Re: Edit problem Octave

[Nicholas Jankowski]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Paulo SantosVasconcelos <address@hidden> wrote:

Nick,

 

When I edited the octaverc to mode sync, the error now is:

'C:\\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

 

See attached the files.

 

Thanks.

 

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Subject: Re: Edit problem Octave

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Paulo SantosVasconcelos <address@hidden> wrote:

 

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To: Paulo SantosVasconcelos
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Subject: Re: Edit problem Octave

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Paulo SantosVasconcelos <address@hidden> wrote:

To whom it may concern,

 

I installed Octave with an installer made for Windows. I am learning MATLAB, so I was trying to use both program to make comparisons and test commands. The commands seemed to work fine but when I wanted to test writing a script...

 

I tried to run the notepad++ editor like this:

octave:1> edit

 

but, I got a system error that said:

octave:2>

error: system: CreateProcess failed -- can't create child process

error: called from:

error:     C:\Octave3.6.2_gcc4.6.2\share\octave\3.6.2\m\miscellaneous\edit.m at line 212, column 7 

 

I google it and found some fixes like: double or quadruple backslashes, forward slashes, but it did not work. 

 

Thank you for your help

Do you have the Notepad++ editor installed? (I know the MinGW version doesn't include Notepad++. fairly certain Visual Studio version doesn't either.

Brief directions for adding Notepad++
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Windows#Optional_installation_of_Notepad.2B.2B_as_an_editor_.28recommended.29

> Yes, I do have Notepad++ installed.

figured as much, thought worth asking. looks like it's the same problem reported here:
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35283

supposedly it can be worked around by adding

edit mode 'sync';

to your .octaverc file.  should be able to test by entering that command and typing edit, see if you still get the error.

nickj

>On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Paulo SantosVasconcelos <address@hidden> wrote:

>Nick,

>

>When I edited the octaverc to mode sync, the error now is:

>'C:\\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

>

>See attached the files.

 

(Replying to the list to keep the thread together.)

Ok, that error sounds like it's having problems with the space in the string for the program location.  The editor line from the octaverc file you attached is 

EDITOR('C:\\Program Files(x86)\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe');

mine, which works fine (different editor), is:
EDITOR('C:\\Octave\\wscite\\SciTE.exe');

you could try re-installing notepad++ in a location without spaces. not sure if there's a different work around. 

just to confirm, what comes up when you type EDITOR at the octave prompt (all caps).  is the error in storing the EDITOR variable, or in using it in the edit call?

next question to the group... does it matter if that's in a double quote or single quote? examples I see online that supposedly work have a double quote. but that shouldn't matter should it?  do you need to pass the folder string with the quotations so that the system doesn't break at the space?

nickj