[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51461] octave -Wq doesn't work correctly

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51461>

                 Summary: octave -Wq doesn't work correctly
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Thu 13 Jul 2017 11:10:03 AM PDT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Normally calling "octave -Wq" should be the same as calling "octave -W -q".
But because the octave stub program doesn't use getopt, it doesn't handle the
options -W and -q correctly when they are specified together (either as -Wq or
-qW).

And it's not enough to just check for the exact arguments "-Wq" or "-qW",
because these options can also be combined with other options (e.g. "octave
-qfHW"). The most robust solution would be to add getopt support to
main.in.cc.

Another option might be to check for an argument that starts with a single
hyphen and process the following single letter options manually.




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