1.1 --- a/src/ov-str-mat.cc	Fri Oct 12 21:27:37 2007 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/src/ov-str-mat.cc	Wed Mar 18 15:23:14 2009 +0100
     1.3 @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     1.4  #include "pr-output.h"
     1.5  #include "pt-mat.h"
     1.6  #include "utils.h"
     1.7 +#include "ls-ascii-helper.h"
     1.8  
     1.9  DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR (octave_char_matrix_str);
    1.10  DEFINE_OCTAVE_ALLOCATOR (octave_char_matrix_sq_str);
    1.11 @@ -344,8 +345,7 @@
    1.12  		      char *ftmp = tmp.fortran_vec ();
    1.13  
    1.14  		      // Skip the return line
    1.15 -		      if (! is.read (ftmp, 1))
    1.16 -			return false;
    1.17 +		      skip_preceeding_newline (is);
    1.18  
    1.19  		      if (! is.read (ftmp, dv.numel ()) || !is)
    1.20  			{