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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.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Sun, 03 Mar 2019 13:24:09 -0800
parents 86b8f4986993
children fab67369e802
files NEWS scripts/miscellaneous/edit.m
diffstat 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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
--- 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;