octave startup directory?

[Torsten]

On 11.09.2018 20:24, Mike Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 20:12:19 +0200, Torsten wrote:
>> Even if I set the startup directory and start octave with "--no-gui" (no
>> .octaverc) the octave directory is set to the current one, ignoring the
>> startup dir.
> 
> That's not the behavior I see, with both stable and dev. The interpreter
> starts in the GUI startup directory. Example:
> 
>     $ grep octave_startup_dir ~/.config/octave/qt-settings
>     octave_startup_dir=/home
>     $ pwd
>     /tmp
>     $ octave-5.0.0 -q --norc --no-gui
>     octave:1> pwd
>     ans = /home
>     octave:2>

Okay, my fault, same behavior here. I was thinking of the startup dir
for the file browser and have missed the startup dir for octave in the
"General" tab.

Torsten