[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53369] Octave 4.5.0+ launched from installer runs as hidden process on Windows

[Mike Miller]

Follow-up Comment #9, bug #53369 (project octave):

Hold on, I was only speculating in general about how useful octave.exe is, and
whether octave.bat is necessary for users to do open a command shell, cd to
Octave's bin directory, and type "octave". Unrelated to fixing this bug.

For this bug, I think all that is needed is to sprinkle some options in
octave.bat and octave.vbs. Something like this


diff --git a/installer-files/octave-firsttime.vbs
b/installer-files/octave-firsttime.vbs
--- a/installer-files/octave-firsttime.vbs
+++ b/installer-files/octave-firsttime.vbs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ End If
 startpath = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserProfile%")
 wshShell.CurrentDirectory = startpath
 
-wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe" & Chr(34), 0
+wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe --gui" & Chr(34), 0
 
 ' free our objects
 Set fso = Nothing
diff --git a/installer-files/octave.bat b/installer-files/octave.bat
--- a/installer-files/octave.bat
+++ b/installer-files/octave.bat
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if -%1-==-- goto noargs
 
 Rem   Start Octave (this detaches and immediately returns):
 if %GUI_MODE%==1 (
-start octave-gui.exe %*
+start octave-gui.exe --gui %*
 ) else (
 start octave-cli.exe %*
 )
diff --git a/installer-files/octave.vbs b/installer-files/octave.vbs
--- a/installer-files/octave.vbs
+++ b/installer-files/octave.vbs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Next
 
 ' start octave-gui, either with console shown or hidden
 If GUI_MODE = 1 then
-  wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe" & Chr(34) &
AllArgs, 0
+  wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe --gui" & Chr(34) &
AllArgs, 0
 Else
   wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe" & Chr(34) &
AllArgs, 1
 End If


Needs some thorough testing of all of the install options and all of the ways
that Octave can be launched via shortcut or command shell. Have you tested all
of the installed shortcuts yet to verify whether they do work correctly?

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