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Re: edit.m: patches to restore and fix old behavior for new files
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: edit.m: patches to restore and fix old behavior for new files |
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Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:27:43 -0400 |
On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
> Could be, I believe this is the change that stopped creating new files
> in HOME and just edits them in pwd:
>
> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/2ce6b4258e96#l2.155
>
> Ben, was this intentional?
Yes, it is intended that the default working directory be pwd ().
> If so, why was that changed but still copy existing function files into HOME
> (line 184, same changeset)?
hmmm ... do you have write privilege to the m-file you tried to edit ?
If the file is modifiable in place then it will opened in its original
location. If you do not have write privilege, then a copy is opened in HOME.
Ben
Re: edit.m: patches to restore and fix old behavior for new files, Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso, 2012/04/19