Am 25.06.2025 um 15:01 schrieb [email protected]:
> 
> 
>> We call "octave -q 2>&1". I see on my commandline that there exists 
>> octave-cli.
>> iDo you see it on mac as well? Should we call that instead?
> 
> 
> According to octave.org <http://octave.org/>, Starting with version 4, the 
> default behavior of the “octave” command has been changed to launch the GUI: 
> https://octave.org/NEWS-4.0.html. Previous versions would launch in a 
> terminal widow instead.
> 
> When I invoke octave from LyX, an iconized window appears briefly and 
> disappears on the Dock, which looks like a terminal icon but is titled 
> “octave-gui”. So, it may indeed be worthwhile to change the command to 
> "octave-cli” when calling from LyX (the file also exists on mac), or use one 
> of the command-line options --no-window-system, -W, --no-gui, etc. Or perhaps 
> Stephan’s idea is the right way to go about it. 

I tried to install octave on my Intel-Macbook - but I cannot. The mac-ports 
version depends on qt5-tools and this one breaks on build there.

How did you install octave on your system? Did you use the home-brew path?

BR,
Stephan

> Unfortunately, I was unable to test how any of these affects the speed. I 
> made the alias octave='octave-cli’ as well as with command-line options in my 
> Z-shell but it did not change the behavior in LyX: the icon on the Dock is 
> always titled “octave-gui” and alway takes a few seconds to appear and 
> disappear before the answer is shown in LyX. If you have any other 
> suggestions, I would be happy to try and run a speed test.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Fatihcan
> 
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