[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #40689] MinGW: octave-3.7.7+.exe process keeps running after GUI starts

[John W. Eaton]

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #40689 (project octave):

It seems to me we need some way to fully emulate execv.  Then the new process
(octave-gui or octave-cli) would completely replace the original octave
process and we wouldn't have the two programs running.

Or, we could just redesign the way we invoke Octave on Windows (or maybe all
systems).  It's complicated by having to deal with the controlling terminal
problem on Unixy systems and wanting Octave to not completely detach itself
from the terminal if it is started from a command line shell.  I think this is
something we could look at again after the release, especially if users seem
confused by the existence of octave-cli, octave-gui, and octave with the
--no-gui and --no-gui-libs options.

My guess is they will be confused and we will be looking at this again.

And yes, we should have some tips in the NEWS file, or in a separate file that
gives hints for packagers.  Would you like to help write those tips?



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