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 relatively to the definition of the macro named as the file itself. If the macro definition is not found, the file is opened at line given by linenumber.

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 relatively to the definition of test_run()

See Also

• manedit — editing a manual item
• names — scilab names syntax