Re: edit.m: use current working directory, remove HOME

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Mike Miller wrote:

> I have prepared a new patch to make the edit command consistent wrt
> where files are edited, please take a look at the attached and tell me
> what you think.  The HOME variable is now no longer needed, a warning is
> issued if the user tries to get or set HOME.  The current directory is
> now used wherever HOME was used before, primarily when editing a system
> m-file with no write privileges.
> 
> -- 
> mike
> <edit-home.patch>

I had a thought. Would it be preferred to allow the HOME variable in edit.m to 
be set to a function handle, or a string. That would accommodate both those who 
prefer 

        address@hidden

... or ...

        HOME="~/octave";

Might the same be done for EDITOR ?

        address@hidden;

... or ...

        EDITOR="gvim";

Ben