Re: Complete bewildered newbie question

[David Nicholls]

Andy Adler wrote:
>> on 3/24/04 4:25 AM, David Nicholls at address@hidden wrote:
>> > Q.3 When I ran the install program, as it finished, it asked for details
>> > of my preferred editor, so I entered
>> > C:\Program Files\NoteTab Pro\NoteTab.exe
>> > However when I type 'edit "filename.m"' in the rxvt window, I get the
>> > message 'C/Program: not found' which suggests to me the the entry in the
>> > file start_octave.sh is wrong.  What should the line starting 'export
>> > EDITOR=' have in it?  Or is the idiot Windows file naming system
>> > incompatible?  If I double click on the .m file in Windows Explorer, it
>> > opens in notepad.
> 
> I thought that the install script corrected for spaces in the filename,
> but obviously this isn't the case.
> 
> Try entering
> C:/progra~1/noteta~1/notetab.exe
> (using forward slashes)
> 

Thanks.  It worked in so far as the window console of Octave (I thought
it was called rxvt, am I wrong?) now calls NoteTab, but for windows
reasons the file itself doesn't show.  So for the moment I'll clear the
EDITOR= entry and accept notepad.

I read somewhere that other windows editor programs are recommended
(maybe during the install, I forget) - is there an obvious good choice
for editor in windows?

DN

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