Re: edit.m: patches to restore and fix old behavior for new files

[Mike Miller]

2012/4/19 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>:
> On 18 April 2012 09:08, Mike Miller <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi, I have a series of patches for the edit function that restore some
>> behavior that hasn't worked since 3.0.x, and fix some quirks, all having
>> to do with editing new files.
>
> While you're there, perhaps you'd like to look at the EDITOR issue too?
>
>    http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/edit-m-and-EDITOR-td4546850.html
>
> I mean, if you have time, if it's all the same to you, etc. :-)

I can do that too.  I liked Michael's proposal to initialize EDITOR to
empty and use function EDITOR() unless edit EDITOR was set by the
user.  Seemed like the best option, I'll implement that unless he
already has a patch for that.

-- 
mike