perform fewer actions before starting GUI * octave.cc (forced_line_editing, read_history_file, command_line_path, echo_executing_commands, doc_cache_file, exec_path, image_path, info_file, info_program, no_window_system, texi_macros_file): New file-scope static variables. (octave_process_command_line): New function. Process command line and set octave_cmdline_argc, octave_cmdline_argv, forced_line_editing, and read_history_file here, not in octave_initialize_interpreter. (octave_initialize_interpreter): Perform actions for command line options here instead of in command option processing loop in octave_process_command_line. (octave_main): Call octave_process_command_line. * octave.h (octave_process_command_line): Provide decl. * main.cc, main-cli.cc (main): Call octave_process_command_line. * main.cc (main): If not starting GUI, call octave_initialize_interpreter before calling octave_execute_interpreter. * main-cli.cc (main): Call octave_initialize_interpreter before calling octave_execute_interpreter. * octave-main-thread.cc (octave_main_thread::run): Likewise.

--- a/libinterp/octave.h
+++ b/libinterp/octave.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 extern OCTINTERP_API int octave_main (int argc, char **argv, int embedded);
 
+extern OCTINTERP_API void octave_process_command_line (int argc, char **argv);
+
 extern OCTINTERP_API void
 octave_initialize_interpreter (int argc, char **argv, int embedded);