Re: Opening miscellaneous/private/copyfile.m fails in GUI

[Philip Nienhuis]

Michael Goffioul wrote
> While testing the GUI, I noticed that the
> file  miscellaneous/private/copyfile.m couldn't be opened by
> double-clicking on it in the file browser. The following error appears in
> the command window:
> 
> error: load: bogus identifier '@var{f2} must be a directory. If the force
> flag 'f' is given then' found in file '
> <file path>
> '

Here I see:
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>> which copyfile
'copyfile' is a function from the file
X:\Octave\Octave-3.8.0\share\octave\3.8.0\m\miscellaneous\copyfile.m
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(and it opens in the editor when I double-click on it)

so why does it live in a private/ subdir on your box?

The two files that do live in miscellaneous/private open fine in the editor
as well when double-clicked.

Philip




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