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## 16.9 )edit

ugSysCmdedit

edit

User Level Required: interpreter

Command Syntax:

)edit [filename]

Command Description:

This command is used to edit files. It works in conjunction with the )read and )compile commands to remember the name of the file on which you are working. By specifying the name fully, you can edit any file you wish. Thus

)edit /u/julius/matrix.input

will place you in an editor looking at the file /u/julius/matrix.input. editing files By default, the editor is vi, vi but if you have an EDITOR shell environment variable defined, that editor will be used. When Axiom is running under the X Window System, it will try to open a separate xterm running your editor if it thinks one is necessary. Korn shell For example, under the Korn shell, if you issue

export EDITOR=emacs

then the emacs emacs editor will be used by )edit.

If you do not specify a file name, the last file you edited, read or compiled will be used. If there is no ``last file'' you will be placed in the editor editing an empty unnamed file.

It is possible to use the )system command to edit a file directly. For example,

)system emacs /etc/rc.tcpip

calls emacs to edit the file. emacs

Also See: )system ugSysCmdsystem, )compile ugSysCmdcompile, and )read ugSysCmdread.

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