# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1551648249 28800
# Node ID 0a24e478a5b8f541b2e659b2331061a6a63478bc
# Parent  86b8f498699392676053309cc20cf577570d0475
edit.m: Change default for option "editinplace" to true (bug #41278).

* NEWS: Announce change.

* edit.m: Change default for option "editinplace" to true.  Change
documentation to reflect change.

diff -r 86b8f4986993 -r 0a24e478a5b8 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Sun Mar 03 19:47:10 2019 +0000
+++ b/NEWS	Sun Mar 03 13:24:09 2019 -0800
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
     Matlab compatible.  If necessary use the "-loose" option to
     reproduce figures as they appeared in previous versions of Octave.
 
+ ** The edit function option "editinplace" now defaults to true.  Files
+    will no longer be copied to the user's HOME directory for editing
+    and then copied back to their original location.
+
  ** New functions added in Octave 6:
 
       lightangle
diff -r 86b8f4986993 -r 0a24e478a5b8 scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m	Sun Mar 03 19:47:10 2019 +0000
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m	Sun Mar 03 13:24:09 2019 -0800
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 ##
 ## @item editinplace
 ## Determines whether files should be edited in place, without regard to
-## whether they are modifiable or not.  The default is @code{false}.
+## whether they are modifiable or not.  The default is @code{true}.
 ## @end table
 ## @end deftypefn
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                                 "EMAIL", [],
                                 "LICENSE", "GPL",
                                 "MODE", "async",
-                                "EDITINPLACE", false);
+                                "EDITINPLACE", true);
   ## Make sure the stateval variables survive "clear functions".
   mlock;