Customizing Octave
When the Octave interpreter starts, it reads several configuration files. These files can be changed in order to add system paths, the appearance of the Octave command prompt, how the editor behaves, and much more. The changes can be global and affect all users of Octave that run on a particular computer. They can be targeted to work with a specific version of Octave, a specific project, or a user. This is especially useful on multi-user platforms, such as GNU/Linux.
The configuration files are named either octaverc or .octaverc, depending on where they are located and how the configurations affect Octave. They basically consist of a sequence of Octave commands, so you can also give the same commands to the interpreter from the ...
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