## Copyright (C) 2013 John Donoghue
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} preferences 
## Display preferences settings for Octave.
##
## If in GUI mode, display using the preferences dialog, otherwise display
## the preferences with the @code{edit} function.
##
## @seealso{getpref, setpref, addpref, rmpref}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: John Donoghue
## Version: 0.01

function preferences ()
  if (! __octave_link_enabled__ ())
    edit (prefsfile ());
  else
    __octave_link_show_preferences__ ();
  endif
endfunction