Re: Using kwrite as editor

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Ivan Sutoris <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to use KWrite as default editor in Octave. After setting
>  edit('editor', 'kwrite %s &')
> command "edit function" really opens "function" in KWrite. However, I
> can't use Octave's prompt until I close the editor's window, which is
> inconvenient. I thought that adding "&" should start new process in
> background, but that doesn't seem to make difference. I'm running
> openSUSE 11.1 (with KDE 4.2) and this happens with Octave 3.0.3 as
> well as in compiled 3.1.52+. Is there a way to use graphical text
> editor and have access to prompt at the same time (it works in Windows
> with Scite, I think) ?
>
> Regards
> Ivan Sutoris
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try

edit mode async

to set asynchronous editing mode.

cheers

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
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