Intel® Advisor Help

Dialog Box: Options - Editor

To access this dialog box:

Use this dialog box to specify which external editor appears after you double-click a line in an Intel Advisor Source window (such as Survey Source). This option specifies which editor will display that source file.

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Choose External editor for this language: drop-down list

Select the language for which you will choose an editor: C/C++, Fortran, or Other.

A list of available editors on this system

Select the editor (such as gedit) to be associated with the selected language , or choose to allow selection using an environment variable with Text editor set in EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable. Repeat to associate an editor with each language you use.

For example, if you choose Text editor set in EDITOR or VISUAL environment variable, you can set the VISUAL environment variable by typing: export VISUAL="/usr/bin/vi -n"

When done, click OK.

The next time you display an Intel Advisor Source window (such as Survey Source), double-click a line to display the corresponding source line in the selected editor for your C/C++ or Fortran source file.

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