[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53419] GUI crashes if QT_PLUGIN_PATH is not set

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URL:
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                 Summary: GUI crashes if QT_PLUGIN_PATH is not set
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 22 Mar 2018 07:53:12 AM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Segfault, Bus Error, etc.
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: cg31
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.2
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:


It seems the new octave-4.2.2 gui requires QT_PLUGIN_PATH to be set, so when
the zip is used, users have to set it themselves.

It will be better if octave-gui can find Qt5 plugin by a relative path i.e
QT_PLUGIN_PATH = ..\qt5\plugins.






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