changeset 25188:bd0631439f8c stable

doc: document the --gui command-line options, update description of --no-gui * basics.txi (Command Line Options): Document the --gui option, delete the --force-gui option. Mention that the --no-gui option is the default and the inverse of --gui.
author Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
date Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:38:23 -0700
parents 9bb58f9580f4
children df4e64464f38
files doc/interpreter/basics.txi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/interpreter/basics.txi	Mon Apr 09 14:20:08 2018 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/basics.txi	Mon Apr 09 14:38:23 2018 -0700
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
 in the system or user startup files that set the built-in variable
 @w{@env{EXEC_PATH}}.
 
-@item --force-gui
-@cindex @sortas{options, Octave command --force-gui} @ @ @code{--force-gui}
-Force the graphical user interface (GUI) to start.
+@item --gui
+@cindex @sortas{options, Octave command --gui} @ @ @code{--gui}
+Start the graphical user interface (GUI).
 
 @item  --help
 @itemx -h
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@
 @item --no-gui
 @cindex @sortas{options, Octave command --no-gui} @ @ @code{--no-gui}
 Disable the graphical user interface (GUI) and use the command line
-interface (CLI) instead.
+interface (CLI) instead.  This is the default behavior, but this option
+may be useful to override a previous @option{--gui}.
 
 @item  --no-history
 @itemx -H