inferior-octave-startup-args

inferior-octave-startup-args is a variable defined in `octave.el'.
Its value is

("-i" "--no-line-editing")

Documentation:
List of command line arguments for the inferior Octave process.
For example, for suppressing the startup message and using `traditional'
mode, include "-q" and "--traditional".

You can customize this variable.

This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in version 24.4 of Emacs.