+
+ ;; Find out whether Octave has built-in variables.
+ (inferior-octave-send-list-and-digest
+ (list "exist \"LOADPATH\"\n"))
+ (setq inferior-octave-has-built-in-variables
+ (string-match "101$" (car inferior-octave-output-list)))
+
+ ;; An empty secondary prompt, as e.g. obtained by '--braindead',
+ ;; means trouble.
+ (inferior-octave-send-list-and-digest (list "PS2\n"))
+ (if (string-match "\\(PS2\\|ans\\) = *$" (car inferior-octave-output-list))
+ (inferior-octave-send-list-and-digest
+ (list (if inferior-octave-has-built-in-variables
+ "PS2 = \"> \"\n"
+ "PS2 (\"> \");\n"))))
+