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edit -- a command which starts the text editor
edit f -- starts the text editor at the source code of the function f.
edit(f,X) -- edits the source code of the particular method that would be applied if f were applied to an argument of class X.
edit(f,X,Y) -- edits the source code of the particular method that would be applied if f were applied to arguments of classes X and Y.
edit(f,X,Y,Z) -- edits the source code of the particular method that would be applied if f were applied to arguments of classes X, Y, and Z.

The name of the user's preferred editor is take from the environment variable EDITOR. If X is running and the editor is not emacs, then the editor is started in a new xterm window.

For an interactive example, try edit(dim,Module).

The value returned is the exit code returned by the editor, as with run, usually zero.

The command edit is a member of the class Command.

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