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Re: Octave wants to run startup configuration "wizard" in --no-gui mode
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Stefan Mahr |
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Re: Octave wants to run startup configuration "wizard" in --no-gui mode |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:38:41 +0200 |
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>>> I think there has been a subtle change in Octave --no-gui behavior in
>>> the past ten or twenty changesets that wants to run the "first time use"
>>> configuration wizard. It may be this changeset:
>>>
>>> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/6fe746def1aa
>>> Also load settings and translations in --no-gui mode (bugs #44222 and
>>> #45199)
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for pointing to it. I wondered why my PPA build did not work, but
>> locally everything was fine.
>>
>> Stefan
>
> Oups, I hadn't thought of this side effect. The configuration wizard is the
> only place where the user learns about where its settings will be stored.
> That's why I enabled it even in --no-gui where settings are now also used.
> On the other hand the only real configuration that this wizard currently
> proposes is whether to show the news window, which is not relevant in
> --no-gui mode.
> I'll disable the wizard, until we find another solution (e.g. a --no-wizard
> flag).
>
> Pantxo
IMHO the --no-gui option always implies a --no-wizard flag.
Stefan