editor

call the embedded text editor.

📝 Syntax

• editor()

• editor(filename)

• editor('editor_command', cmd)

📥 Input argument

• filename - a string: filename to open.

• cmd - a string representing the command to launch your preferred code editor.

📄 Description

editor opens an existing file in the nelson's editor.

editor must be considered as internal and edit must be preferred.

Set another text editor as default: (example with VS code)

editor('editor_command', 'code')

To restore the default editor, use:

editor('editor_command', '')

Change text editor is persistent and will be saved in a configuration file.

💡 Example

edit('edit')
if ispc()
  editor('editor_command ', 'notepad')
else
  editor('editor_command ', 'vim')
end
edit('edit')
% restore default editor
editor('editor_command ', '')

🔗 See also

edit.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version
1.10.0	Option to change default text editor