MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

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You can specify the editor that the edit function uses or specify editor options
by adding the following line to your own .Xdefaults file, located in ~home.
matlab*externalEditorCommand: $EDITOR -option $FILE
where:
See Also open, type
• $EDITOR is the name of your default editor, for example, emacs; leaving it as
$EDITOR means your default system editor will be used.
• -option is an option flag for the specified editor.
• $FILE means the filename you type with the edit command will open in the
specified editor.
Then, before starting MATLAB, run
xrdb -merge ~home/.Xdefaults
For the HP 700 platform, the default editor is instead defined in $matlabroot/
toolbox/matlab/general/edit.m. To change it, open the file edit.m and edit
the line
eval( ['!$EDITOR “' file '" &']);