editor

call the embedded text editor.

Syntax

• editor()
• editor(filename)
• editor('editor_command', cmd)

Input argument

• filename - a string: filename to open.
• cmd - a string representing the command to launch your preferred code editor.

Description

editor opens an existing file in the nelson's editor.

editor must be considered as internal and edit must be preferred.

Set another text editor as default: (example with VS code)

editor('editor_command', 'code')

To restore the default editor, use:

editor('editor_command', '')

Change text editor is persistent and will be saved in a configuration file.

Example

edit('edit')
if ispc()
  editor('editor_command ', 'notepad')
else
  editor('editor_command ', 'vim')
end
edit('edit')
% restore default editor
editor('editor_command ', '')

See also

edit.

History

Author

Allan CORNET