[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53854] An error massage about failing to load notepad++ on startup

[Petr Lobaz]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #53854 (project octave):

"when I make a double click in a .m-file, it opens in Notepad++ instead
"Editor Window" of Octave, as the previous version of Octave"

Quick and dirty workaround:
Edit the file octave.vbs located in the Octave root folder.
Change line 52 from
  wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe" & Chr(34) &
AllArgs, 0
to
  wshShell.Run chr(34) & OctavePath & "\bin\octave-gui.exe" & Chr(34) &
"--eval pause(1);" & AllArgs, 0

Description:

Octave is launched with a parameter 
  --eval "edit 'FILENAME'"

It seems that when the 'edit' command starts, GUI is not yet initialized
(function isguirunning () returns 0).
The command 'pause' in the workaround waits a bit. For me, one second is OK.

Hope it helps
Petr


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