Re: environment variable

[Colin Ingram]

Henry F. Mollet wrote:
> octave:2> history
> Will give history. 
>
> octave:1> history_size
> history_size = 1024
> Default can be overridden by the environmental variable OCTAVE_HISTSIZE
> according to manual but I don't know how do do it either. I've tried
> octave:3> OCTAVE_HISTSIZE=512
> OCTAVE_HISTSIZE = 512
> octave:4> history_size
> history_size = 1024

octave:1> history_size
history_size = 1024
octave:2> OCTAVE_HISTSIZE
error: `OCTAVE_HISTSIZE' undefined near line 2 column 1
octave:2> OCTAVE_HISTSIZE=512
OCTAVE_HISTSIZE = 512
octave:3> OCTAVE_HISTSIZE
OCTAVE_HISTSIZE = 512
octave:4> history_size
history_size = 1024
octave:5> history_size=512
history_size = 512
octave:6> history_size
history_size = 512

you set the wrong variable



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