I could use this script to launch Octave-gui without crash.
#!/bin/bash export QT4_IM_MODULE= export QT_IM_MODULE= /usr/bin/octave --force-gui -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665201 Title: octave-gui crashed when using its internal editor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/reportbug/+bug/1665201/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
