[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #41665] 'qt' is default graphics toolkit even when it is not available

[John W. Eaton]

Follow-up Comment #15, bug #41665 (project octave):

"octave --no-gui-libs"  causes the octave wrapper program to exec the
"octave-cli" binary that is not linked to Qt libraries.  We could drop this
option and just tell people that if they want to use a binary that is not
linked with Qt, they should just run "octave-cli" directly.

The -cli option for ./run-octave bypasses the "octave" wrapper program and
runs "octave-cli" directly.  It's useful for debugging, because we can start
the debugger directly on the "octave-cli" program and do something useful. 
Debugging the wrapper "octave" program as not very interesting.

If we want to discuss this further maybe we should do it on the mailing list
or summarize all the details and requirements on a wiki page.  I think the
whole situation is a big mess but I don't have a better solution than what
we've already done.

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