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Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources |
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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:08:35 -0400 |
On Apr 19, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Michael D Godfrey wrote:
> On 04/19/2011 09:59 AM, James Cloos wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be easier to make --gui the option and cli the default?
>>
>> That avoids incompatible changes. And most users who might want a gui
>> be default probably start octave via a .desktop file or other menu item;
>> those file can use a --gui option easier than existing scripts can add
>> a --no-gui option.
>>
>> -JimC
>>
> I much prefer this solution. Particularly, if people use Octave on various
> machines it is not so simple to create a new .octaverc in order to avoid
> the unwanted GUI startup. Currently, many users (in my experience)
> do not have a startup script and they expect the cli startup. Explaining
> how to avoid the GUI is just overhead.
>
> People who do want the GUI will likely also want to tailor it for their
> preferences, so they will need to learn about startup scripts.
>
> Michael
It seems more natural to me that Octave would, by default, launch as a command
line app when run from the command line.
I assume that this would not be a problem as most gui apps are launched from a
graphical interface (MacOS, Windows, KDE, Gnome, etc).
Ben
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, (continued)
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Michael D Godfrey, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Michael D Godfrey, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Doug Stewart, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John W. Eaton, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Judd Storrs, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John W. Eaton, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Judd Storrs, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John W. Eaton, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, James Cloos, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Michael D Godfrey, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources,
Ben Abbott <=
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Przemek Klosowski, 2011/04/19
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John Swensen, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Jacob Dawid, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John W. Eaton, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John W. Eaton, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John Swensen, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, Jacob Dawid, 2011/04/18
- Re: Integrating Quint into the Octave sources, John W. Eaton, 2011/04/18