From: dpb on
Jan Simon wrote:
> Dear Qingping!
>
>> In past, I wanted to create a m-file by type command "edit filename".
>> If filename is not exist, matlab would create it in automatic.
>>
>> Today, I use "edit mathworks.m" to create file, it tells me File
>> 'mathworks.m' not found.
>
> No idea. On my computer this works for Matlab 6.5 and 2009a.
> Does "which mathworks" find anything?!
> What happens for other file names?
> edit mathworks ?! (without ".m")

On R12 and 5.3 I get the other described behavior (w/ the builtin
editor) and see no options to change behavior.

Perhaps OP used a different system previously or had an external editor
selected that had the facility to create a non-existant file as part of
its functionality; many programming editors do.

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