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Re: Executable Octave script: odd behavior when called with option ‘-dis
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Bernd Lütkenhöner |
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Re: Executable Octave script: odd behavior when called with option ‘-display’ |
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Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:05:06 +0200 |
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Am 15.09.2018 um 19:01 schrieb Mike Miller:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 20:47:16 +0200, Bernd Lütkenhöner wrote:
>> However, no output appears if
>> I call the script as
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>> ./hello -display xyz
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> Octave is a Qt application. As such, certain options are handled by Qt,
> for example -display, -geometry, -platform, -reverse, -session, and
> -style.
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> So the above is interpreted as a standard Qt -display option, with the
> same meaning as setting the DISPLAY environment variable. Since a
> display named 'xyz' can't be opened, it looks like Octave silently
> refuses to start.
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This makes sense. Thank you for your explanation, Mike. I will simple avoid the
problem by naming my option '-disp'.
Bernd