# HG changeset patch
# User Ivan Sutoris <address@hidden>
# Date 1234883528 -3600
# Node ID 065df0c992d83c59245543739855b8b332946644
# Parent  ea76466605ba11928f80745b0a58a60b5ea2dbf4
improve documentation for edit.m

diff -r ea76466605ba -r 065df0c992d8 scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 17 14:23:35 2009 +0100
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 17 16:12:08 2009 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-17  Ivan Sutoris  <address@hidden>
+
+	* miscellaneous/edit.m: Expand documentation about editor mode.
+
 2009-02-17  John W. Eaton  <address@hidden>
 
 	* plot/plotyy.m: Handle case of existing figure with no axes.
diff -r ea76466605ba -r 065df0c992d8 scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m	Tue Feb 17 14:23:35 2009 +0100
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m	Tue Feb 17 16:12:08 2009 +0100
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 ## Send it to current Emacs; must have @code{(gnuserv-start)} in @file{.emacs}.
 ## @end table
 ##
+## See also field 'mode', which controls how the editor is run by Octave.
+## 
 ## On cygwin, you will need to convert the cygwin path to a windows
 ## path if you are using a native Windows editor.  For example
 ## @example
@@ -120,8 +122,9 @@
 ## 
 ## @item mode
 ## This value determines whether the editor should be started in async mode
-## or sync mode. Set it to "async" to start the editor in async mode. The
-## default is "sync" (see also "system").
+## (editor is started in the background and Octave continues) or sync mode
+## (Octave waits until the editor exits). Set it to "async" to start the editor
+## in async mode. The default is "sync" (see also "system").
 ##
 ## @item editinplace
 ## Determines whether files should be edited in place, without regard to