(inferior-octave-startup-args):

Set to '("-i") to force interactive behavior.
(inferior-octave-prompt): Include the `debug' prompt issued by the
Octave `keyboard' command.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/octave-inf.el b/lisp/progmodes/octave-inf.el
index cbe4ffcc89d..5be9e94cc46 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/octave-inf.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/octave-inf.el
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 (defvar inferior-octave-program "octave"
   "*Program invoked by `inferior-octave'.")
 
-(defvar inferior-octave-prompt "\\(^octave\\(:[0-9]+\\)?\\|^\\)>+ "
+(defvar inferior-octave-prompt
+  "\\(^octave\\(:[0-9]+\\)?\\|^debug\\|^\\)>+ "
   "*Regexp to match prompts for the inferior Octave process.")
 
 (defvar inferior-octave-startup-file nil
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 The contents of this file are sent to the inferior Octave process on
 startup.")
 
-(defvar inferior-octave-startup-args nil
+(defvar inferior-octave-startup-args '("-i")
   "*List of command line arguments for the inferior Octave process.
 For example, for suppressing the startup message and using `traditional'
 mode, set this to (\"-q\" \"--traditional\").")