Re: Octave wants to run startup configuration "wizard" in --no-gui mode

[Pantxo Diribarne]

Le 13/06/2015 12:38, Stefan Mahr a écrit :
> > > > I think there has been a subtle change in Octave --no-gui behavior in
> > > > the past ten or twenty changesets that wants to run the "first time use"
> > > > configuration wizard.  It may be this changeset:
> > > >
> > > > http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/6fe746def1aa
> > > > Also load settings and translations in --no-gui mode (bugs #44222 and
> > > > #45199)
> > > Thanks for pointing to it. I wondered why my PPA build did not work, but
> > > locally everything was fine.
> > >
> > > Stefan
> > Oups, I hadn't thought of this side effect. The configuration wizard is the
> > only place where the user learns about where its settings will be stored.
> > That's why I enabled it even in --no-gui where settings are now also used.
> > On the other hand the only real configuration that this wizard currently
> > proposes is whether to show the news window, which is not relevant in
> > --no-gui mode.
> > I'll disable the wizard, until we find another solution (e.g. a --no-wizard
> > flag).
> >
> > Pantxo
> IMHO the --no-gui option always implies a --no-wizard flag.
>
> Stefan
What if the wizard is ever used to configure settings that are also 
relevant in --no-gui mode (e.g. the language for the figure menus and 
tool-tips)?

I attached a patch that I'll push on stable if no one opposes.
Note however that the criteria to launch the wizard is the presence of 
an Octave settings file. I you first run --no-gui mode without a wizard, 
a settings file will be created anyway (because it is now needed). Now 
the first time you'll run octave in gui mode the wizard (and the 
configuration, information contained therein) won't show up as a 
configuration file already exists.

Pantxo

remove_wizard.patch
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