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changeset 8795:bb38a86efa1b
improve documentation for edit.m
author | Ivan Sutoris <ivan.sutoris@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:31:14 -0500 |
parents | f16aafdd99ca |
children | 9662dfb26652 |
files | scripts/ChangeLog scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/scripts/ChangeLog +++ b/scripts/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-02-18 Ivan Sutoris <ivan.sutoris@gmail.com> + + * miscellaneous/edit.m: Expand documentation about editor mode. + 2009-02-18 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> * plot/__gnuplot_version__.m: Don't use regexp to extract version
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m +++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ ## Send it to current Emacs; must have @code{(gnuserv-start)} in @file{.emacs}. ## @end table ## +## See also field 'mode', which controls how the editor is run by Octave. +## ## On cygwin, you will need to convert the cygwin path to a windows ## path if you are using a native Windows editor. For example ## @example @@ -120,8 +122,9 @@ ## ## @item mode ## This value determines whether the editor should be started in async mode -## or sync mode. Set it to "async" to start the editor in async mode. The -## default is "sync" (see also "system"). +## (editor is started in the background and Octave continues) or sync mode +## (Octave waits until the editor exits). Set it to "async" to start the editor +## in async mode. The default is "sync" (see also "system"). ## ## @item editinplace ## Determines whether files should be edited in place, without regard to