changeset 2334:0dc4e984c693 octave-forge

Update docs for accessing files from editor on windows.
author pkienzle
date Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:29:45 +0000
parents 163cd34381de
children bec1462a30c8
files main/miscellaneous/edit.m
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/main/miscellaneous/edit.m	Thu Jun 29 12:05:25 2006 +0000
+++ b/main/miscellaneous/edit.m	Mon Jul 10 01:29:45 2006 +0000
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 ##     "gnudoit -q \"(find-file \\\"%s\\\")\""   
 ##       send it to current emacs; must have (gnuserv-start) in .emacs
 ##
+##   On cygwin, you will need to convert the cygwin path to a windows
+##   path if you are using a native Windows editor.  For example
+##     '"C:/Program Files/Good Editor/Editor.exe" `cygpath -wa %s`'
+##   Pay attention to the "" and ``; they are significant.
+##
 ## home
 ##   This is the location of user local m-files. Be be sure it is on LOADPATH.
 ##   The default is ~/octave.