Re: EDITOR issue [WAS: Octave-3.6.1 for Windows (VS2008/VS2010) available]

[Philip Nienhuis]

Michael Goffioul wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Philip Nienhuis<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Hi Michael:
> >
> > Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 6:36 PM, PhilipNienhuis<address@hidden>
> > >   wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> > > > I suppose you're after some testing results. OK, I tried the MSVC 2010
> > > > version (I selected "SSE3 multithreaded" on my Core Duo box).
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for testing.
> >
> >
> > Do you want issues to be reported in the bug tracker, this ML, sourceforge
> > OctDev ML, or even privately?
> > I see the MSVC binaries as experimental for the time being, so the bug
> > tracker may not be the best option right now until the binaries are stable.
>
> No the bug tracker should not be used for packaging issues.
>
> > Anyway, another issue (MSVC2008 version):
> > As you can see below, Octave doesn't pick up a new EDITOR VALUE.
> > Although it does suggest so (see command 28), the FUNCTION struct still says
> > "emacs":
> >
> > octave-3.6.1.exe:25>  EDITOR ('C:\Programs\Notepad++\notepad++.exe')
> > octave-3.6.1.exe:26>  edit mfsetup.m
> > error: system: CreateProcess failed -- can't create child process
> > error: called from:
> > error:
> > C:\Programs\Octave\Octave-3.6.1_MSVC2008\share\octave\3.6.1\m\miscellaneous\edit.m
> > at line 299, column 7
> > octave-3.6.1.exe:26>  dbstop edit 299
> > ans =  299
> > octave-3.6.1.exe:27>  edit mfsetup.m
> > stopped in
> > C:\Programs\Octave\Octave-3.6.1_MSVC2008\share\octave\3.6.1\m\miscellaneous\edit.m
> > at line 299
> > 299:       system (sprintf (FUNCTION.EDITOR, cstrcat ("\"", fileandpath,
> > "\"")),
> > debug>  FUNCTION
> > FUNCTION =
> >
> >   scalar structure containing the fields:
> >
> >     EDITOR = emacs %s
> >     HOME = C:\Home\philip\octave
> >     AUTHOR = philip
> >     EMAIL =<address@hidden>
> >     LICENSE = GPL
> >     MODE = async
> >     EDITINPLACE = 0
> >
> > debug>  dbquit
> >
> > octave-3.6.1.exe:28>  EDITOR
> > ans = C:\Programs\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
> > octave-3.6.1.exe:29>
>
> I think your problem is due to the persistent variables in edit.m.
> Once that function has been called, the EDITOR content does not have
> any effect anymore (because the persistent variable has been
> initialized). See the 2 session examples below:
>
> octave-3.6.1.exe:1>  EDITOR ('notepad')
> octave-3.6.1.exe:2>  edit get editor
> ans = notepad %s
>
> octave-3.6.1.exe:1>  edit get editor
> ans = emacs %s
> octave-3.6.1.exe:2>  EDITOR ('notepad')
> octave-3.6.1.exe:3>  edit get editor
> ans = emacs %s
>
> This is not MSVC-specific, and I'm not even sure it's a bug (I guess
> it's a matter of taste).

I see, thanks.

(Bug, feature or taste - it is not terribly intuitive; I can't find this 
EDITOR behavior described in the manual or on-line help.)

Philip