edit

Arguments

functionname

character string

linenumber

number

Description

If functionname is the name of a defined scilab function edit(functionname) try to open the associated file functionname.sci.

If functionname is the name of a undefined scilab function edit create a functionname.sci file in the TMPDIR directory.

If functionname is not a valid macro or function name edit opens the file with filename equals to functionname.

If linenumber is given, the file is opened at this line.

Examples

edit('edit')  //opens editor with text of this function
edit('myfunction')  //opens editor for a new function
edit('/home/foo/bar.sci') //opens the file bar.sci
edit('test_run', 123) // opens the file test_run.sci at line 123

See Also

• manedit — editing a manual item
• names — syntaxe des noms de variables dans Scilab