The "e" response to TeX error in fptex

[Bob Howlett]

LUK ShunTim wrote:
> 
> Joergen Larsen wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > When you use tetex and it encounters a TeX error, answering with an "e"
> > > to the prompt will get you to the default editor which I found out is
> > > notepad in fptex.
> > > How can I customize its behaviour?
> > > My intention is to use the pfe editor so that I can get to the line
> > > where the error occurs; notepad just get you to the start of the tex
> > > source file.
> >
> > You should define an environment variable TEXEDIT containing a call
> > of the desired editor, e.g. (my setting)
> >
> > TEXEDIT=y:\tex\editors\pfe\pfe32.exe /g %d %s
> >
> Thanks very much.
> 
> BTW, this list seems very quiet. Is it that not many people are using
> fptex?
> 
> Regards,
> ST
> --

Or maybe we just don't have much to say!

Rather than defining an environment variable you can also
set TEXEDIT in the texmf.cnf file, of course.

Bob Howlett