Working on M-files

[Jackie Y.]

To Whom It May Concern:

I am a college student who have installed Octave for my computer as an alternative to Matlab. I am very pleased that much, if not all of the syntax is exactly the same as Matlab. However, after reading on many sites, I do not understand how one will create and execute a m-file on octave. By typing in "edit" in the command line, Scite opens up. I can create a code in it, but I cannot save it. Furthermore, I cannot seem to copy and paste it into Octave's command line. I would like to know how to be able to create M-files in Octave, and how to run it in Octave. Because I am not very computer-savvy, I would appreciate if you would explain it to me in the simplest way. I appreciate your time and answers and thankyou for making such a magnificient program.

-- Jackie