Re: edit.m and EDITOR

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> Re this discussion:
> 
>    http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/edit-error-tp4541388p4545830.html
> 
> I am not sure how to fix this. My first attempt is attached, but I
> think this isn't quite right. The problem is that this breaks the
> struct that edit("get") used to return, but I'm not sure this is
> serious. More problematically, it also breaks the string, with the %s
> included, that edit("editor", foo) is supposed to let you set.
> 
> The problem I'm trying to solve is that EDITOR and edit shouldn't be
> storing separate variables for the EDITOR command. How do you
> recommend to solve this instead?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Jordi G. H.
> <edit.patch>


I'd forgotten about this conflict.

Should we be using preferences instead ?

i.e. addpref, ispref, setpref, getpref, rmpref

Ben