default ~/.octaverc template

[Keith Goodman]

I think it would help users if the default ~/.octaverc file contained
some (commented out) startup commands.

What startup commands do you use? I'm looking for the equivalent of
handle-bar streamers and playing cards clothes pinned to the forks.

(http://www.octave.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/octave/scripts/startup/local-rcfile)  

## Local startup file for Octave.
##
## This file should contain any commands that should be executed each
## time Octave starts. The commands in this file take precedence over
## the commands in the system-wide startup file.

## Remove extra blank space around column number labels. The default
## value is 'format loose'.
##
## format compact;

## Suppress verbose help message.
##
## suppress_verbose_help_message = 1;

## Turn off pagination.
##
## more off;

## Set command-line prompt
##
## PS1 = ">> ";