Re: newbie who can't edit

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 29, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Vokey, John wrote:
> 
>> On 2011-01-29, at 12:33 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Vokey, John wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2011-01-29, at 7:48 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --- On Sat, 1/29/11, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> From: c. <address@hidden>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: newbie who can't edit
>>>>>>>> To: "Vokey, John" <address@hidden>
>>>>>>>> Cc: address@hidden
>>>>>>>> Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 2:32 AM
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 29 Jan 2011, at 07:36, Vokey, John wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> A long Matlab user, just started with Octave. 
>>>>>>>> Most everything I want from Matlab works with Octave (i.e.,
>>>>>>>> every .m file I have tested works), so I am quite
>>>>>>>> pleased.  BUT, I can't edit anything.  When I type
>>>>>>>> edit or edit name, nothing happens.  The terminal
>>>>>>>> window just locks up, and I have to close the window and
>>>>>>>> restart Octave.  Am I missing something?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Mac OSX 10.6.6, and the latest Octave.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> you need to specify the program to use for editing, 
>>>>>>>> which one to use is really a matter of taste, I like emacs
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> and use the Aquamacs binary distribution [1], so I have the
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> following in my ~/.octaverc configuration file:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> edit editor "open -a /Applications/Aquamacs.app %s &"
>>>>>>>> edit license gpl
>>>>>>>> edit mode async
>>>>>>>> edit home ./
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> type "doc edit" at the octave prompt for more options for
>>>>>>>> the "edit" command.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>>>> c.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But, if a program freezes in response to user input, it's a bug. I.e. it
>>>>>>> should be filed and then it will hopefully be fixed.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Sergei.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm unable to duplicate the freeze. If someone explain what needs to be 
>>>>>> done to reproduce the freeze.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I just type edit at the prompt, and octave becomes completely 
>>>>> unresponsive.
>>>> 
>>>> I got that. I'd like to patch Octave so that the freeze doesn't happen.
>>>> 
>>>> Does pressing ctrl+c unfreeze Octave and produce an error. If so what does 
>>>> it say?
>>>> 
>>>> To enable the edit function to work you need to choose a ascii editor and 
>>>> tell Octave about it. To tell Octave to open a file using the app that 
>>>> MacOS associates with the file use ...
>>>> 
>>>>    edit editor "open -e %s"
>>>> 
>>>> To specify a specific editor, say mvim, use ...
>>>> 
>>>>    edit editor "mvim %s"
>>>> 
>>>> The first is handy if you don't have a favorite editor, but it will not 
>>>> open a file that does not yet exist.
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>> p.s. be sure to reply-all and respond at the bottom so that those arriving 
>>>> late can follow along. Thanks
>>> 
>>> Another question ... what do you get when you type "EDITOR" at Octave's 
>>> prompt?
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
>> 
>> The problem *doesn't* occur if one types: EDIT
>> 
>> octave-3.2.3:1> EDIT
>> error: `EDIT' undefined near line 1 column 1
>> 
>> just edit
> 
> Ok. But what happens you you type "EDITOR"?
> 
> Ben

Never mind. I see you already answered that.

Ben