Re: Windows GUI startup message truncated

[John W. Eaton]

On 11/29/2017 04:24 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> What happens when switching back and forth between the various tabs just 
> after launch?  See if the full contents of "Command Window" comes back 
> with a redraw.

It doesn't appear to be a redraw issue.

> Also, you could close the File Browser, Workspace and 
> Command History windows, exit and relaunch to see if the missing section 
> is part of the Command Window or the main window (i.e., does the width 
> of the visible portion change with window size changes?).

Ah.  If I have more than one tab open in the part of the GUI that 
normally displays the command, editor, documentation, and variable 
editor widgets when Octave starts, the message is truncated.  I'm not 
sure that this is relevant, but it appears to be truncated to 
approximately the width of the GUI tab thing that is used for switching 
between the widgets.  If only the command window is visible when Octave 
starts, then no "switcher tab" is displayed and the message is not 
truncated.  I wonder if somehow the initial width of the widget is set 
to the width of the tab and that is used when the interpreter is 
starting and displaying the message.  Hmm.

jwe