Re: 'Edit' Command Issues

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:55 AM, nickh <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am obviously new to Octave. I have seen this question asked a few times,
> however I believe that it was never clearly answered.
> I am running Octave v3.2.3 on Mac OS X (10.6.5).
> When I enter the 'edit' command, nothing happens. And by nothing, I mean
> neither a text editor nor 'octave-3.2.3:3>' is returned. It looks as
> such(dead):
> 
> octave-3.2.3:3> edit
> |
> 
> Perhaps I need to configure an editor? Just a guess. Since I am new to this,
> I would appreciate precise instructions. If one needs further information,
> tell me what to input and I'll post the results.
> 
> Thanks in advance! 

Can you tell us what editor you'd like to use?

Ben