EDITOR

EDITOR (SET)

Set Subcommand

This command sets the preferred editor to use for the EDIT (FED) command.

Dataplot has a built-in line editor called FED (for Filliben Editor) that is modeled on the old Univac mainframe line editor. This editor is invoked with the EDIT (or FED) command.

However, you can specify that another editor be invoked by the EDIT command by entering the command

SET EDITOR <name>

For example, on Windows platforms you can use

SET EDITOR NOTEPAD
SET EDITOR WORDPAD


On Linux, you can use

SET EDITOR vi
SET EDITOR emacs


If your desired editor is not in the default search path, then you need to include the complete path. Be sure to enclose the path in double quotes if the path contains one or mor spaces. For example,

SET EDITOR "C:\Program Files (x86)\notepad++\notepad++.exe"

For Linux/Unix and MacOS platforms, if you have defined the system enviornment variable EDITOR, then you can have Dataplot use that by entering the command

SET EDITOR SYSTEM

Dataplot does no error checking on the specified name. If an invalid name is entered, the subsequent EDIT command will not work.

The name is case sensitive on Linux/UNIX and MacOS platforms, so

SET EDITOR VI
SET EDITOR EMACS


will not work.

Specifying DEFAULT, ON, or AUTOMATIC will revert to using FED.

SET EDITOR <name>
where <name> is the desired editor.

SET EDITOR NOTEPAD
SET EDITOR WORDPAD
SET EDITOR vi
SET EDITOR emacs

FED

None

EDIT

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Edit a file from within a Dataplot session.

Editing Files

2019/03

 
SET EDITOR WORDPAD
EDIT FIT.DP