Use Different Editor

[KG]

I should have read more.  Thanks John Eaton.

- CircuitsMan

On Feb 5, 2008 7:33 PM, KG <circuitsman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Using tilde_expand ('~\.octaverc') gave me a location of C:\Documents and
> Settings\Kevin\My Documents\NetBeansProjects.  However, there was no
> octaverc file in that directory.
>
> I did a search of my computer and found the directory I needed at
> C:\Program Files\Octave\share\octave\site\m\startup.  I added "edit editor
> "C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe %s"" to the octaverc file
> there.  I still would prefer to modify the system octaverc file because
> octave still says at startup that "edit" opens SciTE, when I've obviosly
> changed that.
>
> I suppose I could install Octave without installing SciTE.  Then I
> wouldn't get that message.
>
> - CircuitsMan
>
>   On Feb 5, 2008 12:36 AM, Michael Goffioul <michael.goffioul at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >  On 2/5/08, John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo.che.wisc.edu> wrote:
> > > On  4-Feb-2008, Kevin Goodspeed wrote:
> > >
> > > | I think I can change the editor by editing the file octaverc located
> > > | in C:\Program Files\Octave\Share\octave\3.0.0\m\startup\.
> > >
> > > I think you should just have to add the line
> > >
> > >  edit editor "..."
> > >
> > > to your own ~/.octaverc file.  You should not need to edit the system
> > > octaverc file.
> >
> > To know the exact location of your own startup file, type the
> > following at octave prompt:
> >
> > tilde_expand ('~\.octaverc')
> >
> > Michael.
> >
>
>
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