[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #65499] Use separate GUI settings for Octave releases

[Philip Nienhuis]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #65499 (group octave):

(sorry, a bit in nitpicking mode)
> Octave checks at startup for setting file octave-gui-XX.ini, where XX is the
...
... version of Octave that is started.

Your suggestion seems good to me.

But I hope selecting existing GUI settings files won´t be too complex to
program and doesn't lead to a can of worms. E.g., I noted Qt5 GUI settings
using with Octave compiled with Qt6 differ as regards Octave overall main
window size; hopefully an unwary user wouldn´t interpret that new window
size, different from what he/she probably expects, as a bug in Octave - that
sort of thing.

An easier alternative would be to just offer to "import" as much settings as
possible from the latest GUI settings file that is present. I assume that
would do for the vast majority of users including me.

Some disclaimers might be needed anyway, either in the selection menu or in
the simple alternative above.

@Markus ? what do you think?


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