Re: newbie who can't edit

[Vokey, John]

On 2011-01-29, at 12:23 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

No, pressing ctrl-c does nothing.