[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57235] Startup file .octaverc is always read in the system encoding

[Markus Mützel]

Update of bug #57235 (project octave):

                  Status:          Ready For Test => Confirmed              
                 Summary: Character encoding problems => Startup file
.octaverc is always read in the system encoding

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Follow-up Comment #6:

Re-titling to better reflect the remaining issue.

I don't completely understand the Octave start-up process. But here is my
analysis/guess of what is the issue:
* The startup files are executed early on when initializing the interpreter.
* The .m file encoding is restored from the value in the Qt settings file by
the GUI process.
* It looks like the latter is done after the startup files are executed.

I don't know how this should be handled.
Is there a settings file or something similar that holds properties for the
interpreter (and not so much for the GUI)?

CC'ing jwe because I think he best understands the startup process.

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