Re: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 at 20:32, JohnD <[email protected]> wrote:

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>    call octave-launcher --no-gui
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> to run octave-cli in existing window. I believe then that both .bat and
> .vbs could then be deprecated or immediately deleted.
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> Cheers... Ian
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> Its not that simple – octave sets env paths for the octave when running
> pkg install, which is set in windows from the .bat file so cant just be
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OK I didn't know Octave.bat had another purpose. I use it successfully to
launch the cli.


> ‘start’ creates a new wndow befefault unless is told not to, so that is
> expected behavior for the start calls.
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> So the only one that could be changed to work differently would be
> octave-launcher --no-gui, if all ready running in a terminal
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That would be great from my perspective!

Cheers... Ian